Each year, from 2023-2026, OIS will award 7 (seven) Program Development Grants for International Engagement in the amount of $3,000 each to academic and non-academic programs, offices, centers, or other units. Faculty and non-faculty university and college personnel are encouraged to submit proposals that will further the international engagement of their programs, offices, centers, or units.

The grants offer direct support to campus programs, offices, centers, and units to support the goal of increasing campus global engagement. We welcome creative proposals from all areas from every consortial partner that addresses the project goals of supporting international studies on our campuses. Like all grants offered in this project, each campus will have equal access to these program grants, and the Project Director at MSUB will ensure that each campus has at least one grant awarded during the grant period (2023-2026).

NOTE:This grant is NOT for individual faculty, rather units.

The grants will offer direct support to campus programs, offices, centers, and units to support the goal of increasing campus global engagement. We welcome creative proposals from all areas from every Consortial Partner that addresses the project goals of supporting international studies on YC campuses.

 

Program Development Grant RFP

 

Eligibility

All programs, offices, centers, and units on all Consortial Partner Campuses are eligible to apply for this grant. Programs, offices, and units for this grant includes academic programs as part of Colleges and Departments (i.e., History Program, Life Science Program, Honors Program, etc.), as well as individual Colleges and Departments as a whole unit (i.e., College of Arts and Sciences, College of Education, Communications Department, Biology Department).

Eligibility also includes non-academic programs, offices or units that support the teaching and learning mission of each campus (Library, Student Engagement Offices, Academic Support Center, Advising Center, Career Services, etc.). Only full-time employees of one of the five members of the Yellowstone Consortium may be the lead author on a proposal.

Proposal Deadlines

Program Development Grants are on a rolling basis based upon the below schedule:

  • Winter:      January 2
  • Spring:      April 1
  • Summer:   July 1
  • Fall:           October 1

Congratulations to our Program Grant Awardees

We are excited to support a variety of units at MSUB and within the Yellowstone Consoritum institutions to build internationalization initiatives. Below is a list of our awardees.

2024-2025

Funds awarded are used to provide more international flavors for MSUB students, including the large number of international students who visit the Yellowjacket Pantry. Relevant recipes will be provided to students, and CFE will host in the spring 2025 semester an international cooking event showcasing international cuisine.

Supported a Study Abroad Planning Retreat in which COE faculty and staff spent a weekend to create a strategic plan toward regular offerings of at least one faculty-led study abroad experience during the Spring semester for Education majors during their final few years, as well as standing experiences in which individual students could participate, such as study abroad.

 

2023-2024

International Studies supported the travel and honorarium for sitting U.S. Ambassador to Slovakia Guatam Rana to participate in the Spring 2024 Neighbors and Neighborhoods – A Symposium for Billings and the World.

Grant funding supported the professional photography and videography for the annual World Languages Dinner hosted by Mayor Cole.

Support to bolster cross-cultural exchange partnership with ISPGAYA in Porto, Portugal by hosting visiting students and an associated faculty member at MSUB and within the community in April 2024. MSUB business students have been collaborating with ISPGAYA students during the spring 2024 semester on an international business plan and traveled to Porto in March 2024.

Support to implement an International Literacy Family Night program at Northwest College aimed to foster global engagement within the college campus and the surrounding community, Powell, WY. 

Funding supports the initiation of a pilot Study Abroad Ambassador Program at MSUB. All funding is allocated toward supporting stipends for three return study abroad students to act as ambassadors for their region(s) or areas of study.Ambassadors present throughout the year to targeted classrooms and act as peer mentors for MSUB students interested in studying abroad.

Funds are supporting the beginning of international collaboration in paleontology education with Japanese institutions including Kumamoto Montana Natural Science Museum Association (KMNSMA) and Fukui Prefecture University. 100 percent of the funds will be allocated toward creating video learning material for institutions in Yellowstone Consortium and Japanese counterparts.