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Grants of up to $12,500 are available to "true beginner" faculty members who have not had much direct experience using technology in their teaching. Up to $5,000 is available as a possible faculty stipend ($2,500/year for two years) for those faculty who qualify.

Features

Grants of up to $12,500 are available on a rolling basis throughout the year to individual faculty members who have had little-to-no direct experience using technology in their teaching, but who are still eager to learn and wish to explore technology-based pedagogies in transformative ways. 

These are start-up funds aimed at encouraging LSA faculty who rarely use technology in their teaching to gain experience and skill in the use of technology for instruction. Although potential projects could include adoption of new information technology for a course or within a department or discipline, these Teaching Transformed Grants are primarily meant to help faculty gain skills and confidence so they can ultimately change their teaching in additional future courses beyond the specific course in the proposal.

In addition to the possibility of a $5,000 faculty stipend ($2,500/year for two years), the grant provides funds to support the costs of initiating an effort to use instructional technologies in teaching undergraduate courses. The rest of the funds may go toward hourly wages for graduate student and undergraduate assistance, as well as any equipment, if appropriate. LSA TS will also provide staff assistance, certain software and applications, basic programming assistance, and, when appropriate, year-long loan of certain equipment.

Who Can Apply for a Teaching Transformed Grant?

Teaching Transformed grants are open to all instructional staff in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Eligibility to apply for funding does not ensure that funding will be granted.

Funding Guidelines

Up to $12,500 for two years, with the possibility of a $5,000 faculty stipend ($2,500/year for two years).

Among the items that may be included in the budget request are:

  • Hourly wages for student assistance (graduate students or undergraduates)
  • Software not available through U-M or LSA Technology Services
  • Costs for digitizing images and texts
  • Fees for access to databases
  • One-time equipment purchases
  • Consultant fees for technical support
  • External programmers or application developers
  • Supplies
  • Project evaluation expenses

Items that require significant rationale to clarify exceptional circumstances:

  • Travel and registration fees for relevant conferences, seminars, training, or workshops for graduate students or undergraduates
  • Laptop and desktop computers or upgrades

Items that may not be included in the budget request are:

  • Cost of on-going cycle of replacements for equipment
  • Tuition for student assistants

Applying for a Teaching Transformed Grant

Proposals should be clear about the nature and significance of the project’s impact on undergraduate teaching and student learning. Proposals should describe:

  • The need for professional development and improvement of a faculty member’s expertise in information technology, as well as the effort required to use instructional technologies in teaching undergraduate courses (a letter from the department chair or program director is recommended)
  • The faculty member’s potential for and commitment to professional growth learning to use technology in the course project and in future courses
  • A description of the project and the technology to be explored or implemented
  • The approach to be taken in developing the relevant expertise or adopting the instructional innovation in new or existing courses
  • How the project meets the priorities of the department and college
  • How success of the project will be determined and evaluated
  • Any additional assistance that will be needed to collect resources, prepare materials, set up templates, create workflows, and other work required for the project. Proposals should identify if departmental student staff is available or if outside assistances will be necessary

Strong encouragement is given to faculty who wish to explore new instructional technologies and gain new skills, even when they are not fully confident that the venture will succeed. The committee reviewing proposals welcomes efforts to extend the frontiers of teaching with technology, even while it supports the implementation of proven technologies. Preference is given to proposals that clearly illustrate how the Teaching Transformed grant will develop the instructional technology skills of faculty members so that they may successfully apply those in classes and make ongoing contributions to undergraduate instruction in the College after the funded project is successfully completed.

Please note: Proposals for Teaching Transformed Grants must include a letter of support from the faculty member’s department chair or program director, addressing the need of the faculty member to receive additional professional development, as well as the impact of the project 0n the department/curriculum. The letter can be uploaded with the proposal form or sent directly to Monika Dressler (mdressle@umich.edu).

If your grant proposal is approved, a report on the project should be submitted within a year.


Complete the steps below to apply for a grant:
 

Step 1: Complete the Grant Proposal Template

  • Download the grant propsal template
  • Complete and save the template
  • Complete Step 2 to submit your grant application.
     
STEP 1: Downloadable Teaching Transformed Grant Proposal Template

Step 2: Submit the Online Grant Application

  • Fill out the application form
  • Upload completed grant proposal template
  • Upload additional materials
  • Submit your grant application
STEP 2: Grant Application Portal

Decisions

Decisions on Teaching Transformed Grants are usually made within one month of submission.

Consultations & Resources

To ensure a successful proposal, faculty applicants are encouraged to work with one of the college’s instructional technology consultants when developing their proposal. Consultants can assist faculty in learning about options, organizing ideas, refining the grant application, planning project implementation, creating assessment strategies. To arrange a consultation, faculty can contact:

  • LSA Technology Services (Emily Ravenwood, eraven@umich.edu)
  • Language Resource Center (Philomena Meechan, phili@umich.edu; Julie Evershed; evershed@umich.edu)
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