Grants & Awards
The Office of Service Learning and Community Based Research (OSLCBR) offers a variety of grants and funding opportunities for students and instructors.
These grants are available for the purposes of creating, expanding, and perfecting service learning and community based research (SL/CBR). There is also a special needs grant which is available to help cover unexpected or emergency expenses related to service learning and community based research.
Grant applications accepted throughout the year.
For more information, contact Andrea-Teresa "Tess" Arenas, OSLCBR Director, at tarenas@ls.wisc.edu.
Available Grants
International SL/CBR Course Development Grant
December 2010 Memo on International SL/CBR Course Development
New SL/CBR Course Development Grant
$1200 to provide instructors with funds to explore how to structure and create a new SL/CBR course.
OSLCBR Special Needs
$1300 for unexpected costs of for faculty or instructional academic staff (IAS) who are currently teaching a service learning course and are in need of special funding for unexpected costs of course-related issues. These grant funds are not designed to be used as a permanent source of course funding.

