Pott College Innovation Fund
The Pott College of Science, Engineering, and Education promotes and encourages innovative outreach, retention, and teaching/learning practices through research and teaching-based strategies focused on undergraduate success. We encourage our faculty, staff, and students to continuously work to research, update, develop, and implement new strategies to improve undergraduate enrollment and success. The Pott College Innovation Fund will be awarded to faculty who propose novel ways to approach outreach, retention, and teaching and learning, with a particular focus on helping more students from all backgrounds to not only persist, but to excel.
The three subcategories of awards available through this fund are:
• Innovation Seed Awards: The purpose of the Innovation Seed Awards are to provide funding for pilot projects and preliminary data collection that will lead to submission of a proposal to the Innovation Implementation and Research Award, and/or to seek external funding.
• Innovation Outreach Awards: The purpose of the Innovation Outreach Awards is to establish methods that best engage and motivate high school students to pursue a degree at the University of Southern Indiana.
• Innovation Implementation and Research Awards: Innovation Implementation and Research Awards aim to fund large-scale outreach, retention, and/or student success projects that have significant research basis and therefore a high potential for success.
Please find the attached information on the Pott College Innovation Fund, including further explanation and submission details. Proposals are due no later than 4:30 pm on Friday November 3, 2023.
For more information, please contact Dr. Kim Delaney, Interim Assistant Dean of Pott College of Science, Engineering, and Education (kdelaney1@usi.edu or 812-461-5350).