2019 OIA-BOSP Companion Grants

This call for proposals is for faculty who will be spending a quarter teaching at one of the Bing Overseas Studies Program (BOSP) locations during Academic Year 2020-21. It is intended to provide funds for faculty to pursue their new or existing research goals at or in connection with the BOSP location and to help faculty expand their international network of researchers through early-stage research projects. The funds are sponsored by the Office of International Affairs "Roberta and Steve Denning International Research Exploration Fund".

Since 2013, the International Research Exploration Fund has enabled faculty to address numerous international research challenges they encounter. Examples of challenges that the fund has helped with include:

• bringing international research colleagues to Stanford
• traveling to the field to meet with international research colleagues to work together and accelerate partnerships with them including co-editing publications
• funding to bring graduate students into the field to assist with and expand research goals. 

What we'll ask reviewers to score highly

Proposals will be reviewed by Stanford faculty members representing several schools. In line with the scope of the fund, following is a list of the types of activities reviewers will prioritize in the selection of the winners. A proposal might include one or more of these but there is no expectation that a proposal should include all. 

• an innovative approach to address your international research challenge or advance your international research goal
• opportunities for graduate students to participate in your international research project through an activity you mentor
• a persuasive case that your project could catalyze further engagement from internal and external stakeholders.

Note: your proposal does not have to have all of the above. In fact, it would be very hard to come up with a proposal that would accomplish all of this considering the maximum amount of funding available per award! Reviewers will be prioritizing quality over quantity. 

For examples of proposals that the Office of International Affairs has awarded in previous rounds, click here. If you are not familiar with the Office of International Affairs, here's where you can learn about services we have for faculty who do international research. 

For proposals of comparable merit, priority will be given to those faculty who have updated their Stanford Profile with their international research. If you are not sure what that is, feel free to reach out and we'll help you get started with a Stanford Profiles before you apply for this opportunity.

If you are a BOSP faculty in residence 2020-21, you should definitely consider applying.We plan to award up to three proposals. We’ll seek to support all applicants, regardless of whether they receive an award, to accomplish their international research goals through the various services of our office.