ELIGIBILITY
The Alliance Call for Joint Projects is open to full-time officers of instruction of professorial rank, from all disciplines at Columbia University, École Polytechnique, Sciences Po, and Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University.
- Projects must be presented jointly by at least one faculty member from Columbia University and one faculty member from any one of the three French institutions*.
Projects that include third parties from other academic institutions are strongly encouraged, as long as the project team includes at least one faculty member from Columbia University and at least one faculty member from any one of the three French institutions.
The Alliance Program will fund projects up to $15,000 for travel, technological support, and other expenses related to the design and implementation of the project. The grant may not be used for stipends, or salaries. It may be used for a teaching assistant's salary, provided that it represents no more than 30% of the amount of the grant awarded.
- Principal investigators from Columbia University must inform their Dean or Department Chair, and their Director of Administration and Finance of their application to this grant.
Applications must be submitted by an individual with the authority to serve as a principal investigator, who will assume primary scholarly, administrative, and financial responsibility for the project at Columbia University. Please note, emeritus professors at Columbia cannot be PIs.
- Applicants with projects that include student travel are required to consult with The Center for Undergraduate Global Engagement (UGE - for programs that involve undergraduates), or the Dean of Students of the associated School (for programs that involve graduate students). Please note that if your funded project involves coursework or seeks credit, proper approvals from all committees and academic offices will need to be obtained, if the project is selected.
Eligible projects include:
- Joint conferences, and seminars*. Although grants may not be used to produce a publication, we strongly encourage project proposals that lead to the publication of articles in peer-reviewed journals
- Thematic doctoral workshops with students and faculty members from both institutions
- The creation and delivery of joint courses (including, specifically, online courses) between Columbia and one of the three French Alliance partner institutions, in all disciplines. We are inviting proposals that aim to challenge and reinvent traditional teaching methods through the creation of joint courses (including through online, face-to-face and hybrid methodologies)
We accept applications in all subject areas. However, applications in the following priority areas are particularly encouraged:
- Climate change and sustainable development
- AI and the social and ethical impact of digital technology
- Race relations, inequality and social justice
- Democracy and human rights
- The Humanities (including digital Humanities and the promotion of Humanities research and teaching)
Special consideration will also be given to projects that aim to promote sustainable relationships between departments or schools in the Alliance network.
*Please note: Beyond facilitating initial contact between prospective principal investigators, the Alliance Program cannot assist in securing a faculty member’s participation in a project, nor can it support the organization of any events tied to the joint project, beyond supporting publicity efforts.