Grants
Grants
Overview of CATL grants
CATL offers a number of funding opportunities for innovative, inclusive, and evidence-based teaching and learning projects or scholarly presentations related to teaching and learning.
Click each title for additional information and for application forms.
| Funding Opportunity | Eligibility | Application Due Date | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| CATL Scholars Fellowship | Full-time faculty | We are not soliciting, reviewing, or awarding CATL Scholar applications during the 2020-21 academic year. | Due to Covid-related budget stresses, CATL Scholar awards are frozen for the 2020-2021 review cycle. We will solicit, review and award CATL Scholar fellowships again in Fall 2021, with the awards to start in 2022.
Two-year fellowship, including 2 course reassignments per year (or the equivalent applied toward summer stipends and project funds) and $2,500 |
| Teaching and Learning Grants | Full-time faculty as lead | Fall: Friday, October 16, 2020
Spring: Friday, April 9, 2021 |
2020-21: up to $2,000
Grants support innovative, inclusive and/or scholarly teaching and learning projects through funds for start-up and one-time expenses; they do not support ongoing operational costs or disciplinary research. |
| Diversity and Inclusion Grants | Teams of 2-5 faculty, staff and/or students led by a full-time faculty member | Friday, March 5, 2021 | $1,000 stipend for each team member + $500 for project expenses
Grants support teams of faculty developing inclusive teaching practices that foster success for students of all academic and social backgrounds, including developing materials for a course or program to pilot best practices in inclusive pedagogy. |
| Virtual Teaching Conference Reimbursement Grants | Faculty | Fall & Winter: October 16, 2020
Spring: Rolling deadline. We review on the 15th of each month. |
2020-21: grants of up to $400 (individuals) or $700 (groups)
Grants supplement matching funds to present on or participate in virtual teaching and learning or SOTL conferences and programs. |
| Mini Grants | Faculty | Fall: October 16, 2020
Spring: Rolling deadline. We review on the 15th of each month. |
2020-21: up to $500
Grants support a) course-related student engagement, and can be used to fund materials or experiences for innovative, active or engaged learning b) individual or departmental professional development for teaching or pedagogy |
| Winter Term Enhancement Grants | Faculty | Tuesday, November 24, 2020 | up to $400
Grants support assignments, activities or events that deepen student learning and enrich your Winter Term course on campus. |
Other sources of funding to support teaching and learning at Elon include:
- Grants to support innovative uses of technology in teaching and learning awarded by Academic Technology Committee (ATC),
- Grants focused on improving writing instruction or research on writing from the Center for Writing Excellence
For additional internal and external funding opportunities, visit the university’s Faculty Funding website.