Internationalization Grant Award Competition Announced

The West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission (HEPC), through the Consortium for Internationalizing Higher Education (CIHE), has announced the 2008 Internationalization Grant Award Competition. Up to $15,000 will be awarded to three public institutions of higher education to implement programs that seek to internationalize their majors, core curricula and foreign language programs with some impact on international student enrollment or sending West Virginia students abroad. The application deadline is Feb. 29, 2008.

The grant award process will be administered by the CIHE Council. All public universities in West Virginia will be eligible to apply if they have submitted, by Dec. 14, an updated action plan outlining international goals and objectives.

Only one grant application per institution may be submitted. Applications must be submitted by the Campus Internationalization Committee.

This year, six West Virginia public colleges and universities received a total of $90,000 through the competition to develop or expand international education initiatives. Concord University, Fairmont State University, Marshall Community and Technical College, Shepherd University, West Virginia State University and West Virginia University each received grants.

For more information or to request a copy of the request for proposals, contact Dr. Clark Egnor, CIHE Council chair, at egnor3@marshall.edu.