{"id":380,"date":"2020-04-22T12:41:07","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T16:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/?page_id=380"},"modified":"2026-05-19T14:01:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T18:01:47","slug":"teaching-development-grant","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/internal-funding\/teaching-development-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Development Grant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Teaching Development Grant\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                                    \n\n<p>The Teaching Development Grant allows Carleton\u2019s faculty members, instructors and contract instructors to implement and investigate new approaches to teaching and learning, to further develop their skills as educators, and to enhance conversations about teaching and learning across academic units. The financial support in the range of $500 &#8211; $2,500 per project is available.<\/p>\n\n\n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">UPDATE: This grant is suspended until further notice. Applications will not be accepted for 2025-26.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"w-full max-w-xl mx-auto overflow-hidden bg-white rounded-lg shadow-lg cu-stackedlist cu-component not-contained not-prose\">\n    <h2 class=\"px-6 py-4 text-base font-semibold border-b rounded-t-lg md:text-xl bg-gray-50 text-cu-black-800\">\n        Table of Contents\n    <\/h2>\n    <div class=\"grid cu-scrollto cu-stackedlist--toc cu-stackedlist--1 md:grid-cols-1\">\n            <div class=\"space-y-1\">\n                    \n            <div class=\"pl-4 text-cu-red-700\">\n                <div class=\"flex gap-2 pb-3 text-base md:text-lg\">\n                    <span class=\"font-light text-cu-black-700\">\n                        1.\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#eligibility\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        Eligibility\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n                    \n            <div class=\"pl-4 text-cu-red-700\">\n                <div class=\"flex gap-2 pb-3 text-base md:text-lg\">\n                    <span class=\"font-light text-cu-black-700\">\n                        2.\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#evaluation-criteria\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        Evaluation Criteria\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n                    \n            <div class=\"pl-4 text-cu-red-700\">\n                <div class=\"flex gap-2 pb-3 text-base md:text-lg\">\n                    <span class=\"font-light text-cu-black-700\">\n                        3.\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#possible-uses-of-grant-funds\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        Possible Uses of Grant Funds\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n                    \n            <div class=\"pl-4 text-cu-red-700\">\n                <div class=\"flex gap-2 pb-3 text-base md:text-lg\">\n                    <span class=\"font-light text-cu-black-700\">\n                        4.\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#ineligible-expenses\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        Ineligible Expenses\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n                    \n            <div class=\"pl-4 text-cu-red-700\">\n                <div class=\"flex gap-2 pb-3 text-base md:text-lg\">\n                    <span class=\"font-light text-cu-black-700\">\n                        5.\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#expectations\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        Expectations\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n                    \n            <div class=\"pl-4 text-cu-red-700\">\n                <div class=\"flex gap-2 pb-3 text-base md:text-lg\">\n                    <span class=\"font-light text-cu-black-700\">\n                        6.\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#application-process\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        Application Process\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n                    \n            <div class=\"pl-4 text-cu-red-700\">\n                <div class=\"flex gap-2 pb-3 text-base md:text-lg\">\n                    <span class=\"font-light text-cu-black-700\">\n                        7.\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#previous-recipients\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        Previous Recipients\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"eligibility\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Eligibility<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Carleton University instructors, faculty members, and contract instructors are eligible if they have support and approval from their department heads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In cases where contract instructors are successful grant recipients, department heads need to confirm that their department agrees to be the administrator of the grant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Teaching and Learning Services&#8217; staff members are NOT eligible for this grant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"evaluation-criteria\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Evaluation Criteria<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Proposals will be evaluated based on the following criteria:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Clarity of the project&#8217;s objectives<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Significance and potential impact on teaching and learning at Carleton University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The project\u2019s feasibility within the timeframe and budget<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scholarly output<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Proposals that are submitted without a letter of support from the department chair or unit director will not be considered.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"possible-uses-of-grant-funds\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Possible Uses of Grant Funds<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Teaching Development Grant can be used in several ways, including, but not limited to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Implementation of a new teaching strategy in a specific course designed to improve student learning<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Development of teaching and learning resources that will enhance a specific course or several courses<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Payments for Research Assistant(s)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Development of new experiential learning opportunities for students<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Re-design of assessment strategies in an existing courses<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Organizing a teaching and learning event at departmental level<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"ineligible-expenses\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ineligible Expenses<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Compensation to faculty members, instructors, contract instructors.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Journal subscriptions and memberships<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Computer hardware<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Services already funded by Carleton University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Note: All successful grant recipients will meet with the Teaching and Learning Services\u2019 financial officer to discuss how the funds will be administer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"expectations\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Expectations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>All successful recipients will:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Disseminate the outcome(s) of their teaching development projects through an appropriate medium. Such media include, but are not limited to, presentations to colleagues, Teaching and Learning Services\u2019 roundtables or other events, the Teaching and Learning Services blog, etc.;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Submit a final report upon completion of the project (up to 500 words).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"application-process\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Application Process<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Please submit the <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/258\/Teaching-Development-Grant-Application-Form-2022.docx\">application form<\/a>, together with a brief description of your teaching development project its potential impact on teaching and learning at Carleton University, and detailed budget (max. 5 pages, excluding the application form) to <a href=\"mailto:tls@carleton.ca\">tls@carleton.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"previous-recipients\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Previous Recipients<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations to all\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/awards-and-grants__trashed\/internal-funding\/teaching-development-grant-recipients\/\" type=\"page\" id=\"378\">previous grant recipients<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE: This grant is suspended until further notice. Applications will not be accepted for 2025-26. Eligibility Carleton University instructors, faculty members, and contract instructors are eligible if they have support and approval from their department heads. 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