Engaged Scholarship Research and Teaching Grants
Engaged Scholarship Teaching and Research Grants support faculty to develop new or existing courses and research projects. The Lang Center Advisory Committee (comprised of faculty) reviews applications, favoring those that center on equipment, travel, or supply costs (or part-time assistance) directly related to engaged scholarship.
Engaged Scholarship Research Grant (ESRG)
ESRGs support research that applies knowledge to needs, and aims toward understanding and/or ameliorating social problems or community needs. You can request funding for research assistance, the purchase of equipment, and travel essential to Engaged Scholarship research that will take place during the calendar year. Successful applications are typically able to show how the proposed research is likely to culminate in products including but not limited to publications, public performances, or art installations.
We are currently acceptingESRG applications for the 2022 calendar year(spring, summer, and fall).Deadline: January 25, 2022.
Questions about the ESRG can be directed to Jennifer Magee (jmagee1).
Engaged Scholarship Teaching Grant (ESTG)
ESTGs recognize that teaching new Engaged Scholarship courses (or re-envisioning existing courses in order to add a public-facing orientation) often requires extra resources. Engaged Scholarship courses can include the kind of "Community-Based Learning" (CBL) courses that the Lang Center has historically supported, as well as courses that add an experiential component to subjects and problems of public interest. For the academic year, you can request funding for TAs to act as liaisons with your community partners, equipment, travel, and honoraria for community partners. On the Lang Center website you can view arepresentative list of some of the coursesthat we (and the faculty colleagues who teach them) currently consider to comprise Engaged Scholarship. Their common denominator tends to be a focus on issues/problems of interest to a community outside of Swarthmore College, along with an attempt to analyze or address those issues with (or on behalf of) some external community. Some Engaged Scholarship courses include a "perspective-taking" component, a development of empathy for the viewpoint and positionality of a community or communities relevant to the academic study.
Applications for AY21-22 were due onMay 1, 2021,but you canapply for ESTG serendipity fundinganytime during the academic year.
Applications for AY22-23 (Fall 2022 and Spring 2023) will be due onMay 1, 2022.
Questions about the ESTG can be directed to Katie Price (kprice1).