The Center for African & African American Studies offers funding and recognition opportunities for faculty working in African studies, African American studies, and/or African diaspora studies at the ŔÖ˛Ą´«Ă˝ Boulder.Â
CAAASÂ Faculty Awards
The purpose of the CAAAS Faculty Teaching, Research & Creative Work Awards (aka “CAAAS Faculty Awards”) are to assist ŔÖ˛Ą´«Ă˝ Boulder faculty with their teaching, research, and creative work in African studies, African American studies, and African diaspora studies. CAAAS Faculty Awards provide modest funding for a variety of projects. For example, CAAAS Faculty Awards can be used for conference presentations, on-campus conferences, research assistance, travel for research purposes, materials and equipment for increasing teaching efficiency, etc. Partial funding is possible, and most awards are between $1,500 and $2,500. The CAAAS will consider funding up to $3,500 for international travel based on airfare and lodging costs. There may also be instances when domestic research travel requiring a longer stay than a traditional conference may also be funded for a higher amount (but no greater than $3,000). All CU Boulder tenured and tenure-track faculty and full-time instructors with demonstrable teaching, research, and creative work in African studies, African American studies, and/or African diaspora studies are eligible to apply.Â
CAAAS Faculty Awards open September 1st and close May 1st annually.Â
CAAAS Faculty Fellowships
The CAAAS Faculty Fellowship provides a two-course teaching reduction (taken in a single semester) for faculty teaching a 2/2 load; faculty teaching a 2/1 load will receive a single course reduction and be expected to take the fellowship in the semester they are scheduled to teach their single course.Â
Meet The CAAAS Faculty Fellows
Deadlines Academic Year 2023-2024
FALL 2023
Faculty Fellowship:Â December 1