Center for Teaching Excellence Faculty Grants Program
CTE has created a faculty grants program aimed at supporting efforts to enhance teaching and learning. Up to five grants of $1,500 are available on a competitive basis to all Cornell teaching faculty starting in the Spring of 2010. Funds may be used to develop or purchase course materials, hire graduate or undergraduate assistants, and for other related expenses.
Proposals are encouraged that address instructional challenges including up-scaling of class sizes, reduced TA support, the need to evaluate the impact of instructional technology usage and efforts to comply with Middle States accreditation standards.
Project Support and Application Process
Applicants must send an electronic version (Word or PDF) of the grant application form as an attachment to David Way at dgw2(at)cornell.edu by October 31, 2009. Decisions on awards will be made by early December. Funding will be available for projects starting in the Spring of 2010. If you would like a preliminary reading of your application or help in developing your proposal, contact David Way (255-2663; dgw2(at)cornell.edu) to schedule an appointment.
Download the application: word version or pdf version
Review Process and Criteria:
A Grants Review Committee made up of faculty representatives will review all proposals, considering their relative merits for enhancing the quality of teaching and learning on the Cornell campus. Proposals that reflect some of the following elements are encouraged:
- Responses to meet Cornell accreditation standards
- The potential to improve learning for a substantial number of students
- Effective course development features including assignments intended to develop life-long skills
- Projects that can have strategic impact on a department basis
- Projects associated with student learning outcomes (http://liad.gbrownc.on.ca/programs/InsAdult/currlo.htm#Learning) and their assessment
Proposal requirements:
- A statement of the project’s purpose including justification of requested funding
- Clearly stated project outcomes
- A description of the teaching/learning approach intended to achieve project outcomes
- An assessment plan to measure the project impact on student learning
- How the results of the project assessment will be used to improve the course/program in future
- A plan for disseminating the project’s results
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