Erasmus Funding for Spring 2025
IAI regularly applies for Erasmus+ funding with our long-standing partner, UniGraz. We have funding for 1 or 2 full-time faculty to do a 5-day teaching/training mobility in Graz, Austria over spring break 2025, or in the window of May 6th to June 1st, 2025. The funding is for 7 days maximum, 5 days in Graz and 2 travel days, and is sent directly from UniGraz to the selected faculty. The amount is 1940 EUR, 820 EUR for airfare and 224 EUR per day for 5 days of stipend. There should be more funding in 2025-26. Applications will be reviewed by an evaluation committee through the Office of the Provost and the International Advisory Committee. To learn more and download the proposal form, download the document bellow, and note that the brief proposals are due by Dec. 6th, 2024
Erasmus+ Faculty Proposal Form 2024-25
Faculty-Led Program Proposals
To align with the new Fall break, IAI welcomes proposals for faculty-led programs embedded into a Fall 2025 course, with travel Oct. 18th-25th, 2025. The application form requires academic and safety information, a logistical summary, and some explanation of proposed learning activities abroad. The due date for the Fall Break 2025 Faculty-Led Programs will be December 6, 2024 at 5pm.
IAI also invites proposals for faculty-led programs in 2026, embedded into J-Term, Spring 2026, or summer 2026. Travel would be in January, March, May (late spring), or summer, depending on the proposal. The application form has the same information and requirements as the Fall break application. The due date for the Spring Break and Summer 2025 Faculty-Led Programs will be February 14, 2025 at 5pm.
Individuals with Faculty-Led Program Proposals should contact international@montclair.edu with any questions. If you are a student or have a student with questions regarding a current Faculty-Led Program, please have them contact our Study Abroad email or program leader.
Download the Faculty Led Proposal Form here.
Overseas Faculty Development
International Academic Initiatives (IAI) encourages applications to the Overseas Faculty Development Seminars of the Council of American Overseas Research Centers. The application deadline for Summer 2025 seminars is Dec. 2nd, 2024. Any faculty with questions should reach out to international@montclair.edu
Internationalization of Curriculum
International Academic Initiatives (IAI) encourages and supports faculty to incorporate internationalization components into their individual courses. Faculty can participate in varying levels of internationalization, incorporating just one element, or building on each element toward deeper international immersion.
Individual Courses
“Internationalized courses are the building blocks of an internationalized curriculum. Globalized general education requirements, international minors and certificates, and other institution-wide curricular initiatives that ultimately create a coherent student learning experience first require a selection of internationalized courses from which to draw. While the overall impetus for curriculum internationalization may come from institutional leadership, parallel efforts are needed by faculty to build a globally-focused curriculum from the ground up, starting in their own classrooms.”
ACE Research Insights, By Robin Matross Helms, Senior Research Specialist at ACE, and Malika Tukibayeva, Graduate Research Associate at ACE.
Many courses being taught by Montclair State faculty can be adapted to include an international component.
Embed International Elements in Existing Courses
- Incorporate international material and/or perspectives into existing courses wherever relevant using multi-media, examples, case studies, and guest visits and lectures
- Develop projects or modules for students based on international theme(s), as part of the course
- Collaborate with faculty at international institutions to develop and share international course content and develop joint class projects for students in both classes
- Integrate a short-term faculty-led international travel component, into a course
- Explore existing or develop new semester exchange programs with a partner institutions and offer it as an option for students to plan for as they enter the department or major
How Do You Know a Course is Really Internationalized?
Dr. Barbara Hill, director of ACE’s Internationalization Laboratory program, defines four levels of course internationalization:
- Level 1
- Course contains occasional international or intercultural elements. (i.e. elements from the list of materials noted above)
- Level 2
- One unit in the course is internationally or interculturally oriented. (e.g. a unit on international marketing in a Marketing 101 class)
- Level 3
- International or intercultural elements are integrated throughout the course. (e.g. students are required to consider international/intercultural viewpoints in all writing assignments)
- Level 4
- The entire course has an international or intercultural orientation. (e.g. courses on the history and cultures of specific countries)
Please explore the ACE Resources for Internationalization in Action: Internationalizing the Curriculum, Part 1 – Individual Courses.
What Are the Elements of an Internationalized Course?
Just as internationalized courses are the building blocks of an internationalized curriculum, courses themselves are comprised of components – content, materials, activities, and student learning outcomes – all of which play a role in overall internationalization. Examples of internationalization in each of these areas include:
Credit: American Council on Education: https://www.acenet.edu/Research-Insights/Pages/Internationalization/Intlz-in-Action-2013-December.aspx