Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (CRLT) -- University of Michigan
Grants for Teaching
CRLT sponsors competitions for grants to enhance teaching and learning at the University of Michigan. To obtain information about these grants, review the short descriptions provided on this page and click on the individual grant name for more details about each one, including application guidelines. The grants competitions are open to eligible members of the Ann Arbor campus of the University only.
CRLT also maintains the web page: Beyond
CRLT Grants: Instructional Funds and Grants Available at UM
This program supports faculty members who have identified specific strategies for using technology to enhance their teaching. The overall program helps these faculty define the goals for the project, develop their technological skills, and integrate instructional technology into teaching a specific course or courses. The Institute consists of occasional consultations during spring and summer and one and one-half day program in August (August 13-14, 2008). Each participant is awarded a grant of $2500. Applications are due by email to ttigrant08@umich.edu by 4 p.m. on Thursday, April 24, 2008.
Open to faculty who wish to investigate aspects of student learning in their courses or programs. The competition is open, on the Ann Arbor campus of the University, to members of the following groups: all tenured and tenure-track faculty; clinical instructional faculty; and Lecturers who have continuing appointments and course development responsibilities (i.e., an assignment from the dean, chair, or designee to develop a new course or significantly revise an existing course). Grant awards of $3,000 are available to individual faculty members. Grant awards of $4,000 are available to faculty member-graduate student teams. Proposal deadline: 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 22, 2008.
Open to individual faculty members or small groups of faculty who want to revise or develop their courses or initiate other projects that improve student learning. The competition is open, on the Ann Arbor campus of the University, to members of the following groups: all tenured and tenure-track faculty; clinical instructional faculty; and Lecturers who have continuing appointments and course development responsibilities (i.e., an assignment from the dean, chair, or designee to develop a new course or significantly revise an existing course). Awards up to $6,000 are available for smaller projects and awards up to $10,000 are available to departments, programs, and groups of faculty for larger projects. Proposal deadline: 4 p.m. on Thursday, October 18, 2007.
The competition is open, on the Ann Arbor campus of the University, to members of the following groups: all tenured and tenure-track faculty; clinical instructional faculty; and Lecturers who have continuing appointments and course development responsibilities (i.e., an assignment from the dean, chair, or designee to develop a new course or significantly revise an existing course). Faculty members are invited to apply for small grants up to $500 from CRLT’s Instructional Development Fund to support innovative activities to improve teaching and learning. Expenses that can be covered by these grants include supplies and equipment, programming or research assistance, conference fees and expenses, and summer projects aimed at developing or enhancing courses. Rolling deadline throughout the year.
To ensure that a variety of applicants have the opportunity to implement innovative teaching and learning activities, recipients of IDF grants during an academic calendar year (Sept-August) will not be eligible to receive funding for an IDF grant during the next academic calendar year, but they are welcome to apply again in the following year.
Recent IDF recipients: Fall 2006 and Winter 2007
Faculty with continuing appointments as Lecturers on the University of Michigan Ann Arbor campus are eligible to apply for grants of up to $2,000 each. These grants will be awarded for professional development activities including creative endeavors, research, scholarship, and teaching. Proposal deadline: 4 p.m. on Thursday, January 24, 2008.
The Public Goods Council (PGC) invites proposals
for projects that draw on public culture and cultural institutions to
engage undergraduates and help shape their education. As many as eight
grants of up to $2,500 will be awarded from a fund provided by the Provost's
Office for course-related projects developed in collaborations between
faculty members and Public Goods Council members. Grant funds are
provided by the Office of the Provost.
Recent PGC Recipients
Collaborative groups of faculty in and across departments and programs are eligible for The Gilbert Whitaker Fund, which provides incentive grants for improvement of teaching and learning. The competition is open, on the Ann Arbor campus of the University, to members of the following groups: all tenured and tenure-track faculty; clinical instructional faculty; and Lecturers who have continuing appointments and course development responsibilities (i.e., an assignment from the dean, chair, or designee to develop a new course or significantly revise an existing course). There are two stages to the funding. Up to eight grants of $10,000 each are awarded each year during Stage I. Stage I winners are later eligible to apply for Stage II, which provides up to $15,000 additional funding. Proposal deadline: 4 p.m. on Thursday, February 7, 2008.
The Center for Research on Learning and Teaching is pleased to announce the competition for the Multimedia Teaching Grant. This program offers up to $1,500 to faculty members who want to improve large undergraduate courses (75+ students) by incorporating multimedia materials into their teaching. For the 2007-2008 academic year applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until funds are exhausted.