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BSP Travel Grant Guidelines and Application
The goal of the Biology Scholars Program (BSP) Travel Grant is to increase the number of program participants who work with undergraduate students from underserved and underrepresented populations in the sciences. The grant assiantance offers full-time biologists from community colleges, and minority serving institutions, the opportunity to participate in one of the nation’s premier faculty development programs.
All grantees must be accepted to either the Biology Scholars Research Residency or Transitions Residency. The BSP Travel Grant provides up to $1,500 towards expenses in attending either the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) or Transitions: Science Education Research to Publishing Institute . Expenses may include housing, airfare and ground transportation. If accepted, grantees will be reimbursed for expenses within 60 days of attending an institute and upon submission of expense receipts.
Preference will be given to first time applicants.
Eligibility Requirements
You must be:
- U.S. Citizen or U.S. permanent resident
- Fulltime biology faculty member whose primary work activity is undergraduate teaching and mentoring
- From an institution that is one of the following:
- community college
- minority serving institution (such as historically black college or university, Hispanic serving institution, or tribal college)
- Not a recipient of another source of funding (e.g. NIH, NSF, USDA, Howard Hughes Medical Institute)
- Accepted into one of the Biology Scholar Program residencies
Selection Criteria
All applications will be reviewed and evaluated by the following criteria:
- Financial need
- Impact on underrepresented and underserved student populations
- Impact on undergraduate biology education
- Commitment to teaching excellence based on evidence, the scholarship of teaching and learning and/or science education research
- Motivation
- Institutional support
Application
All application materials must be submitted electronically to biologyscholars@asmusa.org no later than the following deadlines:
Travel award applications for the Transitions Residency-Transitions: Science Education Research to Publishing Institute:
Application packets should be sent no later than February 1, 2010 with the subject line “2010 Transitions Residency (insert applicant full name).”
Travel award applications for the Research Residency-SoTL Institute:
Application packets should be sent no later than March 1, 2010 with the subject line “2010 Research Residency (insert applicant full name).”
Application packets should include:
1. BSP Travel Grant Application Cover Form
2. Essays. The application for a BSP Travel Grant requires two essays. The essays are limited to two double-spaced pages. Be sure to place your name and institution name in the header. Failure to these essays thoroughly will result in an incomplete application that will not be considered for review.
a. Essay #1: Institutional information. Describe your institution justifying that it is one of the eligible institutional types for this grant. What is (are) the institutional goal(s), what is the enrollment, who does the institution serve, what percent of students are underrepresented or underserved, and is your institution eligible for one of the national training programs for underserved/underrepresented students (e.g. NSF HBCU-UP, Tribal College-UP, HSI-UP, or EpSCoR Programs or NIH Minority Opportunities for Research Experience (MORE) Programs (MARC, MBRS RISE, MBRS SCORE, IMSD).
b. Essay #2: Personal information. Describe changes that you have made within the previous 24 months to improve your students’ understanding of the biological sciences. Be sure to include (1) the course(s) affected, (2) the student population affected, (3) impact of these changes, (4) how you funded and/or supported this work (5) how you got started.
Questions about the application process should be directed to KaRyn Daley, Coordinator, Education Programs and Resources, at kdaley@asmusa.org
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