Grants

Overview of CATL grants

CATL has revised its internal grant funding programs to provide more clarity, to streamline our processes, and to better share the outcomes of these grant-awarded projects with the Elon teaching and learning community.

Please note the following changes:

  • While many of our grants have historically been reviewed on a rolling basis, we are shifting our processes going forward. Mini-grants and grants supporting travel to conferences and other professional development now be reviewed once per semester.
  • We have extended the scope of the Diversity and Inclusivity Grants to incorporate high-impact and evidence-based practices in addition to inclusive pedagogies. These groups are now renamed “Collaborative Grants” to emphasize the cross-disciplinary and team-based nature of this funding.
  • To provide more options for folks engaging in scholarly teaching and the scholarship of teaching and learning, we are now offering a collection of grants titled “CATL SoTL and Scholarly Teaching Grants” which include the SoTL Project Grants, Scholarly Teaching and SoTL Professional Development Grants, and SoTL Dissemination Grants.

Please note: Faculty are eligible for up to one mini-grant and one SOTL-grant each fiscal year.

Click each title for additional information and for application forms.

Funding Opportunity Eligibility Application Due Date Amount
CATL Scholars Fellowship Full-time, ongoing teaching faculty Sept 26, 2025 Two-year fellowship, including $2,500 in project funds and 2 course reassignments per year (or the equivalent applied toward summer stipends and/or project funds).
Mini Grants All faculty Applications to support Fall 2025 courses are due by September 2nd, 2025. Applications to support Winter and Spring 2026 course will be open in late fall and due end of January 2026). Grants of up to $500 for support of course-related student engagement, and can be used to fund materials or experiences for innovative, active or engaged learning
Inclusive Teaching Transformation  Grants Teams of 2-5 faculty, staff and/or students led by a full-time, ongoing teaching faculty member Fall 2025 $1,000 stipend for each team member + $500 for project expenses

Grants support teams of faculty developing evidence-based and 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.

CATL SoTL and Scholarly Teaching Grants
SoTL Project Grant Full-time, ongoing teaching faculty October 24, 2025

April 2026

 Grants of $1000-$5000 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.
Scholarly Teaching & SoTL Professional Development (virtual & in person) Full-time, ongoing teaching faculty Applications for travel to conferences prior to September 1st, 2025 are due by June 2nd, 2025; and for travel between September 2 – January 31, 2026 September 2nd, 2025. Grants supplement travel costs associated with attending conferences or workshops aimed at developing one’s pedagogical skills or capacity to engage in scholarship of teaching and learning.
SoTL Dissemination Grant (virtual & in person) Full-time, ongoing teaching faculty Applications for travel to conferences prior to September 1st, 2025 are due by June 2nd, 2025; and for travel between September 2 – January 31, 2026 September 2nd, 2025. Grants supplement fund travel costs associated with presenting one’s research on the scholarship of teaching and learning.

Other sources of funding to support teaching and learning at Elon include:

For additional internal and external funding opportunities, visit the university’s Faculty Funding website.