For more than 25 years, NIEA has awarded mini-grants for projects to internationalize curriculum. Awards range from $500 to $1,250, depending on the extent of curricular development. Juried awards are made in the spring of each year.
NIEA’s mini-grant program has benefited hundreds of faculty and students in the region. Abstracts of projects and course materials are available to the NIEA membership. The deadline to apply for 2023 mini-grants is May 15 at midnight. Applications must be submitted using the link below.
RECENT AWARDEES
Anna Booker
History Professor
Whatcom
Community
College
World History I
$1,250
Darcie Donegan
ED/ECE Adjunct
Professor
Whatcom
Community
College
Parenting Around
the World
$750 (2016-2017)
Ritu Lauer
Chair, Social
Science Division
Peninsula College
Comparative
Government
$1,250 (2016-2017)
Yi Li
History Professor
Tacoma
Community
College
World
Civilizations II
Preston Kiekel,
PhD
Associate
Professor
Centralia
College
Math in Society
$950 (2017)
Usha Ramanujam
Financial Account II
Cash Management and
Culture
$500 (2020-21)
Mike Vanquickenbord
Everett
Community College
Bin Zhang, PhD
Professor of Communication Studies
South Puget Sound Community College
Intercultural Communication:
Globalization Studies
$750 (2016-17)
Kristina Young
Tacoma
Community College
Clinton Smith
Lane Community College
Shannon Newman
Pierce College
Anita Harker
Whatcom
Community College
Peter Gramlich
Portland
Community College
Rachel Siegel
Portland
Community College
2014 Mini-grant Recipients
Michael Huffman ($950)
Tacoma Community College
Katrina Prince ($750)
South Puget Sound CC
McMahon ($750)
Spokane Falls CC
Morgan ($500)
Spokane Community
College
2013 Mini-grant
Recipients
Jennifer Day
Spokane
Community
College
Gerry Large
Whatcom
Community
College
Christina Fusch
Everett
Community
College
Stacy Kowtko
Spokane
Community
College
2012 Mini-grant Recipients
Leitich ($750)
Haag ($750)
Swan ($750)
Bard ($950)
Sakura ($1200)
2011 Mini-grant Recipients
Chapman
Stone
Babinec
Helpful Information
Each year the NIEA offers a competitive mini-grant process in which faculty at member institutions, both adjunct and full time, can propose an entirely new course, a new unit for an existing course, a substantial revision of an existing unit to make it more globalized, or a replicable international experience that enhances global knowledge at their institution. Grants are given after the faculty member demonstrates that he or she has taught the new or modified course/unit or conducted the activity.
Grant amounts are typically as follows:
- Developing an entirely new course that is global in focus: $1,500.00
- Substantially revising an existing course to make it more global: $1,250.00
- Creating a new unit for an existing course that is global in focus: $900.00
- Creating a replicable international activity: $500.00
Image by Ahmad Ardity from Pixabay
Northwest International Education Association 