Due Date

September 15 (unofficial)

Number of Awards in 2010

27 (See list of awards made)

Award Range

Up to $25k

Budget Specifics

$15k stipend for the faculty member(s) to develop the course;

$10k (up to) for other direct costs

Program Period

2-5 weeks

Grant Period

From 18 to 36 months

Grant Period Start Date

May begin as early as May 1; but no later than January 1

Focus

Enduring questions are questions to which no discipline, field, or profession can lay an exclusive claim…they allow for special, intense dialogue

Course Requirements

To be developed by one or more (up to four) faculty members, but not team-taught; offered during the grant period at least twice by each faculty member involved in developing the course

Funding Support

The grant supports the work of designing, preparing and assessing the course; may also be used for ancillary activities that enhance the faculty-student intellectual community

Faculty Requirements

An Enduring Questions course may be taught by faculty from any department or discipline in the humanities or by faculty outside the humanities (e.g., biology, economics, mathematics, psychology) so long as humanities sources are central to the course

Institutional Support

The course must have institutional support as evidenced by a letter from the president, provost, dean, program chair or department chair with specific declarations of support