The Association for Moral Education, in conjunction with the Gift of Time (GOT) Foundation, provides an annual Sabbatical Grant in the amount of $20,000.
PURPOSE
Although teaching and service inform our thinking and are at the heart of many a moral education researcher’s career and life, they also consume the time of the active scholar. A “gift of time” can give a scholar the opportunity to think more deeply, to read more widely, and to more thoroughly incorporate new ideas and insights into their research and writing. The Association for Moral Education (AME), under the sponsorship of the Gift of Time Foundation, offers an annual Sabbatical Grant in the amount of $20,000. The award is intended to provide extended sabbatical time for mid-career scholars to conduct research in moral education/ psychology/ philosophy.
APPLICATION DEADLINE
April 15, 2008. Please note that the deadline is firm; applications postmarked or e-mailed after the deadline cannot be considered.
FINANCIAL DETAILS
The 2007 grant will fund a “gift of time” during the 2007–2008 academic year. Depending on the institution, the $20,000 grant could be used to extend a half-year sabbatical to a full-year sabbatical or to otherwise fund release from teaching a number of courses in a given year. All disbursements will be made directly to the employing institution; no funds will be distributed directly to recipients. The funds may not be used for university overhead or fringe benefits, although the individual recipient may be obligated to pay FICA and income tax, as on any salary support.
ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS
AME mid-career moral educators/psychologists/philosophers are eligible to apply if they meet the following criteria:
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The applicant must hold a doctorate degree (Ed.D., Ph.D., M.D., etc.), is currently a member of the Association for Moral Education, and have been a member of the AME during each of the prior four years.
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Career eligibility for the sabbatical grant program is defined as beginning 5 years after tenure is received. For those not on a tenure track or who are teaching within an educational setting that does not use tenure (e.g., a high school), the marker of 12 years post-doctorate will be used to define eligibility.
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In keeping with the aim to provide a gift of time, preference will be given to those applicants who have been approved for a sabbatical or other form of leave the year following the year of application but who need outside funding in order to turn a partial sabbatical into a full year’s sabbatical or leave. Priority, that is, will be given to applicants who need funding for a sabbatical research project at institutions that give only one-semester paid sabbaticals, or give inadequate funding for full sabbaticals, or that grant no sabbatical at all but do offer the possibility of course release time if outside funding is obtained.
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Funds can only be used to provide the recipient with the gift of time. The funds may not be used for other research expenses. Thus, each applicant must indicate their source of funding for any expected research expenses.
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This grant may not be received more than once; prior recipients may not reapply.
PROJECT CRITERIA
From among the eligible applicants, decisions regarding each year’s recipient of the award will be based on evaluations of the following criteria: a) the adequacy of the qualifications of this scholar to engage in this project successfully, b) feasibility of described project, c) the adequacy of the methods being proposed, d) the relevance of the question to moral education/psychology/philosophy, and e) the overall contribution to moral education/psychology/philosophy promised by the project and work generated by it.
APPLICATION
There is no application form. Rather, a candidate should write a letter of application to the Selection Committee, which addresses the concerns and criteria noted in this announcement. Append the following items to the letter of application: 1) a copy of your research proposal, which may not exceed 10 pages in length, 2) a letter from your Dean or Department Chair confirming your forthcoming sabbatical or other form of leave, pending funding, and 3) a copy of your complete vitae, including any service to the Association for Moral Education.
SELECTION COMMITTEE
A review committee of senior AME members will make the final selection. Applications should be submitted to the committee chair, Dr. Don Cochrane. E-mail submissions are strongly preferred but documents may also be mailed to Dr. Cochrane (Education College, University of Saskatchewan, 28 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0X1, CANADA) and he may be reached by phone at his office (306/966-7521) or home (306/652-2862).
ANNOUNCEMENT AND PRESENTATION
Applicants will be informed of the decision by May 1, 2008. Subsequently, the winner will be announced publicly at the banquet of the forthcoming AME Annual Conference. The grant recipient will be expected to give a presentation of the research supported by the Sabbatical Grant at a future AME annual conference. Generally, the presentation should occur within 2 years after the completion of the grant period.
