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CRLT Grants
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.
All CRLT grant proposals are peer-reviewed by UM faculty.
For other funding sources see: Beyond CRLT Grants: Instructional Funds and Grants Available at UM
Grant |
Primary Goals |
Due Date |
Maximum Grant Amount |
Instructional Development Fund |
Support innovative activities to improve teaching and learning |
Rolling, until funding is exhausted for the year |
$500 |
Lecturer’s Professional Development Fund |
Provide professional development opportunities for lecturers’ creative endeavors, research, scholarship or teaching |
Tuesday, September 25, 2012 |
$2000 |
The Gilbert Whitaker Fund: Stage I |
Provide funding for collaborative groups of faculty to improve teaching and learning |
Tuesday, October 23, 2012 |
$10,000 |
The Gilbert Whitaker Fund: Stage II |
Provide additional support for Stage I winners from the last two competitions |
Tuesday, October 2, 2012 |
$15,000 |
Faculty Development Fund |
Support individuals or small groups of faculty proposing innovative revisions to courses or course designs |
Tuesday, January 15, 2013 |
$6000 for smaller projects; $10,000 for larger projects |
Investigating Student Learning |
Support faculty interested in studying a specific aspect of student learning in their course |
Tuesday, January 22, 2013 |
$3000 (individual faculty) $4000 (projects with grad student/postdoc co-investigators) |
Internationalizing the Curriculum |
Support for courses that expand and enrich international themes |
Tuesday, February 19, 2013 | $7500 |
