Curricular Enhancement Grants: Council on Language Instruction

Curricular Enhancement Grants

CLI CURRICULAR ENHANCEMENT GRANTS

See "Events" -> "Yearly Overview" for deadlines

A. MATCHING FUND

The CLI Matching Fund supports small initiatives that enhance language practice and cultural immersion across campus. Projects funded in this category include course-related events, language tables, and cultural workshops such as:

Boba tea/cooking classes
Karaoke nights/ Dance classes
Ethnic restaurant visits
Traditional festival celebrations
Film screenings
End-of-year celebrations for language courses

CLI provides $150 per initiative per quarter. This includes initiatives such as multiple language tables, a restaurant outing, or a special event. Please submit one application per initiative, even if multiple events come from the same language program or course level.

Application: Please fill out the CLI Matching Fund Curricular Enhancement Grant Application Form and send to your Department Chair with a copy to the CLI Treasurer, Chyi Chung (c-chung@northwestern.edu). Your chair should sign and forward the application to the CLI Treasurer, Chyi Chung (c-chung@northwestern.edu). Deadlines for both are listed on the Yearly Overview page.

The CLI Matching Fund equally matches up to $150 (requires additional funding by the applicant’s department, WCAS, other NU organization, etc.) and covers the following items	The CLI Matching Fund does not cover the following items
Trips to ethnic restaurants, museums, movies, special events Refreshments for course/departmental events Honorarium to course/departmental guest speakers Language tables Annual picnics or capstone events	Books Apps iPads Recording Devices Online language exchange programs for all sections of multi-section courses Professional organization memberships
* You will be notified of the CLI Funds Request Committee’s decision after it meets. Funds will be transferred into the department’s account if the application is approved by the CLI Funds Request Committee. Please submit original receipts to your Departmental Assistant for reimbursement.

B. SPECIAL CURRICULAR PROJECTS

A language instructor may apply for funds to support a special curricular project. For this category of funding, there is a maximum of $750 allotted per instructor per specific project each academic year. There is no maximum number of projects per instructor. No matching support is required from the department.

Application: Please fill out the CLI Special Curricular Project Application Form and send to CLI Treasurer, Chyi Chung (c-chung@northwestern.edu) by the deadlines listed on the Yearly Overview page.

Reimbursement: You will be notified of the CLI Funding Subcommittee’s decision after it meets. Once you have paid for an approved item, turn in an expense report and receipts to the CLI treasurer. If you need to have an invoice paid, provide that to the treasurer, who will take care of the payment and let you know if there is any additional information necessary. Requests for reimbursement must submitted within 90 days of the expense.

The CLI Special Curricular Project Fund covers the following items up to $750	The CLI Special Curricular Project Fund does not cover the following items
Online language conversation/partner exchange programs for particular courses or individual course sections– one time per instructor per course. Activities repeated for more than one quarter would not be supported by CLI Special Curricular Project Fund. Curricular Project materials, other than those on list at right, that are not related to a particular curricular initiative and are not provided by the publishers, Northwestern University, Northwestern libraries, the Multimedia Learning Center, etc. (Applicant should show documentation that s/he has already tried to access these materials through other University or outside sources.)	Books CDs DVDs Apps iPads Recording Devices Online language exchange programs for multi-section courses Professional organization memberships
* You will be notified of the CLI Funds Request Committee’s decision after it meets. Once you have paid for the approved item/s, turn in an expense report and receipts to the CLI treasurer for reimbursement. Requests for reimbursement must be submitted within 90 days of the expense.

The CLI Special Curricular Project Fund
covers the following items up to $750

The CLI Special Curricular Project Fund
does not cover the following items

Online language conversation/partner exchange programs for particular courses or individual course sections– one time per instructor per course.
Activities repeated for more than one quarter would not be supported by CLI Special Curricular Project Fund.
Curricular Project materials, other than those on list at right, that are not related to a particular curricular initiative and are not provided by the publishers, Northwestern University, Northwestern libraries, the Multimedia Learning Center, etc.
(Applicant should show documentation that s/he has already tried to access these materials through other University or outside sources.)

Books
CDs
DVDs
Apps
iPads
Recording
Devices
Online language exchange programs for multi-section courses
Professional organization memberships

* You will be notified of the CLI Funds Request Committee’s decision after it meets. Once you have paid for the approved item/s, turn in an expense report and receipts to the CLI treasurer for reimbursement. Requests for reimbursement must be submitted within 90 days of the expense.