Funding Opportunities

Trinity Language Council

Application for Funding of Language-Centered Events and Teaching Innovations

All individuals who teach academic courses at Duke are eligible to apply (any rank in undergraduate, professional and graduate programs). Preference will be given to language-centered events and teaching innovations that have the potential to benefit all language instruction at Duke.

Events and Teaching Innovations Grant

  • Local speakers/guests (Maximum award $500) Expenses related to events with guest speakers who are local (i.e. in driving distance to Duke and will not spend the night) (including honoraria ($150-$500), workshops, exhibits, performances, reception food, etc.)
  • Non-local speakers/guests (Maximum award $2000) Expenses related to events with guest speakers who are not local (i.e. not in driving distance to Duke and will need to spend the night) (including honoraria ($150-$500), plane ticket, lodging, workshops, exhibits, performances, reception food, etc.)
  • Teaching Innovations (Maximum award $500) Expenses related to innovative projects undertaken by faculty and students in language courses (including materials, consultants, tech experts, food, etc.). Innovative classroom-based research that has the potential to impact language instruction at Duke

Grant recipients will be expected to:

  1. Work with their departmental business manages to process receipts. (Funding will be transferred to either departmental or individual fund codes of grant recipients and the departmental business manager will process the receipts.)
  2. Within one month of the completion of the project/event,
    1. provide an itemized report of expenses to the Trinity Language Council.
    2. provide a short description of the project/event to the Trinity Language Council.
  3. Acknowledge the support of the Trinity Language Council in any presentations, media, articles, events, and publications related to the project/event.
  4. As possible, participate in our learning community by attending workshops and events sponsored by the Trinity Language Council.
  5. If invited, present their work at a Trinity Language Council event.

Feel free to contact Trinity Language Council with questions: fellin@duke.edu.

Trinity Language Council Grant