Project
Grants
Current
Project Grants
The Wayne Morse Center has awarded project grants since 1998 to support new classes, symposia, conferences, community projects, and other events pertaining to topics under the Center's current theme.
Project Grants are awarded each winter for the following academic year. Most awards range from $4,000 to $6,000, and the maximum award is $10,000. The Wayne Morse Center gives priority to multidisciplinary projects that balance university and community involvement, teaching, symposia, and research.
Priority focus areas for project grants and resident scholars changes every two years. The current theme is “Democracy and Citizenship in the 21st Century”, and the current cycle of grants has been awarded for 2008-09 theme of inquiry (see below). The next cycle of grants will be awarded in February 2009, which will reflect the new theme of inquiry. Previous awards granted for past themes can be viewed on the Past Themes pages.
To view the past 2008-09 application (which will be similar to that used for next year's awards), download 2008-09 Project Grants Request for Proposals (126K
PDF)
The Wayne Morse Center announces the 2008-09 Project Grant Recipients for the continued thematic inquiry, “Democracy and Citizenship in the 21st Century.”
- Civil Liberties Defense Center
Summer stipend for public interest law students conducting research for cases and projects, and support for public education on civil liberties.
- Department of History
Ellen Herman, associate professor will teach a course in Spring 2009 on “The Therapeutic Origins of Politics, Public Policy and Citizenship in the Post-1945 United States.”
- Western States Center
Funds to document and evaluate the Center’s Voter Organizing, Training and Empowerment (VOTE) program. This project will examine the collaborative efforts of seven community organizations to expand civic engagement in Oregon.
- Women’s Law Forum
The Women’s Law Forum is a UO law student organization which will present a symposium in Fall 2008: “Elections Exposed: Women, Money and Politics.” Invited speakers include: Oregon Supreme Court Justice Virginia Linder; Joan Mandle, the Executive Director of Democracy Matters; and Barbara Garfien, campaign manager and fundraiser.
- Teacher Education Course
An innovative course will address the department’s new focus on English learners, bicultural (minority) students, and educational equity in the schools. The project is coordinated by Edward Olivos and will feature field work on the issues of immigration and culture.
Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics
1221 University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403-1221
Phone: (541) 346-3700, Fax: (541) 346-1564
