Course Development Awards

What to Submit

A complete application should include the items noted below. Please use this linked Application Template to complete items 1-4 in the section below.

1. Title of project, name of applicant, and fund to which you are applying (Course Development Fund or Zander Fund).
2. A short abstract of the project (less than 100 words).
3. Proposal Narrative: A brief description (no more than two pages single-spaced) of the course(s) to be enriched or developed and the process by which this will be accomplished, the place of these courses in the existing curriculum, and when they will be offered. Please address:
   • The ideas, problems, or needs of this course
   • Anticipated outcomes in relation to student learning
   • Specific steps to be taken
   • Significance of the proposal and contribution to the existing curriculum
   • Relationship of the project to my ongoing development as an educator
   • A statement that includes the dates and amounts of any previous course development awards and the results obtained.
4. Budget and Rationale.  Please follow the guidance in the application template.
5. An endorsement of the application by the department chair/program director. In the endorsement, the chair should address briefly the value of the proposed project to the faculty member's course(s) and to the curricular offerings of the department.

How to Submit

1. Fill out all sections of the Application Template Word document
2. Include endorsement from your chair/director (see #5 in “What to Submit”, above)
3. Export your Applicate Template Word document and chair endorsement to a single PDF document. (For assistance in creating PDF documents, please contact the IT Help Desk)
4. Submit your application electronically on or before the deadline to Committee on Teaching and Classroom Practice.

Following your submission, electronic applications will be distributed to the members of the Committee on Teaching and Classroom Practice for review. Please note that incomplete or late applications will not be considered.

Grant recipients must be benefits-eligible members of the Bowdoin faculty during the time in which the funds are used or expenses are incurred. Faculty members terminating their service at Bowdoin who have received awards from the Committee will not be eligible to draw from their grant accounts for expenditures incurred or for work intended to be done after the completion of the final semester of their service at Bowdoin. In addition, faculty in their final year of appointment may apply for funding for travel or other activities that will be completed by May 31 of that final year. Faculty who are Ph.D. candidates are eligible for Committee awards; however, funds may not be used to cover expenses associated with completing a dissertation.

The applicant should first check with their department about the availability of resources allotted directly to the department or through department funds for the purchase of materials, and should discuss such efforts in the proposal.

Materials purchased through the grant become the property of the College unless other arrangements are made and authorized by the Committee, with the following exception. The purchase of books, dvd's, etc., that would become the property of the applicant should be justified in terms of the project.

Faculty
Aliosha Barranco Lopez (June 2025)
Judith Casselberry (June 2027)
Abhilasha Kumar (June 2025)
Angel Matos (June 2025; spring semester only)
Maron Sorenson (June 2026)
Dale Syphers, chair (June 2026)
Naomi Tanabe (June 2025)

Students
Maja Keatley ’27
Daniel Lee ’27

Staff
Katie Byrnes, Director of the Baldwin Center for Learning and Teaching
Sherri Castanzo, Senior Director for Digital Innovation
Juli Haugen, Digital Content and Accessibility Specialist
Stephen Houser, Senior Director of Academic Technology and Consulting
Erin Valentino, Associate Librarian for Research

Ex Officio
Peter Bae, Director of the Bowdoin College Library Kristin Brennan
Kristin Brennan, Executive Director of Career Exploration and Development
Michael Cato, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer (or designee)
Eric Chown, Sarah and James Bowdoin Professor of Digital and Computational Studies
Mike Ranen, Associate Dean for Academic Administration
Dharni Vasudevan, Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Inclusion (as needed)