Call for applications: Digital Borderlands in the Classroom 2025 Fellowship Program & Summer Institute

Call for applications: Digital Borderlands in the Classroom 2025 Fellowship Program & Summer Institute

Oct. 30, 2024

Fellows receive digital, data, archival literacy training and a $9,000 award

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University Libraries, through support from the Mellon Foundation, is accepting applications for the 2025 cohort of the Digital Borderlands in the Classroom Faculty Fellowship Program and Summer Institute.

The second cohort of the program runs from July 1, 2025-June 30, 2026. 

University of Arizona faculty are invited to engage with three key literacies–digital literacy, data literacy, and archival literacy–to support undergraduate student research in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands through assignments and learning modules.

Watch our video about the Summer Institute.

What the fellowship program includes:

  • $9,000 award for each fellow to support their work to redesign or update a course syllabus. Find out more about the fellowship. 
  • Training in developing student assignments that explore aspects of the U.S.-Mexico borderlands using digital scholarship tools and archival collections.
  • Ongoing consultation and support from library experts throughout the academic year that follows the Summer Institute.

Eligibility

We welcome applications from full-time University of Arizona faculty members scheduled to teach the redesigned course within 18 months of attending the institute. 

Faculty members include tenure-track faculty, continuing status track faculty, career-track faculty, and other University of Arizona instructors interested in incorporating the principles of the Digital Borderlands project into their classroom curriculum. Learn about the application process. 

Applicants must commit to:

  • attending the on-site Summer Institute on July 14-18, 2025;
  • revising their course content;
  • delivering the revised course within 18 months following the Institute; and
  • providing information about course integrations to help assess outcomes.

Deadline

Applications for the 2025 cohort are due by January 24, 2025.

Information sessions on Zoom

More information

Contacts
Alana Varner, Project Manager
alanav@arizona.edu