Deadline: different for different programmes
Bringing Theory to Practice (BTtoP) is requesting proposals that address either of the two emphases described below for its 2015-2017 round of support.
BTtoP project encourages colleges and universities to reassert their core purposes as educational institutions, not only to advance learning and discovery, but to advance the potential and well-being of each individual student, and to advance education as a public good that sustains a civic society.
Grant Categories
Bringing Theory to Practice requests proposals in the following two categories for its 2015-2017 funding cycle:
- Category I: Well-Being Seminar Grants
- Category II: Well-Being Research Project Grants
Category I: Well-Being Seminar Grants
Deadline: 15 September 2015
Well-Being Seminar Grants up to $1,000 to provide support for campus-wide planning discussions (seminars) that give focused attention to a particular dimension of the well-being of those involved (students, faculty, or other leaders) in creating and maintaining an engaged culture for learning. Seminars should deepen participants’ understanding of the institution’s commitment to whole-person development and the learning-related policies and practices, both inside and outside the curriculum, that support such endeavors.
BTtoP may consider well-being seminar grant proposals up to $3,000 for applications involving consortia institutions to offer inter-connected seminars held over the course of the academic year.
Examples of Potential Seminars
- A campus seminar regarding initial or early campus-wide discussions of the connections of engaged learning and well-being.
- A research-oriented campus seminar focusing on existing and/or needed evidence related to the well-being of students, particularly traditionally underserved populations.
- A seminar that strategically examines the understanding and valuing of faculty wellbeing.
- Consortia seminars could bring together teams of institutional leadership from across campuses or national associations for a collective discussion of engaged learning.
Category II: Well-Being Research Project Grants
Deadline: 1 August 2015
Well-Being Research Project Grants up to $10,000, plus institutional matching, to implement and assess a campus-based two-year research project that gives focused attention to the well-being of students, particularly those traditionally underserved by higher education. Projects should, through the gathering of evidence, provide justification for best practices for deepening and sustaining the institution’s commitment to whole-person development.
Proposals should address how to examine the efficacy of an existing or newly implemented program that connects engaged learning opportunities and the well-being of students, particularly underserved students.
Eligibility Criteria
Institutions awarding baccalaureate degrees, community colleges and equivalent non-US institutions are all eligible. BTtoP’s focus is on undergraduate institutions and populations.
How to Apply
Applicants are required to submit proposals via the online submission form and to send a copy of the online submission confirmation with one complete hard copy via post.
For more information, please visit Call for Proposals.
