Global Education Committee

The Global Education Committee promotes a conceptualization of education, research, and public service that spans international borders, has global reach, and embraces open inquiry, innovation and social justice. The goal of this committee is to ensure well-coordinated global initiatives and opportunities that span research and practice and that have administrative, faculty, staff, graduate student, and undergraduate student participation.

Global Education initiatives will occur on campus as well as nationally and internationally. A focus on global awareness and critical inquiry is central to the School of Education and to the activities of the Global Education Committee (GEC).  The GEC will foster connections and dialog across departments and programs within the SoE and will connect with broader conversations and initiatives about global education campus-wide, state-wide, nationally and internationally. A primary goal is to support visibility to all and inclusion for all.

Request for Funding Proposals

Colleagues:

The School of Education Global Education Committee is pleased to be able to offer funding to School of Education faculty and academic staff for global initiatives and research for the ​current academic year. The categories for funding are:

Faculty and Staff Seed Funding:
To encourage the development of new global collaborations, research, and/or creative endeavors that will benefit students, faculty and staff in the School of Education. Please click this Faculty and Staff Seed Funding 2024-2025 link to access further details.

To submit a request, please send a completed Seed Funding proposal template (see link below) to global@education.wisc.edu The proposal must include:

• A brief (no more than 2 pages) proposal, explaining the proposed activities and how they will benefit multiple stakeholders and global education at UW-Madison. Strong applications will focus on how the proposed activities will benefit the applicant(s) and UW-Madison students.
• A budget detailing how the requested funds will be spent and from where any additional needed funds will come.
• If travel is involved, please ensure that you and/or any invited guest has the most up-to-date information for health and safety. You and your guest(s) are encouraged to review the health advisories from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s guidance and travel advisories from the U.S. Department of State.

Although there is no specific dollar limit on the proposals, we anticipate funding will not exceed $1,500 per proposal/project. Here is the Seed Funding proposal template.

Seed Funding requests are reviewed at the monthly GEC meetings. For timely consideration, please submit requests by the last Thursday of each each month (September – May).

Faculty-led Study Abroad Development Grant:

To support SoE faculty and faculty associates in the development of new, for-credit, study abroad programs planned in cooperation with and administered by the International Academic Programs (IAP) office.

To access the current call for SoE’s faculty-led study abroad development grant, please click here.

For questions, please email Jamie Welling, Associate Director of the Global Engagement Office. We hope that you will consider submitting a proposal.  We look forward to receiving them!

Aydin Bal, Chair, Global Education Committee