Overview

  The 2008-2009 Program

  Eligibility

  Proposals and Review
Process

  Project Stipend

  Preparing a Proposal

  Additional Information

  Program  Administration

  Useful links

Strengthening the Ethics Curriculum at the University of Wyoming:  Proposal for the Kaiser Foundation

Teaching Ethics:  How Princeton Students Learn to Think about Right and Wrong.  To access the article, use the following path:  click "Print Archives," "January 26, 2005," "Features," and finally "Teaching Ethics."

  Overview

The Kaiser Ethics Project is a grant program designed to help faculty across the disciplines to develop applied ethics content for new or existing courses and programs, including the development of assignments, assessments, and teaching and learning strategies.  Funding is provided by a generous grant of $75,000 from the Curt Kaiser Foundation.  The 2008-2009 cycle is the final year of this program. Seven projects will be funded at $3,000 each.

  The 2008-2009 Program

The project runs from Fall 2008 - Spring 2009.  Successful applicants will form a working group who will meet in a November workshop and then continue to meet in briefer sessions several times throughout the year.  All meetings will be planned well in advance.  The Kaiser participants will teach a version of their new or revised courses in 2008 or 2009. 

  Eligibility

All tenure-track and extended-term lecturers teaching for the University of Wyoming are eligible to apply, including those who teach off campus for UW/CCC or the Outreach School.  Past recipients of ECTL grants are eligible to apply.  Applications may be submitted by single authors or in collaboration with others as a team.  Applicants are encouraged to involve temporary APLs and graduate students as team members.  Unsuccessful applicants from the previous two years are welcome to apply.

  Proposals and Review Process

Submit proposals electronically as a Word document to ellbogenctl@uwyo.edu by 5 p.m., Wednesday, October 8, 2008, or at the ECTL in EN 1070.  A university-wide review panel will make selections based on proposal quality.

  Project Stipend

Seven projects will be funded at $3,000 each for planning, implementation, and assessment.  Funds may be used by grant participants for travel, purchase of materials, support of student research assistance, and summer funding. 

  Preparing a Proposal

Develop a proposal of two to three pages that includes the following components:

• Provide a one-paragraph summary at the beginning that explains the ethical component in your project.
• Outline your initial plans for designing an ethics component in a course or program.  Discuss the importance of teaching ethics in that context.
• Explain the departmental or programmatic context of your plans, such as how your course or program serves majors or the general education program.
• Feel free to include supplementary materials, such as supporting letters from a department head or college dean.

  Additional Information

Include with your proposal the following information:

• The name of the primary applicant and additional members of your team.
• Your department or program and college.
• Your complete UW mailing addresses, email addresses, and telephone numbers.
• A CV for the primary applicant.

  Program Administration

The program is jointly administered by the Department of Philosophy and the Ellbogen Center for Teaching and Learning through Ed Sherline, Chair of the Department of Philosophy, and Jane Nelson, Director of the ECTL.  An advisory council of representatives from all UW colleges oversees the program.  Project staff will write annual reports.  The ECTL will create public occasions for the Kaiser Ethics Project participants to present their works-in-progress.