Past Opportunities

CIC is pleased to announce a series of virtual workshops to prepare member institutions to achieve and manage NSF grants in the CRII and CAREER programs. Each workshop will bring together untenured, tenure-track faculty members in computer science and related disciplines alongside grants officers at their institutions, with a focus on designing effective and compelling proposals for the CRII and CAREER programs and setting up a strong infrastructure to manage these grants.

The purpose of this grant program is to enable institutions to produce an updated account of their history and mission in light of their current context. Grants may be requested in amounts ranging up to $60,000 for use over three years. Applications for the current round of Grants for Reframing the Institutional Saga are due by August 8, 2025.

This grant is currently available by invitation only. In a future year, an open nomination process will begin.

The CIC Capacity-Building Grant Program was created to provide “seed money” grants for State Councils to enhance or expand their capacity to raise money to support their programs and member colleges.

The Senior Leadership Academy is a year-long program for mid-level administrators in higher education who aspire to senior leadership positions in independent colleges or universities.

This seminar, offered in partnership with Interfaith America (IA) is designed to increase faculty members’ knowledge, broaden their perspective, and strengthen their teaching of interfaith understanding.

CIC is pleased to announce a series of virtual workshops to prepare member institutions to achieve and manage NSF grants in the CRII and CAREER programs. Each workshop will bring together untenured, tenure-track faculty members in computer science and related disciplines alongside grants officers at their institutions, with a focus on designing effective and compelling proposals for the CRII and CAREER programs and setting up a strong infrastructure to manage these grants.

CIC is pleased to offer travel and participation assistance to philosophy instructors at CIC member institutions who plan to attend the 2024 Workshop-Conference on Teaching Philosophy organized by the American Association of Philosophy Teachers (AAPT).

CIC is pleased to invite faculty members who incorporate art history in their courses to apply for a grant to support student engagement with pre-modern works of European art.

The mission of the First Opportunity Partners (FOP) Grant Program is to provide matching grants to CIC State Councils in support of new, collaborative, and innovative approaches to increasing college access and success of first-generation, low-income, minority, and new American students.

CIC member institutions will form a community of practice, learning how to incorporate work-based learning into their curricula, and transforming education for thousands of students.

The Executive Leadership Academy helps prepare experienced provosts and vice presidents to become successful presidents. It includes two national seminars, readings, webinars, individualized experiential activities, and structured mentorship experiences.

Back to NetVUE Opportunities The Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) is pleased to announce the first summer seminar for full-time staff in all campus offices and divisions at colleges and universities that are members of CIC’s Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education (NetVUE). Vocation Across Campus: Supporting Students’ Search for Meaning is designed for staff […]

Participants will learn to strengthen the teaching of vocational exploration by probing a variety of understandings of vocation and their importance in educating undergraduates, by developing new courses or course materials, and by establishing a broader network of faculty members committed to teaching vocational exploration.

CIC and the Center for Hellenic Studies are pleased to announce a multidisciplinary seminar on "Ancient Medicine, Science, and Magic" for faculty members at CIC member colleges and universities. The seminar will broaden faculty members’ knowledge and perspective to help them strengthen the teaching of the classics.

This program is designed to assist prospective presidents, along with their spouses or partners, to clarify their own sense of personal vocation, and to weigh it in the context of the missions of the institutions they might lead in the future.

The Senior Leadership Academy is a year-long program for mid-level administrators in higher education who aspire to senior leadership positions in independent colleges or universities.

New Currents in Teaching Philosophy is designed to help philosophy instructors at smaller liberal arts colleges offer undergraduate students a more compelling and attractive experience.

This seminar series aims to strengthen the teaching of art history to undergraduates at smaller colleges and universities.