Dialogue Across Difference Seed Grants

Office of the Provost Dialogue Across Difference Faculty Seed Grants

Application Form
The Office of the Provost is pleased to issue a request for proposals to support a series of faculty-led programming designed to promote Dialogue Across Difference.

Freedom of expression thrives within a culture of civility and empathy. The Dialogue Across Difference initiative is designed to foster a community of learners among students, faculty, and staff, and to strengthen the critical skills necessary to confront challenging viewpoints and hold difficult conversations with mutual respect.

This seed grant funding opportunity will support collaborative faculty-led projects consistent with the goals of the Dialogue Across Difference initiative that engage our campus community.

Funded projects will be led by faculty, or faculty in partnership with staff/administrators, and may engage faculty, staff, students or all of the above. Projects can provide tools and frameworks to promote constructive dialogue or provide forums that model dialogue across divergent perspectives. Subjects could include differing perspectives on pressing topics, from freedom of speech to political polarization to artificial intelligence.

Schools are strongly encouraged to develop a process for determining which faculty proposals will be prioritized and put forward in this round. Proposals must be submitted with the support and sign-off by the School’s Dean. Cross-disciplinary projects are welcome.
Applying Academic Unit
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Department/Division (if applicable):
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Contact Information: Faculty Applicant(s)

A full-time faculty member must serve as the project lead.
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Names and UNIs of co-applicants:
Total amount requested from the Office of the Provost (maximum award of $10,000):*
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Dean:*
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Funding Application Requirements
The application package must include:
- Department/School details and signatures from the relevant Dean(s) (and department chair(s), if applicable)
- Applicant(s) proposal (not to exceed 3 pages), that includes the following sections (each section denoted with a separate header):
  - Project goals, objectives, scope and format. Format possibilities include workshops, panel discussions, AI simulations, symposia, artistic events, skill-building opportunities, etc.
  - Anticipated campus impact and target audience (faculty, students and/or staff)
  - Evaluation criteria and planned methodology for evaluation
  - Budget projection and narrative. We recognize that the proposed budget is based on your estimate of costs. The actual budget, and Office of the Provost award, will be based on the final costs.
- Applicant(s) curricula vitae or biographies (biographies not to exceed 200 words per bio)
Proposal*

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Proposal Budget

Please download a copy of the template below to upload a budget projection and narrative that details an estimate of the projected budget needed to successfully complete this project. Please create a separate row for each budget item and provide an estimate of total project costs.

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Office of the Provost Dialogue Across Difference Faculty Seed Grants

Applying Academic Unit

Contact Information: Faculty Applicant(s)

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Funding Application Requirements