SUN Call for Proposals 2005 Selection Procedure

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SUN Call for Proposals 2005

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Procedure

1. Submission of proposals

Submissions will be accepted by e-mail attachment. The deadline for submission is May 17, 2005. Applications should be mailed to Éva Gedeon, SUN Director, SUN Office, 1051 Budapest, Nádor utca 9., or sent by e-mail to gedeone@ceu.hu.

2. Review and selection

Course proposals will be reviewed by external evaluators and the SUN Board in terms of formal criteria and quality. The SUN Office may contact authors of proposals for further information or to make recommendations.

3. Notification

All proposal authors will receive notification about the results of review and selection via e-mail. Notification of selection will take place by mid October 2005.

Criteria of Selection

In selecting proposals, the SUN Board will take into consideration:

The experience and expertise of the proposed faculty. (Holding a Ph.D. is a minimum requirement for faculty with research format courses.) Preference will be given to proposals which include internationally recognized, outstanding scholars in their fields.

The relevance of the topic proposed for the target audience of the program

Proposals with interdisciplinary approaches offering fresh insight into research issues and with innovative course design are preferred.

The quality of the proposal and its adherence to the program mission outlined above.

Evaluators can form a better and more realistic opinion of the course proposal if the syllabus submitted is fairly detailed and concrete.

Preference is given to proposals which conform to the academic requirements of SUN and, in addition, can bring matching funding to the CEU base budget.

	Preference is given to applications, which propose a teaching team composed of an even, dynamic mixture of regional and Western scholars/experts who are sensitive to and knowledgeable about the specific needs and problems of the regions from where the participants come.
	Evidence of a sound methodological approach. Proposals that indicate including a variety of teaching methods will be given preference.

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