Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics faculty members from Metropolitan, Moberly Area, and St. Charles Community Colleges have the opportunity to participate in research-related activities through our revised Partnership Grant Program (formerly known as the Summer Research Team). Because distance, length of commitment, and other factors have kept many faculty from participating in the program, we are making the expectations more flexible so that more community college faculty may participate.
Instead of restricting community college faculty participation in the summer program to the full 10-week experience, we invite faculty to submit proposals for projects that balance their need or desire to be in their home community for the summer with the benefits of working closely with Truman faculty and talented undergraduate students on a research-related project. Listed below are examples of possible structures one might employ.
- The standard, full 10-week research collaboration at Truman as has been offered in the past.
- A “take-home” collaboration which has a community college faculty member visit Truman during the first week of the summer program to collaborate with a Truman faculty member, after which he or she returns home to continue the work. While away, the two faculty collaborators will communicate about the project. The faculty member will return to Truman to work with his or her Truman counterpart.
- As the first two weeks of the summer program are devoted to giving students the skills to start and carry-out a research project, a small group of faculty from the community college travel to Truman for the first two weeks of the program to learn how we do this. Concurrently, the faculty explore opportunities they might have to conduct research with students on their campus. The faculty leave with a plan for starting a research program. The Truman collaborator will facilitate this process.
- A group of faculty from the community college plan a one-week retreat at Truman for curriculum development. They leave Truman with a plan for infusing some aspects of their STEM curriculum at home with interdisciplinary characteristics or open-ended problem solving. The Truman collaborator or collaborators would participate in the retreat and help facilitate discussions.
- An activity that has some contact with the Truman community in the summer but also includes follow-up contact during the academic year.
Apply online for a Partnership Grant