CC/MSI Course Development Grant Call for Proposals

Deadline: Sunday, May 14, 2023

The European Union Center is pleased to offer summer funding to support ongoing curricular innovation involving European studies in the 2023-24 academic year. These grants may support in-person, online, or hybrid instruction on topics having to do with Europe, international studies, or the instruction of a language of Europe. Awards are earmarked for faculty at community colleges (CCs) and Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs) in Illinois or surrounding Midwestern states. Grants will be offered on a competitive basis in the amount of up to $2,000. For more information, please see the call for proposals here.

Below are examples of CfPs from previous years:

For UI Faculty:

Research Assistant Support CfP [pdf]

Above is the CfP for a grant to hire a Summer 2021 research assistant.

Travel Grant CfP [pdf]

Above is the CfP for the travel grant from Spring 2020.

Course Development Grant CfP [pdf]

This grant is typically issued annually. Above is an example of the CfP for the course development grant from previous years.


For UI College of Education Faculty:

Here are examples of grants offered for the UI College of Education faculty from previous years.

Course Development Grant CfP [pdf]

Event Programming Grant CfP [pdf]


For Regional Faculty Colleagues at Community Colleges (CC) & Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs) in the Midwest:

Here are examples of grants offered for Faculty Colleagues at Community Colleges and MSIs in the Midwest from previous years:

Course Development Grant CfP [pdf]

Travel Grant CfP [pdf]

Event Programming Grant CfP [pdf]


The previous Grant application form (for all grants) can be found here [pdf]

For any questions, please email eucenter@illinois.edu.