ICLCA Learning center
Collaboration grant
Deadline: May 31, 2024
Membership to ICLCA is required prior to nominating or applying for an award or grant. An affiliate member must also become a member of NCLCA in order to be eligible for awards and grants.
To Apply:
Background
Lifetime Achievement Award winners Jonnie Dvorak and Jackie Harris have collaborated in numerous ways over the years. They have sought ways to work together to enrich their professional lives as well as the profession. Suggesting this idea springs from their spirit of collaboration. In 2019 ICLCA will award the first Learning Center Collaboration Grant.
purposeThe purpose of the ICLCA Learning Center Collaboration Grant is to provide financial assistance for at least two learning center professionals from two separate post-secondary institutions who will collaborate and share the load of conducting research or the development of program initiatives. | the grant will consist ofThe $1500 grant will be divided evenly between each of the recipients' institutions for ICLCA supported research or program development. One recipient from each institution will receive a conference fee waiver for 50% of the member price for registration with the expectation that they will present their progress/findings at the following ICLCA Conference. Recipients are also expected to submit their results to the TLAR at the conclusion of their research/program development. |
GENERAL AWARD PREFERENCES & REQUIREMENTSAll members are welcome to apply for awards and grants. Preference will be given to those who have not won the award in the last 2 years.
Membership to ICLCA is required prior to nominating or applying for an award or grant. An affiliate member must also become a member of ICLCA in order to be eligible for awards and grants. |
Learning Center Collaboration project
At least two learning center professionals from two separate post-secondary institutions will collaborate to:
- Produce research relating to their centers,
- Replicate research in this profession to strengthen promising/best practices,
- Improve academic support programs for students,
- Develop creative tutor training program approaches, or
- Initiate innovative programs which are mutually beneficial to students, their institutions, and /or the field of learning assistance in higher education.
APPLICATION PROCEDURES/REQUIREMENTS
- Submit the following application materials (formatted in MS Word) via in the order below.
- A one-page proposal title sheet with the following information for each collaborator:
- name, address, institution, e-mail, phone number
- A copy of your grant proposal
- A copy of each collaborator’s curriculum vitae or resume, which should include any previous research projects, conference presentations, and/or publications.
- A letter of endorsement from each collaborator’s University or College Vice-President, Dean, or senior administrator.
- A copy of the approved institutional review board (IRB) certificate from the one of the collaborating institutions, where appropriate.
- Recipients will be required to submit a one page follow-up report that outlines how the grant was used and will present the results of their project at the ICLCA conference the year after receiving the award.
- Submit all application by completing the Awards Form
Note: Winners must accept the award at the ICLCA annual conference in person or virtually via phone, Skype, FaceTime, or similar technology.
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