- About CELTUA
- Calendar and Events
- Full and Part-time Faculty and Staff
- Grad and Undergrad Students
- Grants and Awards
- Overview
- Past Recipients and Project Summaries
- E. Phillips Knox Teaching Award
- Small Grants to Improve Teaching
- Grants for Graduate Award Holders to Improve Teaching
- Visiting Teacher-Scholar Grants
- Summer Fellowships for the Improvement of Instruction
- Department / Program Grants for the Significant Improvement of Instruction
- Learning Assessment / Course / Curriculum Effectiveness Grants
- Faculty Exchange Relocation Grants
- Engaged Learning and Top 25
- Assessment
- Publications and Library
- Consulting and Resources
Grants for Graduate Award Holders to Improve Teaching
| description: | These grants support the teaching development of graduate award holders when the department is unable to fund first-time purchases of teaching/learning materials, such as computer software or videotapes, and first-time travel to learn new teaching strategies, but not expendable supplies such as special paper. |
| amount: | CELTUA awards grants of up to $300 from a pool of $2,000. |
| eligibility: | Any graduate award holder who has full- or part-time instructional responsibilities for a class, laboratory, or co-curriculum is eligible. CELTUA welcomes group or department submissions. |
| selection: | A subcommittee of CELTUA reviews and selects grant recipients. |
| submission: | Please send an electronic copy of your application to CELTUA <celt@muohio.edu> and a hard copy original with signatures via campus mail to CELTUA. |
| due date: | CELTUA will consider proposals at due dates of October 15, February 15, and May 17, and urgent requests at any time. |
Purpose and Description
Miami University affirms the importance of preparing the faculty of the future. CELTUA and the Graduate School have designed these grants to support the development of the teaching abilities of Miami’s graduate award holders. Grants of up to $300 may be used by individuals, faculty supervisors, coordinators of departmental teaching seminars, and departments to develop individual teaching skills and to supplement departmental support for TA seminars on teaching. These grants fund modest projects designed to increase teaching effectiveness and student learning. The grants are intended to supply funds not available from departments, Instructional Technology Services, the Library, or elsewhere on campus. Projects/activities might include travel support to fund first-time attendance at a teaching conference or to take a “short course” on teaching sponsored by a professional disciplinary organization; the purchase of new experimental software for a course or lab; or a visit to the department by an off-campus expert to conduct a seminar on pedagogy for graduate award holders. Grants are for first-time funding; continuing projects and travel should become part of departmental budgets. Projects and events that have been completed are not eligible. Materials purchased remain the property of Miami. Recipients must agree to submit a one-page report upon the completion of the project, or no later than the beginning of the next academic year, describing how the project was carried through and how it improved their teaching.
Application Procedure
Please send an electronic copy of your application to CELTUA <celt@muohio.edu> and a hard copy original with signatures via campus mail to CELTUA. If the request involves a teaching assistant, the faculty supervisor must also sign the application. If your proposal is not funded, you may contact the chair of CELTUA for feedback and reapply during the next round.
Recent Recipients
- Lisa Blankenship - Travel
- Kimberly Linenberger - Conference registration