HONORARIA
Design Futures will provide a $2100 honorarium (covers both the stipend and travel) for each non-local facilitator, for up to two facilitators for a total of $4200 available for each workshop. Facilitators coming from the Detroit area will be paid $1500 each. Any workshops that include additional faculty beyond two members, will be expected to fundraise any additional monies. Honoraria will be issued at the time of workshop delivery. Alternative payment schedule is possible and can be discussed individually, as required.
SELECTION PROCESS
All workshop proposals submitted are reviewed in full by the selection committee. The committee is composed of at least 5 members; the Design Futures Executive Director, two members of the Advisory Board programming committee, two representatives from the host institution.
In addition to assessing the quality of the workshop proposed, the selection committee has a mission to foster a diverse faculty cohort and will take into consideration the backgrounds of the workshop presenters (in terms of gender, race, age, professional affiliation, geographic location, and career advancement) when making its final decisions. We value intergenerational spaces and we encourage proposals from practitioners with less than five years of experience to design and facilitate workshops they would have liked to experience in the early stages of their career or in their education.
Please note that priority will be given to workshop facilitators that are available to attend the first day Opening Circle and Framing of the Forum (Monday, June 1st). We will be creating shared agreements and laying the foundation for relationships and building a community of practice during the week. We hope that facilitators will be a part of the Opening Circle and available for students prior to their workshop. Design Futures faculty are also expected to commit at least a day and a half of their time to participating in Forum events—most of our colleagues find that attending other sessions is quite beneficial to their own professional development, and they find engaging deeply with students to be energizing and enriching as well.
Please be advised that only one application per institution or organization is permitted.
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