2019 CETL Mini-Grant Competition
The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) is pleased to announce the fall 2019 CETL Mini Grant Competition. This year the grant awards will range from a minimum of $500 to a maximum of $5000. If funding is available in the spring semester, a second grant cycle will be announced spring 2020.
Successful proposals will emphasize the link between innovative practice and improved teaching effectiveness and enhanced levels of student engagement and learning. Examples of innovation include but are not limited to:
- new learner-centered pedagogical practices that promote engaged and active learning;
- new learner-centered pedagogical practices that enhance content and skills retention;
- novel approaches to student collaboration that take advantage of face-to-face and online delivery modalities;
- integration of new technology into course design and delivery;
- integration of adaptive learning into courses;
- new methods that promote more personalized learning in large classes;
- development and utilization of authentic assessments;
- creation of interdisciplinary learning activities impacting broad groups of students;
- participation in development programs with broad reaching impact across departments; and
- creation of unique formative assessment techniques.
Proposals will be evaluated on the basis of their (a) proposed impact on student learning, student success, or teaching effectiveness, (b) innovativeness, (c) potential for timely adoption within or across disciplines, (d) extent to which the innovation reflects research on teaching and learning, and (e) strength of an evaluation plan aligned with the stated proposal aims.
Award recipients will be encouraged to disseminate their findings as a poster, presentation, or publication at a regional or national conference or publication. Select awardees will also be asked share their finding with colleagues at a CETL teaching workshop designed to provide an opportunity for other faculty to learn about pedagogical innovations.
All award winners will be invited to the University of Connecticut Annual Teaching Awards Celebration in April 2020.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact CETL at cetl@uconn.edu.
Eligibility: All faculty, all ranks, all campuses.
Funding level: $500 to $5000
Proposals Due: November 8th
Awards Announced: December 13th
For more information, contact: Stacey Valliere at stacey.valliere@uconn.edu