Grant Guidelines & Application
Applications in the form of a letter or proposal are preferred by email, as a single attachment in PDF or MS Word with the name of the institution in the document name. Please include the following information in your proposal (Note: hard copy submissions require nine sets) :
- Sample syllabi for at least three different courses in secular Judaism
or Jewish secularism, including an interdisciplinary “core” or primary
course of the proposal. Peripheral courses need to explicitly examine
themes of secularism and secularization, not just secular topics.
- Brief Curriculum vitae of faculty being proposed to teach such courses (no longer than 3 pages)
- Statement
describing how the study of secular Jewish history and Jewish
secularisms might be integrated into existing program and major
requirements, and steps to make these courses permanent.
- Brief history
of the program or department and current and past offerings, including
number of faculty, majors, and students taught.
- Detailed budget for the proposal. The budget may not allow for overhead or indirect costs.
- Timetable for implementation.
- Information
sheet with your name, mailing address, telephone number, email, name of
institution and title and chair of department in which the courses
would be implemented.
- The grant
request must include the signature in support of the application by the
appropriate authorities permitted to institute curricula change within
the institution.
Interim reports and evaluation will be required.
The
deadline for all grant proposals for the 2009-2010 Posen Project for
University-based continuing education programs was December 29, 2008.
Direct
inquiries to: The Center for Cultural Judaism, 80 Eighth Avenue, Suite
206, New York, NY 10011. Tel: 212-564-6711; Fax: 212-564-6721. Email Myrna Baron, Executive Director, The Center for Cultural Judaism.
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