Attention educators: The Tennessee Higher Education Commission is now accepting proposals for its 2017 Improving Teacher Quality grant program! The ITQ program looks for professional development projects that focus on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics), English Language Arts and Social Studies for middle and high school grades, and will award 20 projects up to $75,000. The recommended…
February & March 2016 Submissions and Awards
Funded Proposals (02/1/2016 – 03/31/2016) CONGRATULATIONS! The following UTC faculty and staff recently attracted $997,444 in external grant and contract awards: Dr. David Aborn, Associate Professor of Biology, received an additional $4,605 from the Tennessee River Gorge Trust to supplement a pre-existing project aimed to locate Cerulean Warbler nests in the Gorge and, using a…
January 2016 Submissions & Awards
Funded Proposals (01/1/2016 – 01/31/2016) CONGRATULATIONS! The following UTC faculty and staff recently attracted $170,351 in external grant and contract awards: Drs. Chris Cunningham, UC Foundation Associate Professor of Psychology, and Gary Liguori, Department Head of Health & Human Performance, received $8,500 from McKee Foods Corporation to study the correlation between the corporation’s wellness-directed fitness…
November & December 2015 Submissions & Awards
Funded Proposals (11/1/2015-12/31/2015) CONGRATULATIONS! The following UTC faculty and staff recently attracted $470,007 in external grant and contract awards: Mr. Chuck Cantrell, Associate Vice Chancellor of Marketing and Communication, attracted $126,496 from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to continue radio station programming for the upcoming year. Ms. Ruth Grover, Director and Curator of Cress Gallery…
September 2015 Submissions & Awards
Funded Proposals (9/1/2015-9/31/2015) CONGRATULATIONS! The following UTC faculty and staff recently attracted $1,441,526 in external grant and contract awards: Mr. Andy Carroll, GIS Manager at the Center for Academic and Innovative Technologies, secured $15,000 from the Tennessee Valley Authority to continue work on a statewide, interactive paddling web map and river resource database. The additional…