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	Friday, September 13, 2019	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: Spring: spring 2020 grants suspended	$1,000-5,000 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	March 6, 2020	$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.
Travel Reimbursement Grants	Faculty	Ongoing – reviewed on 1st and 15th of each month, as funds last	We are currently at high volume and are unable to process grant requests at this time. For questions, you may email catl@elon.edu.  up to $1,000 Grants supplement other funds to support travel to present on or participate in teaching and learning conferences and programs.
Mini Grants	Faculty	Ongoing – reviewed on 1st and 15th of each month, as funds last	We are currently at high volume and are unable to process grant requests at this time. For questions, you may email catl@elon.edu.  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	November 18, 2019	up to $500 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.