Community-based Engaged Learning Grants

The purpose of this grant is to provide instructors with seed funding to develop and implement a community-based engaged learning project that incorporates theory and practice within the community, local or international, and to enable students to think critically about the issues in the world around them and find ways to address those issues. Additionally, it expands the opportunities for students to participate in GC Journeys.

The call for CbEL grant proposals for 2023 Round I opens September 1, 2023 with a deadline of September 15, 2023 at 5:00 p.m. Once the applicant has their materials ready to submit, please log into GeorgiaVIEW, click on the Self Registration menu option, find the CbEL Grants Program course.  Be sure to complete the self-registration for the course. Submission instructions and forms to upload your materials are in the course announcements. 

For assistance, contact ctl@gcsu.edu, or call (478)445-2520

Grant amount: Up to $1,000.00

Proposals are requested for Academic Year 2022-2023. The following is the timeline for proposals.

Application Open: September 1, 2023 to September 15, 2023 @ 5:00 p.m. EST
Committee review of proposals: October 5, 2023
Proposal decisions submitted to Provost's office: October 6, 2023
Notification letters distributed to applicants: October 10, 2023
Award Lasts Until:  November 1, 2024 (All funds must be expended by May 1, 2024)
Project Period: Up to one calendar year
Preliminary Reports Due by: May 1, 2024
Final Reports Due by: November 1, 2024

Projects will be funded for between $500 and $1,000. Awarded projects will be asked to identify their respective courses as community-based engaged learning and have them tagged in the PAWS/Banner system for our GC Journeys program.

What the funding can be used for:

• Materials, supplies, and equipment needed for the project
• Travel to and from the community site
• Technology to be used as part of the project (If applicants are requesting funding for information technology hardware or software, they should first obtain a price quote from techquote@gcsu.edu. Applicants should also review the IT purchasing policy at http://www.gcsu.edu/technology/ITprocedures.)

Faculty who have received CbEL grants will need to submit final reports by November 1 for Round I grants and May 1 for Round II grants. The following conditions will need to be met:

1. All expenditures from this award must follow Georgia College’s e-procurement, purchasing, and travel procedures. It is your responsibility to process your travel expenses and to enter all purchase requests into the e-pro system. All computer and software purchases must be approved by IT through techquote@gcsu.edu (Sonny McKenzie). Travel expense statements are to be entered into the system. You must maintain records in your research file.
2. Any equipment purchased will remain the property of Georgia College. During the active life of your project, you will have priority use of this equipment.
3. Any funds not encumbered or spent by May 1 (Round I) or November 1 (Round II), will be returned to Academic Affairs for reallocation.
4. Submit a copy of the final report to OGSP.

The final report template can be found here.

Spring 2023 recipients

Fall 2022 Recipients