The Responsible Governance and Sustainable Citizenship Project (RGSCP) is an initiative at the University of New Hampshire that promotes ethics, citizenship, principled leadership, responsible governance and the creation of sustainable institutions. It provides opportunities for students and citizens of New Hampshire to learn how to be involved citizens and members of ethical, responsible, and productive communities, businesses and organizations by bringing the past into dialogue with the present in order to inform the future.
The Responsible Governance and Sustainable Citizenship Project (RGSCP) is an initiative at the University of New Hampshire that promotes ethics, citizenship, principled leadership, responsible governance and the creation of sustainable institutions. It provides opportunities for students and citizens of New Hampshire to learn how to be involved citizens and members of ethical, responsible, and productive communities, businesses and organizations by bringing the past into dialogue with the present in order to inform the future.
The project uses the humanities to investigate ethics and citizenship, as well as partners with other programs across the university, like the Sustainability Institute, to include as many students as possible from all backgrounds. It is part of the classics program, the unit responsible for the university's teaching and research on the civilizations of the Greeks and Romans and their deep influence on later time periods. RGSCP and the classics program supports a variety of teaching, research, programming and engagement activities across the campus with the intention of expanding successful initiatives to the rest of the University System of New Hampshire. The project also looks for opportunities to support related curriculum and outreach at elementary and secondary schools across the state.
Funding comes from a $5 million endowment created by the N.H. Secretary of State's Office and the Center for Public Responsibility and Corporate Citizenship. The funds to establish the endowment come from a settlement reached between the New Hampshire Securities Bureau and Tyco International, LTD in 2002.
Grant Amount: up to $1,500 (for interdisciplinary proposals, up to $2,000)
Deadline: Rolling review of applications will begin October 15, 2022
Funding Release: Nov. 1 (or in rolling fashion)
End Date of Funding: June 30, 2023
Total Grant Amount: $30,000
Grants of up to $1500 are available to faculty and academic partners in support of various endeavors that align with the mission of the Responsible Governance and Sustainable Citizenship Project. Discretionary grants may be used to bring speakers to our campus, put on workshops, create and sustain working groups, facilitate promotion of faculty and student research, promote public engagement, and support other initiatives that relate to responsible governance and sustainable instituions. We are particularly interested in proposals that connect faculty and academic partners from different disciplines, which will release up to another $500. Grants may be used for honoraria, but the maximum allowable amount for that line item is $500.
To apply, write the Director of RGSCP, Scott Smith (Scott.Smith@unh.edu), with a succinct description of proposed activities, including an itemized budget and an explicit statement about how the proposal fits into RGSCP’s mission. Maximum length: 1 page.
Grant Amount: from $5,000 to $15,000
Deadline: December 1, 2022
Review of Proposals: December 2022–January 2023
Funding Release: February 1, 2023
End Date of Funding: June 30, 2024
Total Grant Amount FY23: $30,000
Grants of between $5,000 and $15,000 are available to faculty and academic partners to create a lab-model or another collaborative enterprise that supports research, engagement, and curriculum around the broad theme of democratic and sustainable citizenship, as well as to highlight and/or expand COLA’s contributions to the public good.
Faculty members may submit proposals as individuals or groups, and they may involve staff and students in their planning. A panel convened by the RGSCP director will review proposals. Proposals should include:
- Cover sheet with project title, names and positions of organizer(s), and an abstract of the proposal.
- A project narrative (no longer than 5 pages) that covers:
- Purpose and details of the planned work
- Significance of the work to RGSCP, citizenship and the public good
- Projected list of events/initiatives with benchmarked timetable
- How the initiative be evaluated and publicized
- A budget outlining expenses. Please note other possible sources for funding.
- Faculty CVs or biosketch (no longer than 2 pages each).
To apply, please submit the above materials in PDF form to the Director of RGSCP, Scott.Smith@unh.edu, by Dec. 1, 2022.
RGSCP is bringing back its successful summer overnight camp, under a new name (formerly Future Leaders Institute) for high schoolers looking to explore the importance of citizenship and nuanced thinking. More coming soon!
As a pendant to our CfP for the Citizenship and the Public Good Lab we will be calling for grant proposals that seek to connect UNH’s work to community partners in the state of New Hampshire.