Funding

. Qatar Foundation International is offering $2000 grants to K-12 teachers for professional development programs OR professional travel related to the Arab world. (For example, people could apply to attend a Middle East-related summer institute or weekend workshop somewhere in the U.S. or participants could use funding to attend a Middle East travel program. For more information, go to: https://www.qfi.org/opportunities/teacher-professional-development-grants/

The federally-funded Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) is presenting three FULLY-FUNDED Faculty Development Seminars for community college and MSI faculty.
-"Diversity, Religion, and Migration in West Africa" will take place in Senegal from January 6-22, 2020 (application deadline: September 30, 2019 ).
- "Jordan: Sustainability at the Margins" will run from January 2-17, 2020 (Application deadline: October 4, 2019 ).

If you want to learn about Islam so that you can teach about the subject but want to be sure the program is reputable and not trying to convert you, here’s the one you want: The Dar al Islam summer institute. It’s a FREE 2-week summer program, from July 7-20, in rural Abiquiu, New Mexico. The program is offered at NO COST to educators – meals, lodging, even transportation from the Albuquerque Airport is provided!

The Maydan is launching this new database on opportunities in Islamic and Middle Eastern studies as a common resource for both students and professionals. Included are faculty openings, post-doctoral positions, grants, and scholarships, among others. For additional opportunities, summer language programs can be found on our Database of Summer Language Programs.

The American Middle East Institute is organizing a two-week cultural immersion program to Cairo for students interested in experiencing Modern Egypt, learning Introductory Arabic, viewing Egyptian Antiquities, and learning the History of Egypt and the Arab World. This Program could contribute to coursework in Abrahamic Religions, Africana Studies, Ancient Egypt, the Arab World, and/or International Studies.

The University of Pittsburgh’s Slavic, East European, and Near Eastern Summer Language Institute has offered intensive summer language courses for over 25 years. With a focus on critical and less commonly taught languages, Pitt’s SLI provides courses in Arabic, Bosnian /Croatian/ Serbian, Bulgarian, Czech, Hungarian, Persian (Farsi), Polish, Russian, Slovak, Turkish, and Ukrainian. Whether students choose to study on Pitt’s campus or on one of the SLI’s many abroad programs, they can expect to cover approximately one academic year’s worth of course work during a single summer.

Palestinian American Research Center (PARC) is offering fully funded faculty development study tour to Palestine. To be eligible, you have to be a U.S. citizen or resident, who teaches full-time at a college or university and who can use what they learn in their classroom or campus. Dates of tour:
June 20-July 3, 2018. Application deadline is Jan. 17, 2018

Grants are available to faculty to expand curriculum to include topics related to Islamic Studies. For complete information go to
http://www.cerisnet.org/resource/curriculum-development-grants-program

The American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) is remarkably active in supporting scholarship, training, and conservation efforts in Egypt. Among ARCE’s many great achievements is our relationship with the Ministry of Antiquities (MOA) (formerly the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA)) within the Egyptian Ministry of Culture, without whom our work would not be possible. ARCE is viewed as making important contributions that serve to help Egypt directly in its pursuit of cultural heritage preservation.

Here are two great FUNDED opportunities for FULL-TIME college/university faculty. Both are very reputable faculty PD programs organized by PARC (Palestinian American Research Center). I did one a few years ago, and it was amazing, life-changing, eye-opening. You get to travel throughout the West Bank, visiting universities and networking with professors. Each night, you return to a hotel in Jerusalem. Deadline to apply: January.