Teaching Innovation Grants
This internal grants program is offered annually, typically with a February deadline. The overall goal is to enrich learning experiences for students and foster a climate of teaching innovation by supporting WPI educators to seed new initiatives in undergraduate and graduate education that meet identifiable needs at WPI. The Morgan Teaching and Learning Center, the Office of Undergraduate Studies, the Academic Technology Center (ATC), and the Educational Development Council (EDC) provide about $150,000 in funding to three types of grants aimed at supporting innovation in undergraduate and graduate education.
Information about the upcoming award cycle is released near the end of B-term annually.
Teaching Innovation Grant Information
- Professional Learning Community Grants: A Professional Learning Community (PLC) is a group of WPI community members from multiple disciplines engaging in collegial inquiry, action, and collective learning around a central theme in the area of pedagogical development or educational development and innovation. These grants are awarded by the EDC, ATC, and Morgan Center.
- Course and Program Projects: This grant mechanism is intended for applicants, either individuals or small groups, whose project is aimed at department or program-level impact rather than campus-wide impact. These grants are also awarded by the EDC, ATC, and Morgan Center.
- Summer Sandbox Grants: These grants from Undergraduate Studies support faculty who will design and test new approaches to teaching and advising in an undergraduate course or project. This is an opportunity to use summer as a learning laboratory for the academic year.
This program does not fund routine updating or renewal of courses, curricula, or teaching methods.