Fellowships, Grants and Awards

Fellowships

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Fellow

The goal of the SoTL Fellow is to help colleagues move from scholarly teaching to the scholarship of teaching and learning. If you have experience in researching teaching and learning and believe in its potential to enhance student learning, consider sharing your expertise with colleagues as they formulate questions, do literature reviews, design their evaluation strategies, and analyze data. For more details on this paid Fellowship, funded by the Office of Research, Engagement, and Sponsored Programs (RESP), see the program description (PDF) and complete an application. (Please note that the CELT SoTL Fellow is different from the RESP Institutional Review Board Mentoring Program (PDF).) View the current SoTL Fellow on the About/Contact Us page.

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To Become a Teaching Fellow

If you are an experienced teacher interested in positively affecting the culture of teaching and learning at IPFW, consider becoming a Teaching Fellow. Read the program description (PDF) to learn more about the program. Application materials (Word) are due March 1st for fellowships starting in the Fall semester. View the current Teaching Fellows on the About/Contact Us page.

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Mack Center Fellowships

The Indiana University Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in Teaching (FACET) administers the Mack Center Fellowships. Each year a group of fellows is selected from the full-time faculty of IU campuses to advance the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL). Each applicant proposes an ambitious yet attainable SoTL research project. The fellowship application is available on the Mack Center page of the FACET website.

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Grants

Summer Instructional Development Grants

The purpose of the Summer Instructional Development Grant is to provide faculty with an incentive to implement innovative projects designed to significantly enhance an existing course with the goal of improving student learning and success at IPFW. In addition, the grant provides faculty the opportunity to enhance their skills, experiment with new teaching methods, and engage in scholarly teaching.

Example projects include but are not restricted to those that would:

• Enhance the effectiveness of existing courses through the innovative use of technology, including “flipping the classroom.”
• Enhance the effectiveness of existing courses through adapting pedagogies of engagement (e.g. use of a high-impact-practice, problem-based learning, peer instruction, service learning).
• Incorporate experiential learning into existing courses, for example, service learning.
• Incorporate diversity goals.
• Develop innovative curricular materials or laboratory experiences for existing courses.
• Develop hybrid (blended) versions of existing courses.
• Support and foster scholarly teaching and classroom research to measure the effectiveness of specific teaching approaches.

The above list is not meant to be all-inclusive; other ideas will be considered. Depending upon the nature of the project, the proposal may be submitted by a team of faculty members, by a department or program, or by an individual.

Application (Word)

Past Winners and Final Reports/Posters

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DECCO

The Distance and Distributed Education Coordinating Committee (DECCO) provides funding to underwrite the development of a new online course, or the revision of an existing online course. Due dates are January 30, for a spring course offered in the next academic year and September 30 for a fall course offered in the next academic year. For application materials and the course design guide go to the bottom of the Online Course Development web page on the Division of Continuing Studies web site.

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Campus Compact Service Learning Grants

Indiana Campus Compact (ICC) has several types of grants available, one of which is the Scholarship of Engagement grant. Eighteen Indiana faculty per year will be selected to choose one of three options related to the Scholarship of Engagement: develop or revise a service-learning course to be taught by the recipient, provide scholarly research on service-engagement, or provide a professional service to a local community agency.  For more information go to the ICC web site, or contact Deb Barrick, Director Office of Academic Internships, Cooperative Education and Service Learning at (260) 481-5471.

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Awards

IPFW offers these awards to honor excellence in teaching for both full-time and part-time faculty. For other awards please see the Faculty Awards on the Faculty Resources and Support page:

• Distance Education Coordinating Committee (DECCO) Award for Innovative Online Teaching
• Associate Faculty Teaching Award
• Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in Teaching (FACET)
• Friends of the University Outstanding Teacher Award
• Leepoxy Teaching Award
• Blackboard Catalyst Award
• The United States Professors of the Year Award

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DECCO Award for Innovative Online Teaching

Nomination Guidelines and Cover Sheet (Word)

List of Awardees

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Associate Faculty Teaching Award

Nomination Guidelines (PDF)

List of Awardees

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Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in Teaching (FACET)

Nomination Process

IPFW FACET Members

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Friends of the University Outstanding Teacher Award

Call for Nominations (Word)

Nomination Guidelines (PDF)

Cover Sheet (Word)

List of Awardees

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Leepoxy Teaching Award

Call for Nominations (Word)

Guidelines and Cover Letter (Word)

List of Awardees

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Blackboard Catalyst Award

Blackboard offeres a number of awards that confer international recognition of faculty and staff who develop exciting and innovative online learning experiences. For details about the application procedures and to see exemplary courses, go to the Blackboard Exemplary Course Program web site.

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The U.S. Professors of the Year Award

The U.S. Professors of the Year Award program salutes the most outstanding undergraduate instructors in the country—those who excel in teaching and positively influence the lives and careers of students. Sponsored by CASE and The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, it is the only national program to recognize excellence in undergraduate teaching and mentoring.

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