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The Office of Faculty Development Teaching Grant Program

As part of its mission to promote teaching excellence within the UCR SOM, the Office of Faculty Development awards grants that support innovative teaching projects. Grants may fund teaching project expenses, or faculty development experiences such as teaching conferences or institutes, or courses of study related to teaching. The funds will be used to improve teaching practice, curriculum, and learner achievement, and recipients will put their innovations into practice and share what they learn with their colleagues. The goals of the Office of Faculty Development Teaching Grant Program include:

  1. Build upon the Office of Faculty Development strategic initiative of developing high-quality development programs.
  2. Create a culture of teaching innovation within the UCR SOM to enrich student learning.
  3. Encourage faculty to create innovative and sustainable methods to improve teaching efficacy in an academic, medical setting.

The grant program will award up to two $5,000 grants to support faculty teaching projects focused on the above-mentioned area of creating innovative teaching methods.

 

Testimonials 

  • Nina G. Ruedas, MS, LMFT  UCR School of Medicine Family Residency Program Behavioral Scientist

 

 


Program Eligibility

  • The Office of Faculty Development Teaching Grant Program is open to all UCR faculty with a paid appointment with the UCR School of Medicine.
  • Recipient must be engaged in an approved teaching improvement project.

Proposal Guidelines

Successful proposals will include, but is not limited to, the following items:

  • Cover page
  • Brief summary of the project
  • Study design
    • Projects must support a teaching improvement project.
    • Projects must have clearly defined and realistic goals, methodology (who, what, how, when, why), and measurable outcomes.
    • The project must have the potential to reach a large audience and have a wide impact.
  • An itemized budget

Application Information

How to Apply: Submit our Application Form
Deadline: February 1, 2022 @ 11:59 p.m.

  • All applications must be submitted online and no paper applications will be accepted.
  • A saved application is not a submitted application.
  • Keep a copy of your submitted email as proof your application was completed.

Key Dates

Recipient Announcement Date: February 8, 2022
Project Implementation Start Date: February 21, 2022
Funding Request Submission Deadline for Pre-approved expenses: April 1, 2022
Check-In: Bi-monthly meetings with educational specialists during the months of Feb, April, June, and August.
Reports & Deliverables Due: TBA
Presentation at Conference for Teaching and Learning: TBA


Reports and Deliverables

Awardees shall submit a final report to the SOM’s Office of Faculty Development by October 2022. The final report shall include, but is not limited to, the following information:

  • Project Summary and Implementation Details
    Description of the project and its findings. Information about the tangible/pragmatic teaching methodology developed during the project, implementation, outcomes, participation, successes, data summary on key findings, and project application/sustainability plans.
  • Budget Accountability

    Provide a financial report (UCRFS Totals data1) of expenses incurred and describe how grant funds have been spent. 1 data should include at a minimum the following information: Journal Number, Journal Date, Amount, Line Description, P.O.

  • Check-In
    Awardees must schedule a meeting with an educational specialist bi-monthly during May, July, and September for support in planning and implementing the teaching improvement project to ensure project success and completion by October 2022.

Financial Information

Budget

All applicants are required to submit an itemized budget with their application, not to exceed $5,000 per application. Budget categories include:

  • Travel expenses
  • Supplies
  • Services (e.g., mailings, printing, etc.)
  • Advertising
  • Facility costs (e.g., room rentals)

Any changes to the project budget must be requested and approved in writing. You can submit the budget changes via email to:

Courtney Ferris at Courtney.Ferris@medsch.ucr.edu

The funds cannot be used for salaries, benefits, stipends, food,  beverages, gift cards, cash awards,  or any gifts of monetary value. The funds must be used for expenses related to the teaching improvement project or professional development related to teaching improvements such as conference, travel, or coursework. All requests for securing goods or services using this funding must adhere to SOM's procurement protocols and procedures. Expense tracking, reporting, and ensuring procurement protocols are followed are the responsibility of the grant recipient. 

Funding

Award Recipients are to incur expenses on their home department funds. We recommend using a cost center or project code to track the expenses and help facilitate the reporting. On or before April 1, 2022, the award recipient must submit a list of approved expenses (UCRFS Totals actuals) to The Office of Faculty Development will process the transfer(s) via NCT the costs incurred in the award recipient’s home department to the grant award FAU. Only goods and services approved as part of your project budget may be purchased using this funding. Please submit the expense actuals to Courtney Ferris at Courtney.Ferris@medsch.ucr.edu

Securing Goods or Services

Grant award recipients can begin to secure goods or services upon receiving the award notification. Purchases can be made by either the award recipient’s home department or the Office of Faculty Development on behalf of the awardee.

As previously stated, all requests for securing goods or services using this funding must adhere to SOM’s procurement protocols and procedures. Please be sure to review the Restrictions and Limitations to Low-Value Purchase Authority policy for university guidelines on how funds may be spent.

Contact

Dr. Rosemary Tyrrell, Ed. D
Director of the Office of Faculty Development, Assistant Clinical Professor
Email: rosemary.tyrrell@medsch.ucr.edu
Phone: (951) 827-2381