[MGSA-L] MGSA invites applications to the MGSA Innovation Grant, deadline October 1!!!

MGSA exec. director mgsa.org at gmail.com
Tue Sep 14 20:03:18 PDT 2021


*The MGSA invites its members to apply for an MGSA Innovation Grant on
behalf of their institution. Previously known as the "Innovative
Initiatives Grant," the newly titled Grant welcomes members' project
proposals that will advance research and learning in Modern Greek Studies.
Please read carefully the specific grant requirements detailed below. *

*Applicants need to address a set of specific questions set out clearly
below. To assist applicants, our relevant committee has also included a FAQ
section in the grant's formal description available in this email and on
our website at:*

*https://www.mgsa.org/Initiatives/innovation.html
<https://www.mgsa.org/Initiatives/innovation.html>*

*Good luck to everyone!*

MGSA Innovation Grant
Biannual Submission Deadlines: October 1, April 1

This grant, intended for the enhancement of Modern Greek Studies projects,
provides monetary support to institutions of higher learning and other
professional nonprofit organizations to support conferences, workshops, the
digitization of research materials and other web-based educational
projects, as well as other activities that promote Modern Greek Studies
(including those of the Greek diaspora).

Granted on a competitive basis, several grants are typically awarded per
academic year. Individual awards will range from $500 to $1,000. For longer
term projects that are particularly valuable to the field, applications for
a second or third year of funding will be considered.  Preference may be
given, however, to applications that are proposing new, innovative
projects. Applications for support of individual activities will not be
accepted.

Individuals submitting applications on behalf of an institution must be
current members of the Association and should submit a brief proposal
outlining their project in detail (approximately 1-2 pages). The following
questions should be answered in the proposal. *Applications that do not
address each of the questions will be regarded as incomplete and not
considered for funding.*

   - Please provide a detailed overview and rationale of the proposed
   project.
   - What are the anticipated benefits of the project to the field of
   Modern Greek Studies? How will the proposed project contribute to or
   advance a topic, area, or field in Modern Greek Studies and beyond?
   Applications that address this question in detail will receive special
   consideration.
   - Briefly provide a justification for the appropriateness of your
   institutional venue for this project as well as the timeline for the
   proposed activities.
   - Please provide a brief budget narrative describing how the funds will
   be used.

Applications should be submitted electronically to Vangelis Calotychos
<mgsa.org at gmail.com>, Executive Director of the Modern Greek Studies
Association.

If awarded an MGSA grant, all publications related to the project,
including emails promoting and reporting on the event, as well as any
future project(s) that may ensue from the activity, must include the
following statement acknowledging MGSA co-sponsorship:

*“Funded in part by the Modern Greek Studies Association (with the MGSA
logo)”*

Finally, applicants and/or their institutions must also submit a closing
report of no more than 500 words to the MGSA Executive Director, Vangelis
Calotychos, within six months of the activity’s completion. The report may
be publicly disseminated by the MGSA on its website, through the *MGSA
Bulletin*, or other media.
MGSA Innovation Grant FAQs:

Who is eligible to apply for an MGSA Innovation Grant?

   - To apply for an MGSA Innovation Grant, you must be an MGSA member. To
   join the MGSA or to renew your membership, please visit
   https://www.mgsa.org/About/memb.html.
   - Applications must be made for institutional or organizational use.
   Applications for support of individual activities will not be accepted.

I teach or work outside of North America. Am I eligible to apply for this
grant on behalf of my institution, which is abroad?

   - Yes, if you are an MGSA member, you may apply for this grant.

I am not a tenure track faculty member. May I apply for this grant?

   - Yes, anyone who fulfills the eligibility criteria is invited to apply,
   including part-time and full-time faculty in adjunct, tenure track, and
   tenured positions, as well as graduate student instructors, librarians,
   staff, and other people who work in education-related institutions.

Can the grant be applied retroactively for a project I have already
developed?

   - No, only future projects or current projects with future dimensions
   that are in the planning stages are eligible.

I currently serve on an MGSA committee. Am I eligible to apply for this
grant?

   - All members of the MGSA may apply. However, if a member of the MGSA
   Innovation Committee applies for a grant, that person must step down from
   the selection committee and a new committee member will be appointed to
   replace them during that round of the competition.

I am a past recipient of the MGSA Innovation Grant (previously MGSA
Innovative Initiatives Grant). May I apply again?

   - Yes, you may apply again, either with a new proposal or for the
   renewal of an ongoing proposal.  Particularly valuable, longer-term
   projects may receive up to three years of funding.  Please note, however,
   that preference may be given to institutions that have not received grants
   recently.

What kind of information should I include in my grant proposal?

   - In a proposal of 1-2 pages, make sure you address all four questions
   found here <https://www.mgsa.org/Initiatives/innovation.html#req>.

Can the budget include a stipend for instructors?

   - Instructional costs, as well as the development of course materials or
   the development of new courses, are not eligible for funding.

Does the grant allow for the purchase of food or beverages?

   - If funds are required to support hospitality needs associated with a
   highly innovative project, the request will be considered.

Am I required to coordinate my application with my institution’s research
office?

   - While the MGSA does not require such coordination, if there are
   institutional requirements on your campus, you should follow them.

How do I submit my proposal?

   - Applications should be submitted electronically to MGSA Executive
   Director Vangelis Calotychos at the following email address:
   mgsa.org at gmail.com

What is the timeline for this grant?

   - The committee typically meets within two weeks of the submission
   deadline and the results of the competition are typically announced within
   one month.

What is expected of successful applicants?

   - Successful applicants must ensure that all publications related to the
   project, including emails promoting and reporting on the event, as well as
   any future project(s) that may ensue from the activity, include the
   following statement acknowledging MGSA co-sponsorship:

*“Funded in part by the Modern Greek Studies Association (with the MGSA
logo)”*

   - They must also submit a closing report of no more than 500 words to
   the MGSA Executive Director, Vangelis Calotychos, within six months of the
   activity’s completion. The report may be publicly disseminated by the MGSA
   on its website, through the *MGSA Bulletin*, or other media.

The Selection Process

Following each submission deadline, the Executive Director of the
Association sends all funding requests to the members of the selection
committee for evaluation. The criteria used in making this evaluation
include:

   - innovation of activity
   - appropriateness of institutional venue
   - impact and importance of project
   - anticipated contribution made to the field of Modern Greek Studies

Up to three awards may be granted in the fall application cycle. The number
of awards granted in the fall will determine the numbers of awards that are
available in the spring. If three awards are granted in the fall, then as
many as two awards may be granted in the spring. If two or fewer awards are
granted in the fall, then as many as three awards may be granted in the
spring cycle. Once decisions have been made, the chair announces the
winners of the competition to the MGSA Executive Director and to the
members of the Selection Committee. All applicants are notified in writing
by the chair of the committee.
The Selection Committee

The selection committee is comprised of three voting members who serve a
three-year term. Committee membership is limited to two consecutive
three-year terms. A new chair must be appointed every three years. The
three members of the committee must reflect the diversity of the MGSA in
terms of gender, academic standing, and academic interests. The chair of
the committee must be a member of the MGSA Executive Board. The other two
members must be current members of the Association but not of the MGSA
Executive Board. The committee is appointed by the chair following the
first meeting of a new Executive Board in the fall and assumes its duties
on January 1 of the following year. It continues to serve for three
calendar years. In cases when a member of the committee has conflict of
interest, a temporary member will be appointed to the committee for the
voting cycle in question.
Past Winners of the Grant

*George I. Paganelis* (Curator, Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection) at
California State University, Sacramento for a digitization pilot project of
23 rare and unique Greek American newspapers and journals held by the
Tsakopoulos Collection.

*Tina Bucuvalas* (Florida Cultural Resources, Inc.) for the translation of
her edited volume, *Greek Music in America*, published by the University
Press of Mississippi (2018) and winner of the 2019 Vasiliki Karagiannaki
Prize for Best Edited Volume in Modern Greek Studies.

*Dr. Maria Boletsi* (Marilena Laskaridis Chair of Modern Greek Studies,
University of Amsterdam) & *Dr. Dimitris Papanikolaou* (University of
Oxford) for a proposal to migrate, modernize and maintain a dedicated
website for the project “Rethinking Modern Greek Studies in the 21st
century: A Cultural Analysis Network.” <https://greekstudiesnow.org/>

*Dr. Maria Kaliambou* (Hellenic Studies Program, Yale University) for the
organization of a symposium titled “The Greek Revolution and Greek Diaspora
in North America,” at Yale University, in Fall 2021.

*Penelope Papailias*, University of Thessaly, and the "Greek Future Archive
of Socialities under Quarantine" project <http://extras.ha.uth.gr/covid19/>.
October, 2020

Hellenic Education & Research Center & the Greek Epigraphic Society GIO
<http://www.greekinscriptions.com/>. Translations with commentary of
Ancient Greek inscriptions to modern Greek. October, 2019

*Yiorgos Anagnostou & Christopher Brown*, Ohio State University.
Student-produced audiovisual archive of interviews with Greek Americans,
April 2018.

*Vassiliki Rapti*, Emerson College,
Interactive digital game for advanced language teaching, April 2016.

*Martha Klironomos*, San Francisco State University
A new online journal entitled
Ergon: A Journal of Greek American Transnational Studies
<http://ergon.scienzine.com/>, October 2015

*Constanze Kolbe*, Indiana University Bloomington, and
*Paris Papamichos Chronakis*, University of Illinois at Chicago
"Jewish Commercial Cultures in Global Perspective,"
<http://www.indiana.edu/~merchant/#cfp> Indiana University, Bloomington,
October, 2015

*Vasiliki Tsitsopoulou*, Pioneering conference on “Early Cinema in the
Balkans and the Near East: Beginnings to Interwar Period.” Athens June 4-5,
2015. Poster <https://www.mgsa.org/pdfs/past/EarlyCinemaConference2015.pdf>
Program
<https://www.academia.edu/12795681/Early_Cinema_in_the_Balkans_and_the_Near_East_Beginnings_to_Interwar_Period>

*Martha Klironomos*, San Francisco State University and
*Yiorgos Anagnostou*, The Ohio State University

"Revisiting Ludlow: 100-Year Anniversary of the Ludlow Massacre,"
<https://www.mgsa.org/pdfs/Ludlow.pdf> SFSU, San Francisco, October 2014

*Eleni Bastea*, University of New Mexico, "Cultures of Exile: Conversations
on Language and the Arts,"
<https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/arch_fsp/1/> October
2013

*Marina Terkourafi*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
“The Contemporary Piano IV
<http://www.moderngreek.illinois.edu/documents/Papadakis_poster.pdf>:
Impressions
from Greece,”
<http://www.ptheodosiou.gr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=69&Itemid=1>
Spring
2012

*Gregory Jusdanis* Ohio State University
The Teaching of Modern Greek Literature: What are the Texts in the Class?
May, 2010

*Artemis Leontis*, University of Michigan
Workshop on Modern Greek Language, March 2006.

*Vangelis Calotychos*, Columbia University
Symposium <https://www.mgsa.org/pdfs/MANOLIS%20ANAGNWSTAKIS-1.jpg> on
Anagnostakis <https://www.mgsa.org/pdfs/ANAGNOSTAKIS%20Cover.pdf>, April
2006.
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