Faculty Funding Opportunities: Teaching
Faculty Funding Opportunities for Teaching
| Program Name | Program Description | Award Amount | Deadline | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Associated Colleges of the South Grant Programs | ACS issues annual calls for proposals to tackle key topics through collaborative research, working groups, and the creation and presentation of workshops. Past topics have included innovation instruction, collaborative curriculum, and diversity and inclusion. | Varies | Varies | |
| John Crosland Jr. Center for Teaching & Learning (CTL) | Provide funds to enhance faculty/staff teaching methods and student learning experiences. Funding examples include things like support for traveling to a teaching workshop or conference; registering for an online course/workshop; bringing a pedagogical expert or other relevant speaker to campus; starting/hosting an on-campus discussion series; purchasing supplies, equipment, or a technology tool/license/subscription; developing a co-curricular program for students or colleagues. | Varies | Rolling | |
| Bacca Foundation Visiting Scholar and Artist Program | Supports visits from distinguished scholars, visiting faculty, writers, performing artists and professors of practice. The primary purpose of such visits will be to engage AIɫɫ students in innovative, stimulating, and meaningful ways. Preferences will be given to visits that enhance new areas of inquiry or promote new cross-disciplinary initiatives. | Varies | Rolling | |
| AIɫɫ-Based Learning Curricular Development Grant | Faculty curriculum development grants to support the integration of community-based learning components into existing courses and other academic community work. Grants range up to $3,500 and can support a faculty member’s time developing a course (up to $1,500), costs associated with community-based course projects, a student working with a faculty member on a community-based summer project, a speaker that focuses on social change work, or professional development opportunities. Faculty then work with center staff members to identify community partners and projects. | Up to $3,500 | Rolling | |
| AIɫɫ Engaged Faculty Fellows Program | A year-long fellowship that supports faculty to deepen their community engaged scholarship, build the capacity of our local community in the Charlotte region, and provide input into faculty resources for community-engaged and experiential learning. | $15,000 | Rolling | |
| Group Investigations | The Group Investigations Program provides funding for off-campus trips that support the learning objectives of a course or that provide a learning opportunity that enhances the undergraduate experience. There are two annual application cycles. Applications for a spring semester course/program (including summer trips) are due in early October. Applications for a fall semester course/program (including winter break) are due in early March. Funding for international travel awards is made possible through a generous gift from Carol and Marcus Weinstein. | Up to $30,000 international, $15,000 domestic | Mar. 1 and Oct. 1 | |
| Charles N. Williamson Endowment | Supports curricular and co-curricular projects and programs that promote understanding of gay and lesbian issues. Examples of possible project types include, but are not limited to, course development, visiting lectures, mentored student travel, and creative arts productions. | Varies | Rolling | |
| VPAA Curricular Assessment Grant | Grants to help faculty members develop and implement course assessment or departmental assessment plans above and beyond normal assessment expectations. A limited number of modest stipends are available for interdisciplinary core faculty who conduct assessment for an interdisciplinary department in which they have no formal appointment. | Up to $1,000 | Rolling | Brent Maher |