Process

Important Dates

The next round of applications is open now.  Important dates for this upcoming round:

  • February 1, 2021 — Application deadline
  • February, 2021 — Announcement of selected fellow
  • March 1, 2021 – February 28, 2022 — Fellowship period

Requirements

  • NOVA full-time 9-month teaching faculty are eligible.  Previous fellowship winners and selection committee members are ineligible.
  • Applicants must submit a proposal for consideration.
  • Selected fellows must submit a final report of 1-3 pages summarizing (1) what they did, (2) what they learned, and (3) how they applied what they learned to enhance their teaching effectiveness.
  • The fellowship award may be used for tuition, conference registration, resource materials, time, and travel expenses described in the proposal.

Selection Criteria

The purpose of the fellowship is to promote and support effective teaching. Fellows will be selected by the Fellowship Committee based on evaluation of proposals that must address the following criteria:

  1. Investigation by the applicant into teaching effectiveness.
  2. Use of investigation findings to enhance the applicant’s teaching.

For the first criterion, we are looking for a plan for how you will learn more about effective teaching. As you reflect on your current teaching, what aspects do you wish to develop further? What independent study, course, or workshop will you use to learn more about these aspects of teaching effectively?

For the second criterion, explain how you hope to use this new knowledge of effective teaching to enhance learning by your students. What results do you hope to see when you implement what you have learned?

Application Process

  • Applicants must submit a proposal by the application deadline.
  • Please download and use the LS-Fellowship-Proposal-Template to prepare your proposal.  The template describes all required elements and word limits.
  • Email your signed proposal in PDF format to the Fellowship mailbox: lsfellowship@nvcc.edu
  • Proposals will be evaluated and the fellow selected by the Fellowship Selection Committee after the application closing deadline.  The committee will evaluate proposals using a rubric similar to this Reviewer Guide.
  • The selected fellow must complete all proposed project activities, including a final report, within the 12-month period of the award.
  • Fellows must submit expenses for reimbursement to the NOVA Foundation during the calendar year of the award.

Selection Committee

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Charlotte Calobrisi Gillian Backus Peter Jo Molly Lynch
Associate Vice President for Human Resources

Committee Chair

Professor of Biology

 

Associate Professor of Biology

 

Provost of Manassas Campus