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Tufts Innovates!
Tufts University fosters great teaching and great research. The Tufts Innovates! seed grant program seeks to spark imaginative ideas to enhance learning and teaching, including approaches that integrate research and are interdisciplinary. These innovative proposals are expected to catalyze sustainable initiatives across schools and programs, and may lead to other internally funded programs such as University Seminar, or externally funded grant opportunities.
The deadline for the next proposal submission is January 27, 2012.
Notification of awards will be by March 30, 2012.
Click here for the required Submission Form and the Guidelines for Tufts Innovates!
| Title | Overview | Authors |
| Country Management: Strategy, Operations and Leadership in Emerging and Frontier Economies | "Pioneering research and education area in international relations" | Bhaskar Chakravorti (Fletcher) |
| Development of video-based teaching tools for clinical ultrasound in veterinary medicine | "Unique resource in French and English for local and international training at all levels" | Dominique Penninck (TCSVM) Taeymans, Olivier (TCSVM) Sutherland-Smith, James(TCSVM) King, Ryan (TCSVM) |
| Humanizing the Sciences through Interdisciplinary, Interpersonal, and Ensemble Learning: An Introductory Course for Freshmen and Sophomore Students | "Engaging student learning of the sciences through a humanistic, interdisciplinary lens via collaborative, "ensemble" learning and team teaching" | Jonathan Garlick (TUSDM) |
| Junior Design ? A Systems Approach | "Creating the environment of a Design Studio for systems engineering" | Ron Lasser (SOE) |
| New Course in Environmental Communication | "Improving environmental literacy and communication through the lens of natural and social sciences, multimedia, and primary source material." | Colin Orians (A&S) Julie Dobrow (A&S) Regina Raboin (A&S) |
| Nutriton 101: Using Blended Learning and Educational Technology to Improve Student Learning in a Large-Enrollment Course | "Improving student learning in large introductory classes through hybrid learning environments" | Patrick Connell (Friedman) Diane McKay (HNRCA) Kelly Kane (Friedman) |
| Pilot Project in Spanish Language Instruction | "Transforming language instruction through Universal Design" | Sandra Baer (A&S) Jean Herbert (A&S) Laura Rogers (A&S) |
| Single Statistical Software Initiative (SiSSI ) | "Creating a flexible and user-friendly wiki forum to enhance the learning of statistical software" | Kenneth Chui (TUSM) Steven A. Cohen (TUSM) David Tybor (TUSM) |
| Teaching Psychology in a Virtual International Learning Environment | "Building a model for virtual international, collaborative classrooms" | Holly Taylor (A&S) |
| The Use of Direct Observation, Feedback, and Video-based Self-reflection to Enhance the Teaching Skills of Residents: A Multidisciplinary Randomized Control Trial at Two Institutions | "Assessment of innovative feedback methods in teaching residents to teach." | Snydman, Laura (TUSM) Rencic, Joseph (TUSM) Chandler, Daniel (TUSM) Dowdell, Kimberly (TUSM) Price, Lori Lyn (TUSM) Paulus, Jess (TUSM) Garg, Priya (TUSM) Aquino, Julia (TUSM) Hinchey, Kevin (TUSM) |
| Tufts Undergraduate Global Health Resource Network | "Creating a sustainable Tufts undergraduate resource for global health information, networking and awareness" | Edith Balbach (A&S) Mary Bruynell (A&S) - Student Dahlia Norrey (A&S) - Student |
