Global Challenges Teaching Award - Racial Justice

The Global Challenges Teaching Award – Racial Justice will support a pair of teaching faculty – one at a US higher education institution (HEI), one at a UK HEI – to co-deliver a virtual exchange programme on the topic of racial justice. 

Racial injustice persists on both sides of the Atlantic.

Do you run an undergraduate class at a US or UK HEI that directly addresses the pressing question of racial justice? Find out more about what this Award can do for you to expand the reach of your teaching for one of your existing classes. 

The histories of oppression that have led to today’s racial inequities are intertwined with the history of the United Kingdom and the United States. Understanding structural racism and working for an equitable future require collaboration between people from all cultures and background. Racial injustice is a global problem, and we need to develop global citizens who can work together to address it. 

The Global Challenges Teaching Award - Racial Justice will support a pair of teaching faculty – one at a US HEI, one at a UK HEI – to co-deliver a virtual exchange programme on racial justice. 

To be eligible to apply, applicants must:

  • Be currently teaching an undergraduate class that relates to racial justice. 
  • Be able to demonstrate support of your home institution. 

Rather than creating a new course from scratch, we are asking that an existing class that you currently teach be adapted for co-teaching. Co-teaching with a US or UK counterpart across the Atlantic would take place as a virtual exchange. 

Award benefits

A successful application will receive:

  • An honorarium of $5000/£3750 for the awardee (faculty member). This can be spent however faculty see fit. The honorarium will be paid out in two payments. 
  • A technical support fee of $2500/£2000 for the awardee’s higher education institution. This will be payable on completion of the professional development programme. 
  • Travel for the awardee and a member of administrative staff to the US/UK to visit their partner institution, up to a value of $5600/£4000. 
  • Tailored COIL-modelled blended professional development and customized mentoring, led by VE/COIL experts from AAC&U designed for teaching faculty, instructional designers, and academic administrators.

Visit our Global Challenges Teaching Awards page

to find out how to apply.

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