Faculty/Staff Grants
The Center for Literacy Education seeks to support faculty and staff at Wake Forest University who are engaged in literacy and literacy education teaching, learning, research, creative activities, and community engagement across literacy categories. These efforts include but are not limited to adult, AI, arts, civic, community, critical, cultural, data, digital, early, environmental, family, film, financial, global, health, historical, information, media, multimodal, STEM, and visual literacies.
This grant invites Wake Forest faculty, staff, and students to propose original collaborative projects in topics or areas related to literacy and literacy education. Project proposals should focus on collaborative research, teaching, and/or creative activities that promote creative intellectual partnerships. Grant applications for up to $2,500 per semester will be considered on a rolling basis and reviewed monthly.
This grant invites Wake Forest faculty, staff, and students to propose original collaborative projects with community partners in topics or areas related to literacy and literacy education. Project proposals should focus on collaborative research, teaching, and/or creative activities that promote creative intellectual partnerships. Grant applications for up to $2,500 per semester will be considered on a rolling basis and reviewed monthly.
This grant invites Wake Forest faculty, staff, and students to propose initiatives to support collaborations that put books that reflect our local communities in the hands of children, adolescents, and adults in university libraries, K-12 public schools, public libraries, and community spaces (e.g., healthcare settings). Grant applications for up to $1,000 per semester will be considered on a rolling basis and reviewed monthly.
This grant invites full-time Wake Forest faculty to solicit funds to support interdisciplinary team-teaching and/or other teaching models that utilize expertise in literacy education across the disciplines. This grant may cover the costs of a course release for a single Wake Forest faculty member or relevant curricular expenses.
This grant invites Wake Forest faculty and staff to solicit professional development funds to support literacy education teaching, research, and/or creative activities. Professional development may include but is not limited to conferences, workshops, webinars, and guest speakers. Grant applications for up to $2,500 per semester will be considered on a rolling basis and reviewed monthly.
This grant invites Wake Forest students to solicit support to work with faculty or staff advisors on research, scholarship, and/or creative activities in literacy education. Awards can cover the cost of materials (except for hardware), consultations with other scholars, professional development, expenses related to publication, travel to conferences, and other kinds of activities. Grant applications for up to $1,000 per semester will be considered on a rolling basis and reviewed monthly.