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Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Grants

Annual Funding Cycles: Fall & Spring

Current Deadline: February 26, 2024 by 11:59 p.m.

The Office of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education is pleased to announce competitive funding for both individual and collaborative scholarship of teaching and learning projects on the IU Bloomington campus. If you have questions about the award or the selection process, please contact Shannon Sipes.

SoTL grants provide funding at four levels for new and ongoing studies about teaching and learning. Similar to national funding agencies (i.e., NEA, NIH, and NSF), SoTL funding provides ongoing and sustained funding for projects of merit, while also providing funds for new individual and team projects. All funding levels are intended to support faculty-led efforts to better understand and improve teaching and learning through in-depth, contextualized, and evidence-based studies.

Research grants are available in amounts of $1,000, $2,000, $5,000, and $12,000, dependent upon the purpose, scope, and nature of the study outlined in the criteria for each phase of the funding levels. Funding periods are for 1–3 years. Teams receiving grants will share the grant amount. All recipients are expected to attend one meeting per semester with other grant recipients and educational consultants until the project is complete. Recipients are also expected to formally disseminate the results of their projects to other IU faculty and, as such, help further the Communities of Inquiry, which have become integral to Indiana University’s SoTL Program.

Funding is typically, though not exclusively, used for these types of expenses:

Data collection and analysis
Project or graduate assistant(s)
Research related travel
Conference presentations
Collaborations with other institutions, external specialists, and consultants

Projects may involve acquisition of new knowledge about teaching and learning or they may involve the novel application and assessment of existing knowledge based upon past or ongoing SoTL research. Projects may use qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methods. All grants require systematic investigation of effects, interpretation of results, and dissemination to peers both within Indiana University and beyond in an appropriate scholarly publication or presentation.

Eligibility

All full-time IU Bloomington faculty members are invited to submit proposals for SOTL grants. While graduate students are not eligible to serve as principal investigators of a project, we do encourage students as co-investigators. Please note that in order to support as wide a group of faculty members as possible, we are limiting recipients to ONE CITL-funded project at a time. That includes grants, faculty learning communities, fellowships, and other paid programs.

Requirements

A final completion report (template) must be submitted to the SoTL Program Director at the end of the grant funding period. Additionally, grant recipients will be expected to participate in one or more SoTL-related activities at IUB, such as:

Leading interest groups in topics related to the research project
Facilitating seminars that mentor or support new researchers
Presenting the work as part of the SoTL event series
Participating in a SoTL poster session
Publishing the results of the project
Participating in the SoTL spotlight series of videos

Review Process

Grant applications will be evaluated on the quality of proposed scholarship and its potential contribution to the advancement of teaching and learning. Though the scholarship must be research-based, this may be broadly defined to include classroom research, research on the application and impact of existing educational models and methods, and research concerning other innovative methods that address teaching and learning at Indiana University.

Proposals will be peer reviewed by a committee of faculty for the soundness of approach, scholarly products to be delivered, potential impact of the results, creativity, uniqueness, and scholars’ potential to serve as a resource for others in the SoTL community (rubric). Inherent in the grant is the obligation to share knowledge and expertise.

Funding Levels

The following funding levels are available to support SoTL projects. Applicants should self-select into the funding level that they deem as most aligned with their proposal, with eligibility for funding based upon the criteria outlined for each phase. Both new projects and projects that received support in the past are encouraged to apply.

Funding Cycle

One time and for one year

Criteria

Regular participation in the Introduction to SoTL Faculty Learning Community

Outcomes

Written report including:

Fundable Proposal

Duration/Funding Cycle	One time and for one year
Criteria	Clearly articulated teaching and learning question that will be addressed using appropriate research methods
Required Outcomes	Final budget and sound evidence of student learning

Duration/Funding Cycle

One or more yearsFaculty members can reapply for additional funding of the project two more times

Criteria

Teams of 2 or more investigators required

And one or more of the following:

Completion of Phase I outcomes
Evidence of previous SOTL work
Completion of Phase II outcomes
Evidence that continued funding of research will make significant contribution to the field

Required Outcomes

Final budget and sound evidence of student learning

And one of the following:

Public presentation at a conference
Published article or other innovative ways of disseminating the work beyond the IUB community
Evidence that the work has made a contribution to the field and has added to the relevant literature

Duration/Funding Cycle

Two or more years

Faculty members can reapply for additional funding of the project two more times

Criteria

Teams of 2 or more investigators required

Completion of Phase II outcomes

And one or more of the following:

Evidence that previous SOTL work, has made significant innovative contributions to the field
Completion of Phase III outcomes
Evidence that continued funding of research will make significant contribution to the field
Integration with other ongoing projects and communities of inquiry

Required Outcomes

Final budget and sound evidence of student learning

And one of the following:

Public presentation at a conference
Published article or other innovative ways of disseminating the work beyond the IUB community
Evidence that the work has made a significant contribution to the field and has added to the relevant literature

*Exploratory phase is only open to faculty members who have been selected to participate in the accompanying Faculty Learning Community

Submission Process

Teams and individuals applying for grants should submit their proposal via a single PDF document sent to citl@indiana.edu by the deadline above. You will need to include the following materials with your proposal:

Proposal Narrative Template
Budget Narrative & Timeline
Short CVs for all investigators - maximum of 4 pages per investigator
Nominating letter - from the dean, department chair, or unit head of each participating investigator (this may be included in your packet or emailed directly to sotl@indiana.edu by the nominator)

Miyoung Hong, Interior Design
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Student Applications of Evidence-based Design: Lessons Learned from Interior Design Studios

Tennisha N. Riley, Counseling and Educational Psychology
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Designing Culturally Engaging Environments to Promote Diverse Students' Academic Success during the Transition to College

Tanya Jones, Kinesiology
Amount: $2,000

Culturally Sustainable Pedagogy in the Sport Management Classroom

Alyssa Lederer, Applied Health Science
Amount: $2,000

Examining the Impact of an Experiential Undergraduate Public Health Research Methods Course on Student Research-Related Beliefs and Learning Outcomes

Xiaoying Liles, East Asian Languages and Cultures
Amount: $2,000

Bridging the Gap: Enhancing L2 Chinese Pragmatic Competence in the Classroom

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Grants