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UCEAP Academic Integration Grants Program February 2019 Call for Proposals

In support of systemwide and campus initiatives to promote internationalization of UC campuses, the University of California Education Abroad Program (UCEAP) invites grant proposals from UC academic departments to remove academic barriers and integrate study abroad into their curricula.

The goal of UCEAP Academic Integration is to make study abroad an integral and accessible part of every undergraduate’s academic experience and to prepare students for entering an increasingly global workplace upon graduation. It aims to demonstrate the feasibility of participation in study abroad for students in all majors. We welcome applications from all academic disciplines.

Preference will be given to proposals that have a high impact on UC undergraduate students and focus on creating academic access routes to UCEAP study abroad programs. Examples of these access routes include:

• Incorporating study abroad into major degree plans • Reducing unit caps for the amount of study abroad courses a department will grant credit • Cataloging previously approved UCEAP courses • Creating UCEAP course approvals/pre-approvals for major, breadth, and other degree requirements • Publicizing study abroad through department websites and print materials, informational events, and/or

videos • Hiring a departmental study abroad peer advisor • Incorporating study abroad into student orientation

UCEAP offers its support in gathering course information (when available) for review from its partners abroad and headquarters in Santa Barbara, CA. Additionally, historical course credit data for certain UC campuses are available at this time: UCB Breadth, UCD Majors, UCD GE & Electives, UCI, UCLA, UCM, UCR, UCSD, UCSB, and UCSC. We encourage the use of these databases for publishing previously approved courses as well as for establishing pre-approvals of UCEAP coursework for degree requirements. For more information please see eap.ucop.edu/credit.

Requirements for the grants are the following:

1. Development or update of study abroad information on department/unit website 2. Creation of academic access routes to study abroad with delivery of two and four-year degree plans

incorporating study abroad 3. Pre-approval of courses to fulfill major, breadth, or other degree requirements 4. Collaboration of one staff and one faculty member within the academic department to serve as Co-

Principal Investigators 5. Provision of a brief mid-term report and a final summary report

In addition to these requirements, we welcome any other ideas for reducing academic barriers to study abroad or integrating study abroad into your department’s academic curriculum.

These grants are intended to fund efforts to better integrate current UCEAP programs. Grant applications proposing the creation of new study abroad programs will not be considered.

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Awards up to $5,000 will be given to up to ten different academic departments across the UC system. Funds may be used for any purpose in support of this effort and may include, but are not limited to: costs of a student assistant to gather and prepare documentation for review, costs of developing online and print materials, and partial salary costs for faculty and/or staff.

Criteria for review of applications will be based on: overall quality of proposed project, relevancy to Academic Integration, projected impact of grant on undergraduate students, and the inclusion of all required items of the grant proposal.

For a list of proposals that were funded in 2018 and 2019 and deliverables for the 2015, 2016, and 2017 grants, please see eap.ucop.edu/AI

Timeline: February 2019 Call for proposals May 1, 2019 Deadline to submit project proposals May 2019 Announcement of selected applicants June 2019 Project initiation January 2020 Brief mid-term report June 30, 2020 Project completion

Required items for the proposal (see proposal form on pages 3-5):

1. The proposal narrative can be up to 3 pages in length, and must include the following:

a. A project title and abstract briefly describing your proposed project b. A list of all faculty and staff involved in the project, including the principal investigators c. Project goals and how the project integrates study abroad into the departmental curriculum d. A description of the project, including a list of project deliverables and a maintenance plan e. A proposed timeline f. A detailed budget

2. Statement of support from the Departmental Faculty Chair. 3. Statement of support from the Campus Study Abroad office.

Submit complete proposals to: AIntegration@eap.ucop.edu Project proposals will be accepted now until May 1, 2019. We look forward to seeing your proposals and working with you to make study abroad an accessible and integral part of every undergraduate’s experience. Please contact Hsiu-Zu Ho, Associate Dean, or Katie van Meeuwen, Academic Integration Analyst, with any questions at AIntegration@eap.ucop.edu.

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UCEAP Academic Integration Grants Program Proposal Form

UC Campus: Department: Faculty Principal Investigator (PI): Staff Principal Investigator (PI): Additional Faculty (if any): Additional Staff (if any): Department Chair (from support letter): Study Abroad Rep (from support letter): Project Title:

1. Abstract (200 words max):

2. Please describe your rationale for initiating an Academic Integration project in your department:

3. Please describe your project goals including how you plan to integrate study abroad into the departmentalcurriculum:

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4. Please describe your project including the methodology and a list of project deliverables:

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5. Please describe your maintenance plan to keep this information current and available for future students: 6. Please provide a proposed timeline of events to accomplish your project: 7. Please provide a detailed breakdown of how the grant funds will be spent: