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PSO Fellowship Program
Program Description
The Public Service and Outreach (PSO) Fellowship Program provides support for tenure-track and tenured professors to immerse themselves in the work of a PSO unit for one semester. The experience provides opportunities for Fellows to enhance their academic courses, conduct research (e.g., applied, community-based, policy, program evaluation), and apply their academic expertise to outreach initiatives. An anticipated outcome of the Fellowship experience is the sustained involvement with PSO once Fellows return to their academic departments.
Eligibility
Permanent, full-time tenure-track and tenured faculty members who have an interest in immersing themselves in the work of one of UGA’s PSO units are eligible to apply.
Guidelines
An interested faculty member writes a proposal (in consultation with the Director of the PSO unit with which the faculty member is seeking to work, and her/his Department Head), and secures approval for the proposal from the PSO Unit Director, and her/his Department Head and Dean. The proposal is then submitted to the Vice President for consideration (by March 29, 2013 for Fall 2013).
Proposals should communicate the interest and enthusiasm of the proposer; the proposer’s anticipated enhancements to course curricula, pedagogical techniques, and research projects; and the anticipated long-term impact that the experience will have on the proposer’s sustained involvement with PSO. The guidelines can be downloaded by clicking on the link at the bottom of this page.
Budget/Funding
The Vice President for PSO provides $15,000 to a Fellow’s home department, which may be spent as the department head deems appropriate.
End-of-Semester Report
PSO Fellows provide a written report on their experiences at the end of the Fellowship semester.
Questions
Contact Steve Dempsey, Office of the Vice President for Public Service and Outreach, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or (706) 542-6127.
