Faculty Discretionary Grants

The Harward Center for Community Partnerships will offer Discretionary Grants up to $1000 to faculty members to:

· support community-based learning activities in a course, such as materials, transportation, honoraria, and the like;

· provide seed funding for the planning and development of larger community-based grants such as the Harward Center Grants for Publicly-Engaged Academic Projects.

These grants are available on a rolling basis. Faculty may apply for one grant per semester. If demand is high and funds are limited, preference will go to faculty members new to this kind of work. We encourage faculty to apply prior to, or as early as possible in, the semester. Faculty members with an interest in applying are invited to talk with Holly Lasagna, Associate Director of the Community-Based Learning Program first, and then to submit an application. Requests will be reviewed by HCCP staff, and faculty members will be notified as soon as possible after the submission of a request. If you do receive funding, we will send you a short reporting form at the end of the grant period.

Completed applications must include this form and an attached budget.

Name: ________________________________________ E-mail: ___________________________________________

Department: ___________________________________ Preferred Phone: ___________________________________

Community Partner (if applicable): _________________________________________________________________________

Would this grant:

· support community-based learning in a course, or

· provide seed funding for the planning of a larger grant?

Description of activities for which you request funding (please include a short abstract of 50-100 words):

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FUNDING POLICY FOR AY 2011-2012:

Faculty Discretionary Grants are set up with activity codes within the Harward Center operating budget. Grant funds are paid as reimbursements through original receipts or as charges to these activity codes. If charges need to be made to the grant account, arrangements MUST be made with Kristen Cloutier in advance. All reimbursement requests should also be sent to Kristen Cloutier () for approval and submission to Accounting.

These funds WILL NOT rollover without restriction into the new fiscal year; they must be spent by June 30th of the academic year in which they are awarded. Funds CAN NOT be used for activities that have already taken place.

Applicant signature: _______________________________________________ Date: _________________________________