Grants and Stipends

2009 Faculty Laptop Incentive

[Have a laptop]Academic Affairs and the Department of Information Technologies are now offering UMaine Faculty Laptop Incentive Program. This program is designed to put laptops in the hands of instructors with little to no cost to them! The program will pay for half-cost (up to $750) of the cost of the new laptop, and the rest is covered by the Departmental funds or faculty themselves.

For more information about the Faculty Laptop Incentive Program please contact John Gregory at john[dot]gregory[at]umaine[dot]edu or Derek Husson at derek[dot]husson[at]umit[dot]maine[dot]edu. (Download the brochure here.)

2009 IT Faculty Technology Stipends Announced!

 

[Guy at computer]UPDATE: Notification was sent to all applicants on March 12, 2009 by email. If you applied for a stipend but did not receive this email from us for some reason -- please contact Andrei Strukov (FristClass or 581-1925) immediately.

 

The Department of Information Technologies has 2009 IT Faculty Technology Stipends available for UMaine faculty for 9 consecutive years.

These stipends are to compensate for the extra time and effort needed for faculty members to develop technology-based resources for their courses. Between 12-15 awards are usually made. The stipends range from $1,000 to $1,250 each.

Proposals are solicited for projects that produce direct and significant improvement in undergraduate and graduate teaching and learning by using technology. Faculty members, with or without computer skills, are encouraged to present stipend proposals to integrate technology applications into the curriculum. Collaborative projects are also encouraged. Technical assistance and
resources are provided by IT Faculty Development Center located in 149 Memorial Union.

Eligibility:
All faculty who will be teaching at the University in the academic year 2009/2010 are eligible to apply.

Procedure:
The proposal must include 2 short documents:
1. Completed online application form: http://www.umaine.edu/it/forms/tech-stipend.php

2. Description of the project with discussion of expected results and impact on the learning process for students enrolled in the course. This document should be a maximum of 2 typewritten, double-spaced pages, and cover the following:

a/ description of project;
b/ discussion of expected results, including the ways in which students will be directly affected;
c/ equipment and software needed for completion
d/ impact on the students enrolled in your course(s)
Submit your completed proposal via email to Andrei Strukov (andrei@maine.edu).

IMPORTANT: Upon completion of the project, each grant recipient will be required to participate in the Annual Faculty Technology Fair to be held in the second week of October 2009. At the Fair recipients will present their projects to colleagues and share results with other members of the campus community.

Deadlines:
Proposals -- March 6, 2009
Project completion -- August 31, 2009

To give you a better understanding on the nature of projects that were funded in the past please follow the links below:

2008 Recipients: Project summaries and video presentations
2007 Recipients: Project summaries and video presentations
2006 Recipients: Project summaries and video presentations

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