Faculty Release Time Award
The Office for Arts Integration (OAI) Faculty Release Time Awards (RTA) are designed to offer faculty a release from classroom teaching by providing the department/unit course coverage up to $18,000 for a semester. The OAI Faculty RTAs are to be used to support creative activity broadly defined as:
- Collaborate on creative projects with peers across disciplines.
- Discover new practices for teaching, educating students, or presenting work.
- Engage with the public in reciprocal fashion.
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Faculty RTA Application
Eligibility
OAI Faculty RTAs are open to full time Illinois Tenured and Tenure Track Faculty members with at least a 2:1 teaching load (i.e. three courses an academic year) and 100%-time Specialized Faculty.
Notice: The OAI team expects faculty members continue to meet their obligations on campus during their leave time which may include committee work; advising and supporting graduate students towards thesis/dissertation progress/completion; and shared governance commitments.
Required EO Approval Form
The application is only complete when accompanied by an Executive Officer (EO) Approval Form that indicates the faculty member has been in conversation with the leadership of their respective unit(s).
Please see EO Form on unit coverage specifics.
EO FormIf OAI support exceeds course release costs, faculty in consultation with their EO can use the funds toward their research project and will be expected to report such at the end of the leave period.
Faculty Qualifies Every 3 years
A minimum of 3 years must lapse before a faculty member is once again eligible to apply for an OAI Faculty RTA, if awarded.
Application Criteria
Learn who qualifies, what sorts of creative practices qualify, and which target audiences qualify.
Arts Integration
Creative practice must be an equal element in the project and not “in service to” another discipline.
Creative Practice
Projects must include creative practice as a visible and critical element.
Cross-Disciplinary
Projects must be cross-disciplinary in some aspect (we can support performance, in its broadest sense, IF it is a component of a larger cross-disciplinary/conceptual approach.)
Clear Plan
Projects must have a clearly articulated plan for the support requested.
Original Approach
Projects must present a novel or experiment driven approach.
Clear Audience
The project’s audience and collective experience must be clearly stated.
Within 50 miles
Projects must serve communities within a 50-mile radius of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. They may venture elsewhere but must have a local component for our campus and external community to engage/witness/participate.
Bridging Divides
If projects bridge divides among the university and surrounding communities (in language, country of origin, social class, racial makeup, etc.), please explain how your proposal builds on existing partnerships or relationships.
Project Markers
Applicants must articulate their markers for project success.
Application Criteria
Learn who qualifies, what sorts of creative practices qualify, and which target audiences qualify.
Arts Integration
Creative practice must be an equal element in the project and not “in service to” another discipline.
Creative Practice
Projects must include creative practice as a visible and critical element.
Cross-Disciplinary
Projects must be cross-disciplinary in some aspect (we can support performance, in its broadest sense, IF it is a component of a larger cross-disciplinary/conceptual approach.)
Clear Plan
Projects must have a clearly articulated plan for the support requested.
Original Approach
Projects must present a novel or experiment driven approach.
Clear Audience
The project’s audience and collective experience must be clearly stated.
Within 50 miles
Projects must serve communities within a 50mile radius of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. They may venture elsewhere but must have a local component for our campus and external community to engage/witness/participate.
Bridging Divides
If projects bridge divides among the university and surrounding communities (in language, country of origin, social class, racial makeup, etc.), please explain how your proposal builds on existing partnerships or relationships.
Project Markers
Applicants must articulate their markers for project success.
Application Criteria
Learn who qualifies, what sorts of creative practices qualify, and which target audiences qualify.
Arts Integration
Creative practice must be an equal element in the project and not “in service to” another discipline.
Creative Practice
Projects must include creative practice as a visible and critical element.
Cross-Disciplinary
Projects must be cross-disciplinary in some aspect (we can support performance, in its broadest sense, IF it is a component of a larger cross-disciplinary/conceptual approach.)
Clear Plan
Projects must have a clearly articulated plan for the support requested.
Original Approach
Projects must present a novel or experiment driven approach.
Clear Audience
The project’s audience and collective experience must be clearly stated.
Within 50 miles
Projects must serve communities within a 50-mile radius of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. They may venture elsewhere but must have a local component for our campus and external community to engage/witness/participate.
Bridging Divides
If projects bridge divides among the university and surrounding communities (in language, country of origin, social class, racial makeup, etc.), please explain how your proposal builds on existing partnerships or relationships.
Project Markers
Applicants must articulate their markers for project success.
FAQ’s
Please email inquiries to artsintegration@illinois.edu.
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All Projects must provide documentation of the project at the conclusion of the granting period, please double check your links. If you have a preference as to how your visuals are described, please submit those to us. Otherwise, we will provide visual, or image descriptions should your submitted media be selected.
The OAI reserves the right to use submitted media to advance the work of the OAI, artists and arts on campus.
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