Rotary Grants for University Teachers
Deadline to submit an application for District 6110 is July 15, 2006

Types of Grants:

• $12,500 for 3-5 months of service
• $22,500 for 6-10 months of service
• Recipients of awards from the 2006 competition are expected to begin their service after July 1, 2007, but no later than June 30, 2008.

Eligibility criteria

• Applicants must hold (or if retired, have held) a full-time college or university appointment for three or more years, but need not hold (or have held) a specific rank.
• The subject(s) taught must have practical use to the host-country.
• The applicant's home and host countries must contain at least one Rotary club.
• The proposed host institution must be located in a low-income/developing country. (See attached list)
• Applicants must be proficient in the language of their prospective host country.
• Applicants may be either Rotarians or non-Rotarians.
• Awards are not restricted by gender, age, or marital status

 How to apply
Application must be made through a local Rotary club within district 6110. Club candidates then compete at the district level. If you are interested in applying, please contact Dr. David Connor, the District 6110 coordinator for this year’s grant competition. He can offer assistance with any questions and can send you a hard copy of the application materials. He can be reached by mail, phone, or e-mail as indicated below:

Dr. David R. Connor
Associate Dean, School of Arts & Sciences
Oral Roberts University
7777 South Lewis Avenue
Tulsa, OK 74171-0001
Phone: 918-495-6214
e-mail: dconnor@oru.ed

You may also download the application materials from the Internet through the following address: http://www.rotary.org/newsandinfo/downloadcenter/pdfs/193en.pdf . In addition to the application requirements stated on the application form, you must also include a reference letter from your academic dean or vice president. No later than July 15, 2006, your complete, Rotary-Club-endorsed application must be received by Dr. David Connor at the above address. It takes time to put your application together and get the necessary endorsement, so please contact Dr. Connor and begin the application process as soon as possible.

What Clubs in District 6110 Should Do

1. Promote the program and get information to area colleges and to potential candidates.
2. Offer to colleges and candidates to provide club endorsements for appropriate applications.
3. Have potential candidates contact Dr. David Connor ASAP to obtain information and forms.
4. Select someone from your club to serve as Sponsor Advisor. This person is a knowledgeable Rotarian who serves as a resource and mentor to the teacher before, during, and after the grant period. Dave Connor will assist the Sponsor Advisor as needed.
5. Make sure that the candidate submits the complete, Rotary-Club-endorsed application to Dave Connor no later than July 15, 2006.

Ambassadors of Goodwill

To serve as a Rotary University Teacher, one must have a sense of mission as an ambassador of goodwill. University Teachers are asked to speak not only at Rotary functions, but at many non-Rotary functions, civic organizations, and other forums. By nature of their role as educators, grant recipients find themselves serving as goodwill ambassadors to their students and colleagues on a daily basis. Likewise, University Teachers also represent their home country and college or university to the people of their host country.

Teaching in a developing country can often present new challenges and unexpected adversity. Grant recipients sometimes discover that the institution where they are teaching is lacking resources taken for granted in other countries — textbooks or computer equipment, for example. One former teacher reported that in the African city in which he was teaching, the power supply would be cut off at almost any time of the day — and always without warning. While it is impossible to prepare for all such contingencies, grant recipients are challenged to face these kinds of problems with equanimity. By doing so, many participants find that the teaching experience is a learning experience as well.

Upon returning home, grant recipients are expected to share their experiences with the people of their home countries and the local Rotarians who sponsored their grants. Sharing these experiences continues to foster international understanding and often results in the development of international partnerships focusing on humanitarian needs and projects.

Rotary Low Income Countries and Geographical Areas
The countries below qualify as low-income and as Rotary
countries (contain at least one Rotary club).