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CIBER assists faculty with international programs and opportunities. Our services include:

  • Funding faculty research and travel through FITS grants
  • Assisting visiting scholars with visas and other documentation
  • Providing information on university travel policies and travel insurance:  Visit the CIBER office in GSB 3.126 for additional information and to receive your SOS International card.



FITS- Faculty International Travel Support

OBJECTIVE:  To provide additional opportunities for McCombs faculty internationalization by defraying some of the costs of international travel (or of domestic travel related to international research projects).

Financial support for faculty travel will be provided under this program according to the following conditions and priorities:

  • $1,500 maximum per trip, with a maximum of $1,500 per faculty member in one academic year (may be multiple trips).
  • CIBER funds matched 1-for-1 by University Travel Grant (limit $1,200) and/or departmental or other source.
  • Funds may be used for any UT-reimbursable travel expense and also for conference registration.
  • Applications considered in the order received until funds are depleted.
  • Priority will be given to funding requests in the following order:
    • Travel (international or domestic) for carrying out research on an international topic or requiring international data collection.
    • Travel to a McCombs international partner school for purposes of exploring research collaborations. A list of partners is available at http://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/research/ciber/mccombsglobalnetwork.asp.
    • Travel (domestic only*) to an academic conference to present research on an international topic. 
    • Travel (domestic only*) to an academic conference sponsored by a research journal having a focus on international topics.
    • Other international travel, or domestic travel related to an international project, requested or approved by the McCombs School and consistent with federal grant requirements.
*Note: CIBER's funds come from a U.S. Department of Education grant.  Federal grant restrictions prohibit use of these funds for travel whose sole purpose is attending an international conference (even when presenting).  Travel to conferences is permissible when combined with activities meeting one of the first two criteria above.

For further information:  see the FITS description and application (Word) or contact Deirdre Mendez, CIBER Assistant Director, at (512) 471-8031 or deirdre.mendez@mccombs.utexas.edu.



 

CIBER Language Tutoring Program Budget: $6,000

OBJECTIVE:  To enhance the international environment of the McCombs School by supporting faculty members who wish to enhance their foreign language skills. 

CIBER coordinates a structured foreign language tutoring program for MBA students, providing a semester-long tutoring model and serving as a clearinghouse to match interested students with native speakers who are interested in providing guided conversation in their language.  Faculty members are welcome to take advantage of this program, and CIBER will pay half of the associated cost of tutoring in fall semesters.  Applications are accepted at the beginning of the fall semester.

For further information:  see the online CIBER Language Tutoring program information page or contact Orlando Kelm, Associate Professor of Spanish and Portuguese and CIBER Associate Director for Language Programs, at (512) 232-4534 or orlando.kelm@mccombs.utexas.edu.



CIBER Summer Programs (Faculty Paid Participation) Budget: $70,000

Objective:  To provide McCombs faculty with a stimulating teaching opportunity abroad while supporting CIBER’s summer programs for BBA and MPA students.

CIBER administers a variety of summer programs for McCombs students, based at our international partner schools abroad.  Faculty from both McCombs and the partner school teach in these programs and we welcome opportunities to talk to faculty who are interested in the programs that we presently offer or in proposing something new.  These programs offer the possibility of:
  • Classes of 20-30 students.
  • Teaching (off-load) in a fairly compressed time frame, often in a course split between two faculty members.
  • Classes well spaced to allow time for personal development.
  • Contact with faculty members from partner schools.
  • Sometimes teaching specialized courses not available at McCombs.
For information on existing programs:  contact Trisha Maberly, CIBER Special Programs Coordinator, at (512) 471-1625 or trisha.maberly@mccombs.utexas.edu.
For new program proposals:  contact David Platt, CIBER Director, at (512) 471-3518 or david.platt@mccombs.utexas.edu.



CIBER Doctoral Internationalization Consortium Conference Budget: $5,000

Objective:  To provide select McCombs doctoral students (and faculty members with international interests) exposure to international research questions that are well established in the core academic disciplines.

McCombs CIBER is part of a consortium of research-oriented CIBERs (including Duke, Wharton, UCLA, Michigan, Washington, and Purdue) that offers a series of Doctoral Internationalization Conferences.  Each conference addresses international research questions in one of the core business disciplines.  McCombs CIBER and the McCombs Marketing Department host the Marketing conference every 2-3 years (most recently in May 2006).  CIBER also pays travel expenses for one or two McCombs doctoral students to attend the conferences in other disciplines that are hosted by other consortium members.  When we receive notice of an upcoming conference, we will contact the doctoral coordinator for the relevant department.
We also pay travel expenses for McCombs faculty invited to present at these consortia and, if funds permit, would also pay for other tenure-track faculty members who wish to explore international aspects of their discipline, to attend as well (subject to agreement by the hosting school).

For further information, contact Deirdre Mendez, CIBER Assistant Director, at (512) 471-8031 or deirdre.mendez@mccombs.utexas.edu.
 






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