The Call for Proposals for 2013 is now closed. The deadline was February 15, 2013
Awards will be announced by the end of April 2013.
We thank you for your interest in this project and invite you to check back in November 2013 for future Mini-Grants call for proposal announcements.
Purpose:
The purpose of this mini-grant program is to enhance the effectiveness in the teaching, scholarship and practice of market economics for business and economics faculty (and select others) at CCCU member institutions. Approved grants will allow for significant collaboration between faculty from different CCCU campuses, will allow future leaders to emerge, strengthen and expand the existing network of scholars, and bring new and fresh ideas to the significant conversations taking place within the field. This program will enhance the “scholarship of pedagogy” among scholars working in the field of business and economics.
The CCCU invites proposals from faculty in one or more of the following broad categories:
Course development —specifically adding new courses or strengthening existing courses in the curriculum which address the nature, function, purpose and practice of free-market economics. This may include courses that deal with the history of economic thought, courses in political economy, micro and macroeconomic courses, or other related subject areas.
Faculty scholarship —identifying scholarly projects which show promise for advancing the understanding of markets, particularly in light of globalization. These projects ought to demonstrate how they relate to the broader academy and “marketplace of ideas”, as well as to lay audiences who might benefit from such scholarship.
Business incubator project — drawing upon existing programs such as the SIFE incubator program, collaborative teams of faculty and students will design small business projects that could be implemented with seed capital from the mini-grant program. Special emphasis should be placed on the synergy between free market practices and non-profit partnerships within a faith-based setting.
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RESOURCES
Students in Free Enterprise
SIFE establishes student teams on university campuses. These teams are led by faculty advisors and they are challenged to develop community outreach projects that reach SIFE's five educational topics:
Market Economics
Success Skills
Entrepreneurship
Financial Literacy
Business Ethics
SIFE team members leverage their personal educational experiences, the expertise of their faculty advisors, the support of their local business advisory boards, and the resources of their institutions to implement programs that create real economic opportunities for members of their communities.
Acton Institute for the Study of Religion & Liberty
The Acton Institute organizes seminars aimed at educating religious leaders of all denominations, business executives, entrepreneurs, university professors, and academic researchers in economics principles, and in the connection that can exist between virtue and economic thinking.
The Academic Research Center of the Acton Institute has many valuable resources available for faculty and students.
Questions about this program may be directed electronically to Jesse Rine, Director of Research & Grants Initiatives, at jrine@cccu.org.