Apply now for service learning materials and travel grants

The University of Arkansas Service Learning Initiative is pleased to announce opportunities for faculty and instructors who are engaged in, or looking to become engaged in, service learning on the University of Arkansas campus. These opportunities include:

• Materials and equipment grants
• Domestic travel grants

Materials and equipment grants are awarded to help provide financial resources for planning and development of service learning activities and to promote the diffusion of academic ideas related to service learning. Available funds are allocated to support a wide variety of expenses including course curriculum materials, equipment, and electronic technology. Proposals, submitted by existing and new service learning instructors, can be awarded up to $1,500 per course.

The domestic travel grants are presented to support travel for pre-program domestic site visits or for domestic academic conference presentation related to a service learning course. The Service Learning Initiative will consider proposals for up to $1,500 per course.

The deadline for the grants proposals is Oct. 1. Click here to submit your materials and equipment grant application. Click here to submit a travel grant.

Detailed information on the criteria, eligibility, and material submission guidelines is available on Service Learning Website.

For questions regarding the process, please contact Febriyanti Lestari at svclrn01@uark.edu or Jennie Popp at jhpopp@uark.edu or (479) 575-2279.