Instructional Improvement Grants provide funds (up to $3,000) for small-scale projects to improve existing courses, develop new courses, evaluate instruction, and assess curricular needs. The grant funds also support larger innovative projects that will directly and significantly affect teaching and learning, such as developing materials for new and existing courses and developing new modes of instruction.
The Committee especially welcomes multi-disciplinary or team-taught projects, projects that involve large lecture classes, particularly at the lower division level, classes that have multiple sections, and/or classes that are heavily subscribed.
In addition, the Committee on Teaching encourages projects that respond to changes in education: for instance, projects that involve service learning and civic engagement, that enhance diversity, that encourage study groups, that promote active learning and engagement, that focus on speaking or writing skills, or that seek to improve classroom assessment.
NOTE that the Instructional Minigrant Program, which targeted smaller projects, has been folded into the Instructional Improvement Grants for the 2009-10 academic year.
Download the Instructional Improvement Grant 2009-10 guidelines and application form (Word)
Apply via email: download the above file in Word format and send back the completed application (in the body of an email or as an attachment) to Hilary Power in the Office of Educational Development (120 Wheeler), phone: 642-2360.
Information and assistance in planning and developing a grant proposal are available from the staff of the Office of Educational Development. If you are interested in a preliminary reading of your application or help in developing your proposal, contact Robert Schlick (phone: 643-1171) to schedule an appointment.
UC Berkeley Faculty Program for Engaged Scholarship
deadline for application: 2010-11 deadline for application to be determined
You are invited to participate in a campus-wide program to support faculty innovation in developing community-based components to new and/or existing courses. Examples of such components may include a service-learning component, community-based research, internship placements, etc. Support for participants will include: training (including a one-day orientation workshop, consulting support, and opportunities to meet with experts in community-based scholarship), a student scholar who will be trained to provide 250 hours of direct support in developing and implementing the course, and a grant of up between $500 and $1500 to help create and implement the course (such as visiting speakers, teaching materials, a training, community partner honorarium, student transportation costs, etc.) You will have also have the opportunity to interact with 8 to 12 colleagues from across campus while exploring best practices for developing and offering community-based curriculum.
Previous RFP for reference [ Word | PDF ]
For more information contact Victoria Robinson, American Cultures Director