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 2021 mini-grants is May 14 at midnight. Applications must be emailed to Michael Huffman.
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
$950 (2016-2017)
Preston Kiekel, PhD
Associate Professor
Centralia College
Math in Society
$950 (2017)
Usha Ramanujam
Financial Account II
Cash Management and Culture
$500 (2020-2021)
Mike Vanquickenbord
Everett Community College
Bin Zhang, PhD
Professor of Communication Studies
South Puget Sound Community College
Intercultural Communication: Globalization Studies
$750 (2016-2017)
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
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