WU's Office of the Provost Releases Interdisciplinary Focused RFPs

The Office of the Provost has announced two opportunities to encourage faculty collaboration across schools and departments.

1. The Request for Proposals for Global Certificate Courses 2012
http://provost.wustl.edu/request-proposals-global-certificate-courses-2012#overlay-context=policies-reports-resources

The Global Certificate Program provides a platform for outstanding faculty to offer innovative day school courses that focus on global issues and fosters creative inquiry across disciplines and schools. These courses will introduce students to big ideas, address questions that affect our contemporary global society and encourage students to become engaged global citizens by increasing their global competency. While these courses will be created for the Global Certificate, they will be home-based in the proposed faculty’s department and/or school and are an opportunity to teach students across schools

2. The Cross-School Interdisciplinary Teaching Grant RFP 2012
http://provost.wustl.edu/cross-school-interdisciplinary-teaching-grant-rfp

Interdisciplinary faculty collaboration is fast becoming a hallmark of Washington University. The Office of the Provost wishes to encourage such collaboration across school and departmental lines to enhance faculty knowledge and enrich faculty research. In addition, the Task Force on Undergraduate Education has endorsed support for cross-disciplinary teaching to further interdisciplinary learning opportunities for our students. The Provost seeks to support interdisciplinary teaching to foster innovation and to channel funds toward the most promising courses in their infancy.