grants category
course improvement grant spotlight: “restoration and rehabilitation of vanderbilt fossil teaching collection”
sep. 2, 2021—neil kelley, assistant professor of earth and environmental sciences, recently talked to cft associate director cynthia brame about his course improvement grant, “restoration and rehabilitation of vanderbilt fossil teaching collection.” can you tell us briefly about your project and what inspired you to do this project? the project is a very long overdue project in...
two new internal funding programs to support classroom excellence announced
may. 10, 2021—the office of the provost announces an additional two new internal funding programs, the educational advancement fund and the course improvement grant program, designed to support excellence in the classroom through continued pedagogical advancement and long-term educational transformation. these provost-sponsored internal funding programs are managed by the office of faculty affairs in collaboration with the 2022年世界杯中国小组赛积分...
apply to be a junior faculty teaching fellow!
apr. 23, 2018—the cft is now accepting applications for the 2018-19 junior faculty teaching fellows program. the program is designed to help you: learn from the teaching experiences of colleagues develop skills that will enable you to analyze and improve your teaching over time build a teaching community at vanderbilt learn to balance and integrate your teaching...
upcoming deadlines for vidl faculty grants.
apr. 14, 2017—the vanderbilt institute for digital learning (vidl) offers support for faculty for research and instructional improvement, and support for students in the form of fellowships and internships. support takes the form of limited monetary support, technical consulting, equipment loans and production services. faculty programs macrogrants (deadline april 28) vu faculty and staff may apply for a seed-funding...
new partnership, new opportunities for humanities doctoral students
jan. 8, 2014—by nancy chick, cft assistant director we at the cft are thrilled to be part of vanderbilt’s new mellon partners for humanities education project to provide “specialized training for new vanderbilt ph.d.s in preparing students for teaching at liberal arts colleges and historically black colleges and universities” (hbcu). the program, supported by a $1.475 million...
educational components in your grant proposal? the cft can help!
apr. 13, 2011—“the cft consultant’s comments and suggestions greatly improved the educational components of my nsf grant proposal, making it a true career one.” – assistant professor, arts & science many research grants now require faculty members applying for them to consider educational initiatives that will broaden the impact of the grant. cft consultants are available to...
call for proposals – nsf ethics education in science and engineering – due march 14, 2011
dec. 29, 2010—the national science foundation is requesting proposals for the ethics education in science and engineering (eese) program. from the call for proposals: the ethics education in science and engineering (eese) program aims to deepen the understanding of ethical dilemmas in science and engineering, and provide cutting edge, effective research and educational materials to train the...
call for proposals – nsf cyberlearning grant – due january 17, 2011
oct. 1, 2010—the national science foundation is requesting proposals for its “cyberlearning: transforming education” grants. from the call for proposals: through the cyberlearning: transforming education program, nsf seeks to integrate advances in technology with advances in what is known about how people learn to better understand how people learn with technology and how technology can be used...
call for proposals – nea digital humanities start-up grants – due october 5, 2010
aug. 12, 2010—the office of digital humanities at the national endowment for the humanities is requesting proposals for another round of digital humanities start-up grants. from the call for proposals: the national endowment for the humanities (neh) invites applications to the digital humanities start-up grants program. this program is designed to encourage innovations in the digital humanities....
call for proposals – nsf research and evaluation on education in science and engineering (reese) – due november 15, 2010
aug. 3, 2010—from the national science foundation, a call for proposals for the research and evaluation on education in science and engineering (reese) program: the research and evaluation on education in science and engineering (reese) program seeks to advance research at the frontiers of stem learning, education, and evaluation, and to provide the foundational knowledge necessary to...