The Language Institute is pleased to announce a small grants program to defray or fully cover the cost of UW-Madison graduate students’ participation in a Summer 2025 workshop or institute focused on language teaching and learning. Grant recipients will be expected to share what they learned at the workshop with their home program and/or the broader community.
GRANT APPLICATION DEADLINE
5:00 pm, Friday, April 4, 2025
DATES
The workshop or institute must take place by August 31, 2025.
ANTICIPATED NUMBER OF AWARDS
The Language Institute anticipates being able to make a small number of awards of up to $300.
ELIGIBILITY
Applicants must be Teaching Assistants (teaching a language course) and/or graduate students in good standing enrolled in a UW-Madison graduate program in one of the following departments:
- African Cultural Studies
- Asian Languages and Cultures
- Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
- French & Italian
- German, Nordic, and Slavic+
- Language Sciences
- Second Language Acquisition
- Spanish & Portuguese
Students do not have to be teaching a language course this semester to be eligible for the grant.
ELIGIBLE WORKSHOPS AND SUMMER INSTITUTES
There are many workshops and institutes for language instructors offered through different institutions and professional organizations, as well as through Title VI Language Resource Centers, including the Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA) at the University of Minnesota.
Check with Jana Martin if you’re not sure if a workshop or institute that you’re interested in would qualify for this grant program.
ALLOWABLE EXPENSES
This grant is intended to cover the cost of registration for workshops or institutes focused on language teaching and learning. The grant may not be used for conference registration or for membership fees in professional organizations.
EVALUATION CRITERIA
Applications will be reviewed by a committee as soon as possible after the application deadline. The committee will consider the following in reviewing applications and making decisions on awards:
- Need for support, with priority consideration given to applications from graduate students who do not have access to other sources of funding that they could use to participate in a workshop or institute for language instructors and who did not receive this grant in the past
- Potential for impact on the student’s teaching and professional development
- Plan for sharing experiences at the workshop with others
- Fit of the focus of the online workshop or institute with the purpose of the grant
- Overall quality of the application
CONTACT
Questions about this Language Institute grant? Contact Jana Martin: jcmartin4@wisc.edu, (608) 890-4585.
SPONSORS
Funding for this grant program is from the International Division and the Language Institute.
2024 Grant Recipients
Denise Castillo, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, to participate in the CARLA online institute EmojiEd: Integrating Authentic Social Media in Language Teaching
Nevin Durmaz, Second Language Acquisition PhD Program, to participate in the CARLA online institute, Introduction to Practical Program Evaluation for Heritage Language Programs
Andrew Miloshoff, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, to participate in the CARLA online institute, Culture as the Core in the Second Language Classroom
Natalia Petrova, Second Language Acquisition PhD Program, to participate in the Quality Matters workshop, Addressing Accessibility & Usability
María Pulla-France, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, to participate in the CARLA online institute, Content-Based Language Instruction and Curriculum Development
Sooyun Siemens, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, to participate in the Universities of Wisconsin Collaborative Language Program workshop, Cultivating Student Engagement with Inclusive Teaching Practices in the Age of AI