Fellowship funding includes airfare, meals, visa fees, transportation from UMBC to BWI, lodging (all rooms with private bath and based on double-occupancy), tours and site visits, all transfers and baggage handling, security, hotel taxes and service charges, gratuities, seminar lectures, cultural and experiential learning activities, course materials, in-country farewell dinner, identification cards for library access, basic health insurance, and language instruction. (Single rooms are available for an additional $971.) Funding also provides money to purchase educational materials. While in Ghana, educators will also participate in workshops led by the Project Directors and a Maryland Curriculum Specialist on how to incorporate materials into curricula. Fellowship recipients must pay only a $500 program fee and register for the UMBC summer course. Recipients will return to UMBC in the fall for an additional workshop on curriculum development. Applications are available at the web address provided below.
Applicants will be notified by May 1, 2005