NIEA Mini-Grants
Each year, Northwest International Education Association (NIEA) awards mini-grants for faculty who submit proposals for internationalization of curriculum. The award applications are usually due in the spring, in April or May.
The purpose of the NIEA mini-grants is to encourage faculty to internationalize their curriculum. These grants are intended to assist faculty in designing new courses, making comprehensive revisions to existing courses, or adding modules or activities to existing courses.
In 2018, PCC became a member of NIEA and the mini-grant opportunity was advertised. The good news was that four PCC faculty applied, and all four were awarded the mini-grants during this first-year membership!
The faculty were
- Alissa Leavit – Health (see Alissa’s application)
- Barry Hawkey – Business (see Barry’s application)
- Rachel J. Siegel – Photography, Art, and Liberal Arts & Humanities (see Rachel’s application)
- Peter Gramlich – Architectural Design & Drafting (see Peter’s application)
Please click on Regional organization celebrates (and rewards) PCC faculty for their global competency for more details on these faculty’s award-winning work.
The 2020 round of mini-grant applications included the following categories:
- Organizing a new interactive international activity that can be replicated $500
- Adding a new unit to an existing course $900
- Complete revision of an existing course* $1,250
- 欧洲杯决赛竞猜app_欧洲杯足球网-投注|官网ment of a whole new course* $1,500
* These would require prior approval of the Curriculum Committee at PCC.
The 2020 NIEA Mini-Grant for Internationalization application and evaluation criteria can be found at nieawa.org/mini-grants.
The deadline for the NIEA mini-grant application in 2020 is May 8th. Hope many of you will consider applying. If you have any questions, or if you would like to see copies of past successful proposals, contact Michael Huffman, NIEA Vice President & Mini-Grant Coordinator, at mhuffman@tacomacc.edu.
Please contact ISC coordinator (see top of ISC Home Page) if you would like to discuss your NIEA mini-grant proposal with the Internationalization Steering committee and receive feedback before submission.