Professor Challa Kumar’s proposal to The Provost’s General Education Course Enhancement Grant Competition entitled “Science Writing: Portable, adoptable and comprehensive writing course for various science departments” has been selected for funding. The proposal offered an explicit fit to the competition objectives and had multiple innovative elements, including flipped classroom exercises in which videos were combined with assignments, and assessment that involved an oral presentation, a poster, and a multimedia e-book. The course also included a substantial research component. Professor Kumar was awarded $7416 for the 2018 Fiscal Year.