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Faculty Engaged Scholars Program

Overview

The Faculty Engaged Scholars Program is an initiative of the Carolina Center for Public Service to advance faculty involvement in the scholarship of engagement. Such scholarship, while fully grounded as disciplined inquiry according to the highest academic standards, also strengthens university-community relationships and contributes to the common good.

Program Goals

The goals of the program are to:

Recognize and reward faculty involved in engaged scholarship.

Create and sustain a community of engaged scholars from diverse perspectives.

Promote the scholarship of engagement at UNC-Chapel Hill across disciplines.

Continue to build UNC-Chapel Hill as an institution committed to and demonstrating strong university-community relationships.

Program Expectations

In the first year, Scholars participate in an interactive and experiential curriculum, including a two-day orientation and four day-long sessions. The curriculum covers background and current developments in the work of engaged scholarship through field visits, exposure to a number of ongoing projects, and discussions with community members and faculty partners.
During the first year, sessions address such topics as funding and dissemination of engaged scholarship, navigating disciplinary expectations while addressing community needs, and partnering with local communities in North Carolina and beyond.

In the second year, Scholars focus on their own projects, serving as a learning community with monthly sessions/seminars.

Program Benefits

Each Scholar receives the following:

Stipend of $5,000 per year, for each of the two years ($10,000 total).

Interactions with like-minded faculty from a variety of disciplines around the issues associated with service and engaged scholarship.

Support for their engaged scholarship from faculty and community partners who have experience in engaged scholarship.

Information on engaged scholarship via a series of workshops, panels, and case studies by leading UNC faculty, national experts and funding program officers.

If working in Caswell or Lenoir counties, there may be opportunities to apply for additional funds.

 

Learn more about the scholars.

Read about Faculty Engaged Scholars in the summer 2009 edition of Carolina Connections.

Learn more about eligibility and the application process.