{"id":9705,"date":"2019-07-22T09:21:57","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T13:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/?page_id=9705"},"modified":"2026-02-10T16:31:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T21:31:05","slug":"scholarship","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/welcome\/scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"Scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ seeks to advance excellence in teaching and research, and provides support for faculty throughout their careers, including teaching development programs, leaves and sabbaticals, research and curriculum development, and securing external funding for faculty scholarship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-3-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/files\/2019\/09\/190425_April_Hill_lab_0290-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"Professor of Biology April Hill in her Carnegie Science Lab, Room 404, training two &quot;new scientists.&quot; \u201cFor me, it\u2019s like being a coach,&quot; she says. Names forthcoming.\n\nThe two students in the lab with Hill are Sara King \u201921 of Newton Center, Mass., and Jasmine Nutakki \u201921 of Augusta, Maine. Hill says: \u201cThey were learning to use a technique called the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to amplify genes from freshwater sponges. Both students (and some others) will be working over short term on a project funded by my NSF grant to study the gene networks involved in animal:algal symbioses. In this case, the animals are sponges and the algae are Chlorella.\u201d\u00a0\" class=\"wp-image-10853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/files\/2019\/09\/190425_April_Hill_lab_0290-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/files\/2019\/09\/190425_April_Hill_lab_0290-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/files\/2019\/09\/190425_April_Hill_lab_0290-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/files\/2019\/09\/190425_April_Hill_lab_0290.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/files\/2019\/09\/1537550858_983_13-language-learning-tips-from-bates-faculty-and-students-news.jpg\" alt=\"Jakub Kazecki\" class=\"wp-image-10909\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/files\/2019\/09\/1537550858_983_13-language-learning-tips-from-bates-faculty-and-students-news.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/files\/2019\/09\/1537550858_983_13-language-learning-tips-from-bates-faculty-and-students-news-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/files\/2024\/07\/170914_Francesco_Duina_Classroom_2363.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/files\/2024\/07\/170914_Francesco_Duina_Classroom_2363-900x600.webp\" alt=\"Francesco Duina, professor sociology, teaching in his Political Sociology class in Hedge Hall. (Theophil Syslo\/ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ College)\" class=\"wp-image-17671\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/files\/2024\/07\/170914_Francesco_Duina_Classroom_2363-900x600.webp 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/files\/2024\/07\/170914_Francesco_Duina_Classroom_2363-400x267.webp 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/files\/2024\/07\/170914_Francesco_Duina_Classroom_2363-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/files\/2024\/07\/170914_Francesco_Duina_Classroom_2363-942x628.jpg 942w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/files\/2024\/07\/170914_Francesco_Duina_Classroom_2363.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Funding<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/welcome\/scholarship\/funding\/\">Information on internal and external grant opportunities; grant management; bringing guest scholars to campus; and available professional travel funds<\/a> for ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ College Faculty. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sabbaticals and Leaves<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/sabbaticals-and-leaves\/\">Information on sabbaticals and leaves<\/a> for ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ College Faculty.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mentoring<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/mentoring\/\">Mentoring<\/a>: For Mentors and Mentees: information and resources for faculty at ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Accomplishments, Contributions, and Engagements (ACE) Annual Report <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(formerly the Professional Activities Report &#8211; PAR)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Accomplishments, Contributions, and Engagements (ACE) Annual Report contributes to our perspective on the scholarly, teaching, and service accomplishments of the faculty that we share with our colleagues, the trustees, and others. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/aces-report-submission\/\">Submit your ACE reports here<\/a>. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Faculty Expertise<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ faculty have far-reaching teaching and scholarly interests. To learn more, click here for an overview of the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty-expertise\/\"> faculty&#8217;s fields of scholarly expertise<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Faculty Recognition Program<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/welcome\/scholarship\/bates-college-faculty-recogition-program\/\">ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ College Faculty Recognition Program<\/a> is a college-sponsored program that recognizes faculty at three points during their career; promotion, tenure, and retirement<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ seeks to advance excellence in teaching and research, and provides support&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":9697,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"bates_author_byline_override":"","_hide_page_title":false,"_header_override":"","_template_width_override":"","_dimp_site_id":"","_dimp_override_contact":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"_sidebarChoice":"","footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"class_list":["post-9705","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9705"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19753,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9705\/revisions\/19753"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}