2024 UISFL Curriculum Development Funds

Deadline: Monday, February 19th, by 11:59pm


Submit application at: https://survey.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_ah2hksWsTaLjd9s

The University of New Mexico has funding available through the Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language (UISFL) Title VI grant, awarded by the US/Department of Education, to support curriculum development at the undergraduate level. The grant provides$2,500to individual instructors developing new or enhancing existing interdisciplinary courses with significant content in a world region, adding area-studies content into courses in the STEM and professional fields, and developing topic courses in a less-commonly taught languages (LTCLs). Courses developed with UISFL funds must be subsequently offered at UNM on a regular basis.Priority will be given to courses proposing to cover any of the following world regions: Africa, East Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East.

We will consider proposals in the following categories to be taught in the 2024-2025 academic year:

  • Interdisciplinary Courses 
    • Developing new or enhancing existing interdisciplinary courses with at least 40% content on Africa, East Asia, Latin America, or the Middle East. Priority will be given to GenEd courses, language across the curriculum, and Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) courses. Comparative courses will be considered if at least 40% of course content is dedicated to one of the world regions.
  • STEM/Professional Fields Courses 
    • Adding 25% of area-studies or global content into courses in STEM and professional fields (i.e., any undergraduate program outside the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences). Comparative courses will be considered if at least 25% of course content is dedicated to one of the world regions.
  • LCTL Courses 
    • Developing new topic courses in a less-commonly taught language (i.e., any international language other than French, German, and Spanish) or courses taught in English with enough exposure to the LTCL language. Priority will be given to Arabic, Chinese, Latin American Indigenous languages, Portuguese, and Swahili.

Please note that these funds are only available to full-time UNM instructors and Latin American Indigenous Language instructors. Part-time UNM instructors are not eligible to apply. Selected candidates will receive payment upon completion of syllabus.

If the proposed course includes topics related to US/Mexican border, migration, Latina/o/x Studies, or any other ethnicity in the US, 40% (or more) of course content must be directly related to a world region for category 1.

For questions please contact Lenny A. Ureña Valerio, LAII Associate Director for Program Development, at lurena@unm.edu.