2024-2025 Curriculum Grants

Funding Opportunities Provided by Purdue Global Partnerships & Programs (GPP) and CILMAR

Purdue Global Partnerships & Programs and CILMAR are offering funding opportunities for faculty and staff on the Purdue-West Lafayette campus that support planning, embedding, and facilitation of intercultural learning.

The Intercultural Pedagogy Grant (IPG)

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The IPG program incentivizes intercultural competence and curriculum design training for faculty and staff embedding intercultural competence in curricular and co-curricular spaces, such as:

  • traditional, in-person study abroad and study away programs
  • virtual exchange programs, including online international collaborations
  • on-campus courses and programs
  • remote and distance learning courses

The 5 workshops for IPG take place during October with program requirements due in December. The IPG training fulfills requirements for Level 1 of the Growing Intercultural Leaders (GIL) program (see below). Questions about IPG should be directed to Dr. Daniel Jones (dcjones@purdue.edu).

IPG Application

The online IPG application cycle begins April 1st.
Deadline to apply: September 18,2024

ELEVATE Program

ELEVATE is an incentivized curricular innovation initiative that supports majors, departments, or schools to help their students achieve the global skills and intercultural competence they need for their future. Offered by CILMAR and IDA+A, ELEVATE is designed for impact, sustainability, and accountability.

For more information on ELEVATE, including how your program can participate, please contact Dr. Aletha Stahl or Dr. Tatjana Babic Williams.

Growing Intercultural Leaders (GIL) Program

GIL is a professional development opportunity for faculty and staff designed to cultivate the intercultural leadership skills that will move Purdue-West Lafayette toward more inclusion, equity and belonging. The GIL program provides two levels of support for faculty and staff who work as teachers, mentors and advisors with students and/or with other faculty and staff on campus. Please contact Senior Intercultural Learning Specialist Dr. Aletha Stahl at stahl23@purdue.edu with any questions.

The new application cycle will open in Spring 2024.

Seed Grant program

CILMAR is pleased to invite applications for funding to support intercultural assessment and research during the 2024-2025 academic year. This Seed Grant program supports faculty, staff and graduate students who wish to engage in the assessment of intercultural learning outcomes, conduct studies of intercultural competency development, and/or generate new intercultural theoretical development, but lack the resources to do so.  

Grant Amount: Up to $5000 (matching funds are encouraged from deans, heads and supervisors)
Call for 2024-2025: The call is here.

Updated 7/24/2024