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Sun. Sep 07 2008

America's Role in the World

 

As part of its ongoing effort to foster a vibrant intellectual campus community, the Office of the Provost plans to sponsor an annual campus-wide conversation on a designated theme. This theme will be chosen by a widely drawn committee including faculty and students from across the University. For academic year 2002-2003, the annual theme committee has selected the topic "America's Role in the World," defined broadly.

The intent is not to focus only on United States foreign policy, but to have programs that could, for example, deal with America's world role in public health, science, the arts, religion, etc. Proposals for funding are sought from academic units and centers, student groups, other campus organizations and University-affiliated individuals.

The planning committee looks for proposals that will bring members of the University community together in a variety of formats including but not limited to:

Innovative proposals are strongly encouraged.

Preference will be given to those proposals with moderate expenses, but applicants may request a maximum of $10,000. Co-sponsorships are strongly encouraged. Proposals must include the following:

Proposals will be evaluated on the basis of their relevance to the theme, their intellectual value, their potential for long-term impact to the University and broader communities, the depth and breadth of interest they are likely to engender, the level of participation from different academic, administrative or organizational units and the collaborations they represent between communities, and the cost of the program in relation to other proposals. Only proposals from Case Western Reserve University affiliated units, organizations and individuals will be considered. Proposals from academic units and centers should be accompanied by a letter of support from an appropriate dean, department chair, or center director. Proposals from student groups should be accompanied by a letter of support from the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs.

The deadline for receipt of proposals is March 22, 2002. Proposals received after that date will be reviewed while funds are available. Although it is anticipated that most of the programming will take place in academic year 2002-2003, a limited number of programs may be funded for Spring 2002. For more information please visit our web site at: [add URL]

Proposals should be submitted to Jonathan Sadowsky, Department of History, Mather House. Please submit proposals in hard copy, not electronically.