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FUNDING PRIORITIES

• Empower students to engage actively with public culture in both experiential and intellectual ways.
  • Some examples might include:
    • understanding public culture as socially produced knowledge
    • appreciating transformations of public culture over time, or in different places and time,
      
    • the role of museums, archives, and libraries in contemporary society,
    • civic engagement: what does this mean? what forms does it take?
    • social transformation and the arts,
    • global perspectives, including variations and issues in arts and public culture transnationally,
    • how public projects, events, performances and/or collections help us understand dynamics of social equity and social justice.

• Integrate the funded project in other course content through discussion, critique, performance, and/or other creative and analytical work.

• While priority will be given to projects whose outcomes are incorporated in a specific course, proposals that stimulate undergraduate learning in other contexts will also be considered.

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ELIGIBILITY*

• Proposals must be submitted jointly by 1) teaching faculty** and 2) program staff of a Public Goods Council member (e.g. archivists, curators, educational staff, and so on).
• Faculty must have participated in one of the PGC faculty programs that have been offered beginning in May 2005.

* Ann Arbor campus only
** Lecturers must have a continuing appointment

PROPOSAL CONTENT

• Project goals.
• How the project addresses the stated funding priorities.
• Project scope. Indicate the number of students, GSIs, faculty members, and PGC members who will be involved.
• Project timeline (please note if the project is time-sensitive, that is, could it happen only during a specific visit, a specific season, etc.)
• An itemized budget (please include any additional sources from which you are seeking funds and their status).

FUNDING USES

• ticket/entrance fee costs
• honoraria
• transportation
• supplies, materials, equipment, etc.
• facilities and event planning costs
• research assistance
• stipend to applicants
• project documentation
• evaluation costs

FUNDING PERIOD

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HELPFUL TIPS

Below are some points you may want to consider in developing your proposal.

Goals of the Project. What do you want to accomplish, for the students, through this project? How does the proposal relates to students needs, to the professional development of faculty and staff involved, to departmental (both academic and PGC) and college priorities?

Collaborative Design. What collaborations in planning have you already begun? How do you expect to proceed in working together?

Project Implementation. What specifically does the project entail? What activities are to be carried out, by whom, and how logistics (if appropriate) will be arranged?

Teaching Approaches. How will students be prepared for involvement in this project, and what plans do you have for debriefing this component of the course? What teaching approaches will be used and how this segment, unit, experience, and/or assignment will be incorporated into the course as a whole?

Impact on Learning. If this project works, what difference will it make? How will it contribute to the realization of your teaching goals? What effect will it have on your class, your students? What methods will you use to get student feedback?

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DEADLINE

SUBMISSION PROCEDURES

1. Download the PGC Grant Application Form (Word Document)
2. Complete all fields
3. E-mail completed form to pgcgrants@umich.edu

FUNDING DECISIONS

ASSISTANCE WITH PROPOSALS

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