The Office of Service-Learning currently offers funding in support of three initiatives: transportation to off-campus service-learning sites, service-learning support grants, and support for community partners who serve as co-educators/guest speakers in service-learning courses.
Support Grants | Community Partners | Transportation Grants
Service-Learning Course Support Grants
The Office of Service-Learning offers Service-Learning Support Grants of up to $500 intended to directly support activities related to developing, implementing or expanding academic service-learning opportunities for UGA students.
Applicants may request funds for service-learning classes at any level or location. Preference is given to courses with the S-suffix and projects that directly impact the expansion and support of academic service-learning opportunities for UGA students addressing critical community needs.
Successful past requests have included supplies for student outreach projects, student background checks, materials for community partner agencies, support for hourly and student workers, and community-based research or outreach activities connected to service-learning projects. Only one grant request per course may be submitted. Grant requests are accepted on a rolling basis, subject to availability of funds.
Recognizing Community CAPITAL: Community as Partners In Teaching About our Locale
For many service-learning courses, community experts add value to the service-learning course experience, and modeling reciprocity in our partnerships should include acknowledging these partners’ time and expertise. The UGA Office of Service-Learning, with funding support from the UGA Parents Leadership Council, is pleased to help support and recognize community experts who are asked to be guest speakers for academic service-learning courses.
Community guest speakers who collaborate with an academic service-learning course may request a $150 honorarium and a parking voucher for a UGA parking deck. Guest speakers must sign up as an approved vendor to receive this honorarium. Please review this attached PDF for full details.
Service-Learning Transportation Grants
With support from a grant from the UGA Parents Leadership Council, the Office of Service-Learning has funding to cover transportation costs for classes traveling off-campus for service-learning experiences. Usually, this entails renting a van or other vehicle from the UGA motor pool, and multiple trips per course are allowable.
UGA faculty and staff must make reservations through their department with the UGA Automotive Center. The Office of Service-Learning will reimburse departments for the cost of a UGA rental (van, mini-van, sedan, campus charter bus, or disability van) for your service-learning course. The Automotive Center is at 205 Riverbend Drive, close to the intersection with College Station Road. Contact vehiclerentals@uga.edu or call 706-542-7173/7525 for assistance.
Questions? Please contact Office of Service-Learning Director Shannon Brooks (pmatthews@uga.edu) with program questions or OSL Business Manager Kay Vaughn (kyvaughn@uga.edu) for technical assistance.