11/20/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 11/20/2024 11:06
These instructions are for VU investigators. VUMC investigators should contact [email protected] for more information.
Vanderbilt University may submit one application in either the Institutional Impact or Capacity-Building category to The Educating Character Initiative, managed by The Program for Leadership and Character at Wake Forest University.
Overview
The Educating Character Initiative, a project of the Program for Leadership and Character at Wake Forest University, has launched its second Invitation to Community and 2025 Request for Proposals.
The Educating Character Initiative aims to equip a wide range of public and private institutions of higher education with the resources, funding, and support needed to integrate character education into their distinctive institutional contexts, curricula, and cultures. The broader aspiration is to foster a robust network that recognizes the value of educating character within higher education.
The Educating Character Initiative welcomes diverse approaches to moral, civic, and/or intellectual character and encourages engagement that is motivated to promote character development according to the mission and vision of each institution and to meet each institution's unique population of faculty, staff, and students in context-sensitive ways.
In 2025, The Educating Character Initiative will award up to 10 Institutional Impact Grants of between $100,000 and $1,000,000, as well as 20 Capacity-Building Grants of up to $50,000. Successful grantees will be teams of faculty, staff, and administrators at U.S. colleges and universities with outstanding proposals for developing the moral, civic, and/or intellectual character and capacity of faculty, staff, and students.
Eligibility
The project leader(s) must be in or contracted to a long-term faculty or staff position at an accredited college or university in the United States. All applicants agree to register as a member of the Educating Character Initiative community.
See the program webpage and full RFP for more information.
Internal Submission Instructions
Interested faculty should click here to submit an application for the internal LSO competition and to find additional information about the opportunity. The deadline for the internal competition is Dec. 10, 2024.
Any questions about this opportunity or the LSO process may be directed to [email protected].