CFD Teaching Enhancement Grants

Purpose

Center for Faculty Development (CFD) Teaching Enhancement Grants support projects that seek to develop innovations in teaching or enhance a faculty members pedagogical practice.

CFD Teaching Enhancement Grant Application (DOC)

Award Size

Funding Limit: up to $3,000

Funding Priorities and Supported Expenditures

We are hoping to fund projects that:

  • Develop modes of teaching that are learner-centered; or
  • Promote diversity and inclusive practices in the classroom; or
  • Enhance the use of high impact practices; or
  • Seek to develop digital pedagogies; or
  • Undertake scholarly activity focused on teaching and learning in higher education; or
  • Seek to develop innovative course-based or program level assessment. ​

Funded activities include: attending or presenting at a teaching/learning conference, workshop, or short-course (non-credit), inviting outside expert to give a lecture or workshop related to teaching/learning, hiring a research assistant for a teaching/learning project, materials costs related to teaching, or course development focused on funding priorities (course development payable as PD funds only).