AAPT Grant 2020
AAPT
Grant for Innovations in Teaching
Application Deadline August 31, 2020
Description: The American Association of Philosophy Teachers (AAPT) is offering competitive small grants ranging from $250-$1000 to support the implementation of projects involving innovations or modifications to one’s teaching. Preference will be given to those projects that have a broad appeal. Grant applications should specify the aim of the project, its learning goals, criteria of success, and proposed timeline. Implementation of the project/collection of results must fall within the time frame of Spring 2020-Spring 2021. Grant recipients are required to submit a final project report, which will be posted on our AAPT website, after completion of the project. This final report should include information about the results of the project, including qualitative or quantitative data if relevant.
Eligibility: Open to any instructor teaching at the college-level: full-time, part-time, adjuncts, and grad students are all welcome. Must be a current AAPT member. For further information about the American Association of Philosophy Teachers, please visit: https://philosophyteachers.org/.
To join the AAPT, please visit: https://www.pdcnet.org/aapt/American-Association-of-Philosophy-Teachers-(AAPT).
For further information about the AAPT Grant, please visit: https://philosophyteachers.org/aapt-grants-for-innovation-in-teaching/.
Application Requirements:
(1) Project description narrative of approximately 500-1000 words that addresses the following elements (please format it for blind review):
- Overall description of the project
- Learning goals the project addresses & how it addresses them
- Whether the person has undertaken any previous work in this area, such as trying something like this on a smaller scale, and if so, what the results were
- Timeline for project (recipients can choose either to do a one-semester project or a longer-term project, as long as it falls within the time frame of Spring 2020-Spring 2021)
- Criteria of success
- How the project will be evaluated
- Dissemination plan for results (how the person will share what he/she has learned, such as at the AAPT or other regional or local venues)
- Budget: Specific amount requested with an estimated list of expenses (amount can include salary for the recipient). Please include whether one is getting any funding from other sources.
(2) Current curriculum vitae, including contact information of one reference
Mail your completed application materials as attachment with “AAPT Grant” in the subject line to: grants@philosophyteachers.org.
Applications must be received by August 31, 2020.
The AAPT Awards committee will review applications.
- Winners will be notified by October 15, 2020.
- Final Report is due at the completion of one’s project, but no later than the end of June 2021.
Application deadline: August 31, 2020.
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