AGENCY: Marion and Jasper Whiting Foundation

PROGRAM: Fellowships

OBJECTIVES: This program provides funding to present and prospective teachers, with an emphasis on present teachers at the college or university level, to enable them to study abroad or at a location other than that with which they are most closely associated. The primary aim of the Marion and Jasper Whiting Foundation is to provide facilities for study and travel in order to stimulate and broaden the minds of teachers, thereby improving and enhancing the quality of their instruction.

DEADLINE: January 29, 2010
 
FUNDING INFORMATION: Most grants are made primarily for travel and related expenses and not as salary substitutes, scholarships or grants in aid. In 2008, the trustees made 23 awards totaling approximately $118,197 from a total of 87 applications. The average award was $5,139.
 
AGENCY CONTACT:
Robert G. Bannish, Trustee
Marion and Jasper Whiting Foundation
Suite 1025
50 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02109
Telephone: 617-557-7413
Fax: 617-557-7419

REMARKS: Applications should consist of the following pieces of information: (1) a written summary of the project or study contemplated of about two to five pages; (2) a curriculum vitae showing the applicant to be a university teacher or a graduate of a college or university progressing toward a teaching career on the college or university level; (3) a budget indicating the estimated expenses to be incurred in carrying out the project; (4) three supporting letters from fellow faculty members, professors, or similar persons who can speak both to the candidate and to the project; and (5) any other information that the candidate believes will help his or her application.