Institute for Global Studies
214 Social Sciences
269 19th Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Phone: 612-624-9007
Fax: 612-626-2242
E-mail: igs@umn.edu

Grants

Course Development Support

The Institute for Global Studies through a Title VI grant in International Studies from the US Department of Education welcomes the opportunity to support faculty interested in developing new international courses or adding international content to existing courses.

Please contact the Klaas van der Sanden at vande001@umn.edu at anytime to discuss this opportunity.

Target themes for the four-year grant cycle

Academic Year Course Themes
2006-07
  • Islam and the World
  • Genocide & Democracy
2007-08
  • Ethnicity, Identity & Conflict
  • Irrational Borders
  • Korean Nationalism & Film
  • Comparative Economic Treaties
  • Migration, Climate Change & the Environment
  • Transnational Labor Migration
2008-09
  • Cultures of Communication
  • Middle East & Global Politics
  • Comparative Food Representations
  • Population, Food & the Environment
2009-10
  • Rural-Urban Economic Divisions
  • Islamic Cultures & Societies
  • GMOs & Food Commodification

Please think creatively about these themes as they are all intended to be interpreted broadly and relative to many disciplines. Any inquiry about course development is welcome as funds not expended in any one year may still be available for courses.

Contact us to discuss any idea you may have as we will work to support curriculum development on campus.

Intellectual Collectives

The Institute for Global Studies supports a limited number of Intellectual Collectives. Intellectual Collectives are faculty driven research interventions on inter- and cross-disciplinary themes and topics that allow faculty members from a variety of departments to come together to explore scholarly collaborations. Intellectual Collectives serve to foster and facilitate intellectual community building among faculty members and aim at exploring, formulating, and consolidating research projects to prepare them for external funding requests such as grant applications.

The support offered by IGS consists of administrative and logistical assistance and a modest budget of up to $8,000 per year for events and activities (workshops, work-in-progress groups, seminars, lectures, performances, reading groups, symposia, et cetera). IGS typically funds Intellectual Collectives for up to two years.

Application

There is no application deadline for Intellectual Collective funding. Faculty members who have an interest in starting an Intellectual Collective should submit a 1-2 page description of the project, short CVs of faculty conveners, and a tentative budget to: Intellectual Collectives, IGS, 214 SocSci.

Please contact Evelyn Davidheiser, director of IGS, at edavidh@umn.edu for more information and/or available funding.

Grant Proposal Development

IGS staff member Barbara Scott Murdock offers West Bank Social Science faculty support in grant proposal development.

Barbara offers assistance with:

  • Searches and queries for external funders
  • Proposal development
  • Proposal submission
  • By request, workshops for groups on
    • Developing effective proposals
    • Negotiating the U of M Sponsored Projects Submission System

Learn more about the CLA Grant Support team and grant facilitation services.

Contact

Barbara Scott Murdock
Grants Consultant/Writer
Institute for Global Studies
214 Social Sciences Building

Phone: 612-624-2745
E-mail: murdo004@umn.edu