Opportunities

Funding Opportunities

CAE's Grant for Teaching & Learning Conference Participation

With support from the Davis Educational Foundation, the CAE is pleased to offer faculty travel grants to participate in teaching & learning conferences.

  • Contact the CAE for a list of 2011-2012 conferences and an application.

Core-to-Major Integration Funds

Funds are available to support faculty and student activities that enhance integrative learning around Core Pathways as they relate to work in upper-level or graduate courses. The goal of this program is to help students and faculty advance integrative work as they make connections between core learning and more specialized applications in upper-level courses.

  • Contact the CAE for an application.

Cornerstone Course Programming Funds

Funds are available for faculty teaching Cornerstone courses, to support community-building activities. Goals are to engage students and faculty outside class, and to engage students more actively in course work.

Fall 2011 application deadlines: August 22 and October 14.

Faculty Resource Network

For the past twenty-five years Fairfield University has been a member of the Faculty Resource Network (FRN) housed at New York University, Washington Square, New York City. The (FRN) at NYU is an award-winning professional development initiative that sponsors programs for faculty members from a consortium of over 50 colleges and universities. Fairfield faculty are eligible to participate in FRN programs and events offered year-round, including summer seminars, research residencies, lunchtime lectures, panel discussions, national symposia, and more. To learn more about FRN symposia, institutes, the scholar-in-residence programs, the University Associates program, and for applications and deadlines, visit the FRN website.

  • For 2011-2012, the faculty liaison is Dr. Laurence Miners, Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for Academic Excellence (miners@fairfield.edu; ext. 2868) and the administrative liaison is Dr. Mary Frances Malone, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs (malone@fairfield.edu; ext. 2142). Please contact either of them for additional information.