OVERVIEW
The Gwen M. Greene Center for Career Education and Connections is pleased to offer a grant opportunity for faculty of undergraduate students in the School of Arts & Sciences and Hajim School of Engineering. Stipends up to $4,000 are available to support the integration of Project-Based Learning in academic courses in partnership with Rochester-area for-profit organizations. Project-Based Learning is an experiential high impact practice in which student teams design solutions to complex real-world problems by applying course content as an academic assignment.
Funds can be used to compensate for instructional development time and operational needs such as transportation, food, honoraria, and materials. Priority will be given to faculty who have not previously received a Bond stipend and aren't receiving other department funding. A program goal is to create new experiential learning opportunities for faculty and students and expand opportunities in the sophomore and junior years across the disciplines.
Stipend recipients will be required to:
- Participate in course, partner, and project development conversations and meetings
- Distribute the Greene Center PBL Student Impact Assessment and complete the Faculty Impact Assessment.
- Submit samples of students’ PBL products.
APPLICATION PROCESS
Interested applicants will submit their application here. Please also submit a tentative course syllabus to Dr. Lynn Donahue at lynn.donahue@rochester.edu.
NEXT STEPS
The deadline for the 2026-2027 funding year is Friday, April 3rd to leave sufficient time for partner and project identification.
Applicants will be notified on April 15th. At that time, all faculty who applied will be contacted by Dr. Lynn Donahue. Those who are awarded will meet with Lynn and a member of our Alumni and Corporate Engagement (ACE) team to begin the process of identifying an industry partner and developing a project that equally meets the learning goals of the course and needs of the partner.
Please feel free to meet with Lynn prior to submitting an application to explore your interests.
QUESTIONS
For planning purposes, here are the questions that are asked in this application:
1. What specific course/learning goals will be met with this proposal? What student outcomes would you like to see? What skills would you like the students to develop or apply to the work of this project?
2. What ideas do you have for a specific organization (or type of organizational partner) and project (or type of project) that would enable students to achieve these goals and outcomes?
3. How will you assess achievement of these goals?
4. How will the curricular developments be sustained after the Bond funding is complete?
5. What costs do you anticipate needing to support this project? Please provide a tentative itemized budget and total budget request. Total costs can include a course development stipend for the instructor and should not exceed $4,000.
6. Are there any additional details that would help the committee in their review of your application?
Thank you for your interest!