The Center for European Studies/ EU Center of Excellence (EUCE) and the Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) at the McCombs School of Business are pleased to offer one faculty research grant thanks to funding by the Department of Education,  Applications are available at the CES website.

The deadline for applications has been extended to 12:00 p.m. on December 20, 2013.

Business Studies Stipend

Competition for a grant of $4,000 for research with a focus on Business in the EU and/or Business relations between the EU and US. CIBER, a program housed in the McCombs School of Business, will fund a $4,000 faculty stipend for research with a focus on Business in the EU and/or Business relations between the EU and US, or to support collaborative research between researchers at our university and their colleagues in the EU in an effort to promote increased dialogue about important topics of common interest related to Business in the EU and/or Business relations between the EU and US.

Faculty grants: http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/european_studies/Funding-Opportunities/Faculty-Funding-Opportunities/Faculty-Research-Grants.php

$5,000 Course Development Award Opportunity
 Sponsored by the Center for European Studies,
 EU Center of Excellence Grant

ABOUT THE AWARD
 The Center for European Studies and the Center for the Core Curriculum are pleased to announce an open competition for course development funds to create a new Ethics and Leadership flagged course. The course theme must address ethical leadership in the European Union and/or in EU-US relations. Faculty members from all relevant disciplines are encouraged to apply.

All interested applicants should complete the course development award application and submit it by email to Jess Miner, Curriculum Specialist for Academic Initiatives in the Center for the Core Curriculum. In addition, applicants must also submit an Ethics and Leadership flag proposal. The deadline for both parts of the application is January 15, 2014.

 

Requirements
The proposed course must:

• Be a course that has never been previously taught.
• Focus on the European Union (if comparative, the course must focus on the EU and the US).
• Meet the criteria for the Ethics and Leadership flag.
• Be offered at least two times beginning in either the spring 2015 or fall 2015 semester.

Award Structure
$5000 will be given to the selected instructor to support costs associated with new course development (i.e., travel, books, research expenses, etc.).

Please note that funding will not be disbursed until the selected course receives approval from the home department and the Ethics & Leadership flag committee.

Review Committee
Course development proposals will be evaluated on the basis of merit and feasibility by representatives from the Center for European Studies, Center for the Core Curriculum, and the Ethics & Leadership flag committee.