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Sunshine Fund for Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration Grant

 

The SUNY Broome Foundation’s Sunshine Fund for Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration Grant is designed to stimulate and encourage faculty (full- and part-time) from different academic areas to work together to develop new ways to teach their courses. The award is in memory of Harold Sunshine, who served as a former professor for 30 years at SUNY Broome and was instrumental in the college’s hockey team.

Each year, up to $1,900 is awarded.  Pending on the size of the project, the Sunshine Fund may grant one individual up to $1,900 or several individuals with projects totaling no more than $1,900.

Sunshine Fund grants are for SUNY Broome faculty, full and part-time.

Awards are subject to the availability of funds and the number of applications received.  The Professional Development at SUNY Broome utilizes a rubric process for scoring submissions and considerations described below in making decisions concerning the allocation of funds.

Please review the  following forms:

  1. Sunshine Fund Grant Guidelines and Application (pdf).
  2. Complete a Project Concept Form (docx).
    a. Identify and document the issue/problem/concern your idea addresses.
    b. Propose a solution and implementation process.
    c. Identify the academic and strategic goal the project will address.
  3. Sunshine Fund Grant Rubric (docx) (for informational purposes only).
  4. Complete a Project Expense Form (docx).
    a. Submit a Travel Form (pdf), if applicable.
  5. Email the completed Project Concept Form and the Project Expense Form, including all necessary signatures, to professionaldevelopment@sunybroome.edu.
  6. For questions about how to fill out the forms, email us professionaldevelopment@sunybroome.edu.

Review Considerations

When making funding decisions, the Professional Development Associate Dean will consider factors including (but not limited to):

  • Alignment with academic and strategic initiatives.
  • Level of interdisciplinary and/or community collaboration.
  • Introduction of innovation—either new to the campus, division, or discipline.
  • Promotion of a cross-disciplinary teaching approach.
  • Number of SUNY Broome students and/or faculty impacted.
  • Measurable impact on student learning.
  • Sustainability and potential impact beyond the grant cycle.
  • Potential for replication or expansion across campus.
  • Clear and reasonable budget alignment with project goals.
  • Work that goes beyond typical course development or regular faculty responsibilities.
  • Measurable outcomes tied to learning outcomes.
  • Technology requests that align with IT support structures or have prior IT approval.
  • Limited or no ongoing costs, or ongoing costs supported by other sources.
  • Timely submission of a complete application.

Both teaching faculty (full- and part-time) and non-classroom faculty with projects that influence teaching and learning will receive equal consideration.

  1. Implement and track the project solution.
  2. Email a report detailing project outcomes to professionaldevelopment@sunybroome.edu.
  3. Purchase orders for supplies, software, and/or travel are handled through the Teaching Resource Center (contact x5611 or professionaldevelopment@sunybroome.edu).

In cases where demand exceeds available funds, the following strategies may be applied:

  • Reduction of the maximum award amount per project.
  • Selective funding of initiatives based on the criteria above.

Not all proposals may be funded

 

 

Teaching Grants

 

The SUNY Broome Foundation Teaching Grant Program is designed to stimulate faculty to develop and implement extraordinary projects that support the Academic Affairs Division’s Initiatives.  The program provides support to help cover the expenses involved in the pursuit of these activities.  This grant program is designed to assist with projects not typically funded through the Professional Development Assistance Program.

  • Typically, projects are funded up to $1,500.

Requests for proposals generally occur in the early part of the Fall Semester.

Full and part-time teaching and non-classroom faculty who have a project that impacts teaching and learning.

  1. Review the Teaching Grant Overview and Guidelines (docx)
  2. Complete the Teaching Grant Application Form (docx)
  3. Complete the Project Expense Form (docx)
  4. Review the Teaching Grant Rubric (docx) (for informational purposes only)

Email the completed Application and the Project Expense Sheet, including all necessary signatures, to professionaldevelopment@sunybroome.edu by the date listed above.

When making decisions concerning the allocation of funds, numerous factors are taken into consideration, including, but not limited to, the following:

  • Teaching Grant projects directly support academic and SUNY Broome Strategic Planning initiatives.
  • Innovation is new to the campus or to the area/division.
  • Completed applications received by the announced deadline will receive full consideration.
  • The number of students and/or faculty impacted, or potentially impacted, by the project.
  • Outlines the current challenge, deficit or situation the project will address and how it will be mitigated.
  • Projects that relate to a professional development priority
  • Projects that will have an impact that extends beyond the project timeline/grant cycle.
  • Projects that are easily transferred or expanded beyond the pilot to other students, classrooms, and/or areas of campus.
  • Projects for which the budget clearly corresponds to the project concept form.
  • Projects not typically funded through PDAP or departmental operational funds.
  • Projects considered to be above and beyond course development or other responsibilities expected as part of the faculty role.
  • Projects that have measurable outcomes.
  • Projects for which funding is requested for supplies and equipment.
  • Projects for which technology requests are supported within the current IT support structure or have approval of the IT department.
  • Projects that do not have continuing costs, or have continuing costs supported by other sources.

Full and part-time teaching and non-classroom faculty who have a project that impacts teaching and learning will receive equal consideration for teaching grant funding.

The following strategies may be used when allocating limited funds:

  • Reduce the maximum awarded to a project.
  • Fund selected initiatives based on the above and other considerations.  This implies that not all initiatives may be funded.

  1. Implement and track the project solution by the completion date stated above.
  2. Email a report detailing project outcomes to professionaldevelopment@sunybroome.edu by the due date stated above.
  3. Purchase orders for supplies, software, and/or travel are handled through the Teaching Resource Center (contact x5611 or professionaldevelopment@sunybroome.edu).