Faculty Innovation Fund 2023

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Description The Levitt Faculty Innovation Fund supports faculty-initiated work that engages with contemporary social and political issues . Preference is given to proposals with a clearly articulated connection between theory and practice, an interdisciplinary approach, and those that do not qualify for other available funding opportunities on campus. Innovation projects may take place during the academic year or over the summer and are open to all faculty members with a minimum of a 3/5 teaching appointment. Possible projects include building partnerships with off-campus colleagues and organizations, hosting conferences and creating networks, developing or supporting an academic or public interest journal, conducting research producing non-traditional outcomes (i.e. not an academic paper or other traditional equivalents), social innovation projects, and interdisciplinary research with academic or non-academic partners. You can find two examples of faculty-led research funded by the Levitt Center here and here . Faculty may request expenses up to $5000 (not including student pay) and hire up to three student partners who will be paid hourly (up to $5000 per student). Projects may r...