Exceptional faculty are the cornerstone of a WashU education. Teaching-track faculty play a pivotal role in the mission of Arts & Sciences, ensuring our community continually benefits from new techniques in higher education instruction. Arts & Sciences supports the development of pedagogical work through several internal grant opportunities.
Teaching Innovation Awards for Teaching and Practice Track Faculty provide full-time teaching and practice track faculty with an opportunity to seek project funding to advance their pedagogical work. The annual program aims to cultivate educational innovation and pioneering teaching approaches and will support projects with budgets of up to $5,000. Each year's awardees will form a cohort that meets over the course of the year to share what they are learning.
Application deadline: February 15 each year
New Ampersand Course Innovation Grants are competitive grants of up to $7,500 awarded to A&S instructors for developing new Ampersand programs, which are small, multi-semester innovative courses designed to engage first-year students in creating new knowledge. Participation of two or more faculty is required for Ampersand programs. We welcome a variety of co-teaching models and appreciate collaboration across departments and programs, and are specifically looking for programs that challenge students to think critically about themselves as well as the world around them; that inspire them to learn about people, places, and cultures that are new to them; and that engage them in experiential learning beyond the classroom walls.
Application deadline: November 1, 2024
Arts & Sciences Summer Online Teaching Innovation Grants are intentionally framed to support pedagogically innovative and student-centered online teaching and learning in the context of the A&S Summer Session. In its second year, the pilot program aims to give students access to three to five additional high-quality online courses during the Summer 2025 term. In addition to compensation for teaching the Summer Session course, selected faculty will receive grants of up to $2,500 for developing the online course and participating in official pilot workshops and preparation activities. Faculty will also receive up to $1,000 to use in partnership with Olin’s Center for Digital Education (CDE) to create multimedia content.
Application deadline: October 15, 2024
