Fellowships, Grants and Awards

Fellowships

NEW! Become a Blackboard Fellow

To ease the transition to Blackboard Learn, the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs has developed the Blackboard Fellow Program. If you have experience with Blackboard Learn or have participated in several of the training sessions as part of the transition, consider working with your colleagues as they design their courses using best practices for teaching in the electronic environment. Collaborating with Center for Enhancement of Learning and Teaching (CELT), Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in Teaching (FACET), and Instruction Technology Services (ITS), the Fellows will assist the faculty in the transition. The Fellows will deliver one-on-one and small group assistance in building courses and learning to integrate new applications as they become available through Blackboard Learn. View the detailed description of this fellowship (PDF) for more information or begin the application process (Word).

Become a 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).)

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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.

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Other Fellowships

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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The Center for the Study of Global Change in IU Bloomington

The Center for the Study of Global Change in IU Bloomington has made several faculty development opportunities available to IPFW faculty. These opportunities include international travel grants, curriculum development grants, and funding to support faculty study groups focusing on international subjects.

For information on how to apply, visit the Funding Opportunities web page on the Center for the Study of Global Change web site.

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Grants

Summer Instructional Development Grants

The purpose of the Summer Instructional Development grants is to promote instructional development initiatives for transforming existing courses. We invite proposals for projects that aim to accomplish one or more of the following:

• significantly alter the content of an existing course, e.g., incorporate relevant new research, incorporate diversity content and goals, alter the scope or focus to accommodate changes in the field, etc.
• significantly alter the delivery of an existing course, e.g., incorporate experiential learning, add a service learning component, integrate technology into the classroom, etc.
• incorporate new pedagogies, e.g., address different learning styles, foster learning communities, foster diversity goals, etc.
• enhance the faculty member’s teaching effectiveness through engagement in creative endeavors that will feed back into the classroom.
• support teaching and learning across disciplines, e.g., link two courses from different disciplines, develop team-taught courses, etc.

The above list is not meant to be all-inclusive-- other ideas will also 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

2010 SID Institute Documents

Course Map (Word)

Planning the Project Evaluation (PDF)

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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; June 30 for a course offered in the summer session of 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 Faculty 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
• 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)

List of Honorees

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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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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.

All undergraduate teachers in the United States, of any academic rank at any type of undergraduate institution, are eligible for the award. Entries are judged by top U.S. educators and other active participants in education.The nominating period for the 2010 U.S. Professors of the Year awards program begins Monday, Jan. 11, and ends Friday, April 16.

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