The Office of Undergraduate Studies and the Center for Teaching Excellence sponsor the Improvement of Instruction Grants (IIG) program during the academic year. IIG selection criteria give priority to proposals that contribute to the University’s efforts to improve undergraduate teaching and learning, and we solicit projects that have the potential to produce the greatest impact. Previous Improvement of Instruction Grants have underwritten exciting initiatives at the University of Maryland; these projects have fostered the development of valuable and effective educational programs. Individual faculty members, as well as departmental or interdisciplinary clusters, are invited to apply.

Grant funds may support salaries (staff, graduate students, summer support, and release time), operating expenses, or other necessary costs. Past awards have ranged from $1,000 to $6,000. The program does not fund purchases of equipment such as computers, extensive travel, or other expenses that are considered obligations of the applicant’s department or program.

Click here to submit proposal for year 2008-2009.

If you have questions, please contact Spencer Benson, Center for Teaching Excellence, 0405 Marie Mount Hall, 314-1288, or see the CTE web site http://www.cte.umd.edu.

Click here to view the abstracts for 2007 - 2008.