American and Canadian college faculty: Acton is accepting proposals for mini-grants on free market economics. If you’re a professor or you know of a professor teaching in the United States or Canada, be sure to visit the Mini-Grants page. The deadline to turn in proposals is March 31, 2016 and grants can range from $1,000 to $10,000. Acton is accepting applications for proposals in course development and faculty scholarship.

Interested in applying, but not sure how to get started? Here are some characteristics of a successful grant proposal:

Have a clearly defined topic that the project intends to address, and why this is of value to the teaching, scholarship and practice of free-market economics.Have clearly defined objectives.Have a well-defined project budget.Demonstrate that the individual and/or team members have related experience, technical knowledge, scholarly and/or munity networks, and other appropriate resources (intellectual, social, financial) that will contribute to the success of the proposed project.Demonstrate the potential to improve understanding of free market principles.Illustrate how the results will be disseminated throughout the larger academy.

To apply, email your application materials to [email protected]. For more information and to see a list of previous grant winners, visit Acton’s Mini-Grants on Free Market Economics Page.

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