2021 CEG Request for Proposals
The deadline for submitting 2021 CEG proposals was Friday, January 29, 2021. Proposal submissions are no longer being accepted.
The Curriculum Enhancement Grant (CEG) provides faculty with technical and instructional support, time, and funds to implement projects designed to improve student learning and success at IUPUI, IUPUC, and IU Fort Wayne. In addition, the grants are offered to enhance the campus conversation about scholarly teaching, as described in the IUPUI Scholarly Teaching Taxonomy, and increase the practice of the scholarship of teaching and learning. Work on CEG projects can increase faculty competitiveness for other internal and external educational or curricular improvement grants.
The grant supports a wide range of faculty projects involving either individual course development or broader curricular development in face-to-face, online, or hybrid formats. Projects may focus on either undergraduate or graduate/professional curricula. In 2021, we especially seek proposals in which interventions in teaching practice to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion drive the project’s focus and the goals.
Example projects include but are not restricted to those that would:
- enhance the effectiveness of courses through adapting pedagogies of engagement.
- use technology to enhance the effectiveness of a course.
- develop innovative curricular materials or approaches.
- develop a new course or sequence of courses.
Projects with a diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) focus will provide a more equitable and inclusive learning experience for students through, for example:
- adopting inclusive or anti-racist pedagogies and policies
- creating a safe and more inclusive classroom environment
- shaping course content to reflect the diversity, equity, and inclusion interests of school and campus units, disciplines/professions as well as the experiences and values of students who typically enroll in these courses
- better preparing instructors to be mindful of their personal identify, beliefs, and assumptions and their impact on student learning and to develop skills such as leading discussions on hot topics or reducing or responding to microaggressions in the classroom.
- implementing other evidence-based inclusive teaching practices
DEI-focused proposals should use the definitions of diversity, equity, and inclusion provided in IUPUI’s School/Unit Diversity Strategic Planning Resource Guide. Project goals and interventions should be congruent with the school or unit’s Diversity Strategic Plan, if available. Investigators with a DEI-focused project will participate in a faculty learning community during the project time period.
Eligibility- Open to all IUPUI, IUPU Columbus, and IUFW full-time faculty (tenured, tenure track, and non-tenure track).
- Associate (part-time/adjunct) and visiting faculty may be included on proposals but may not serve as the principal investigator.
CEG Scholars' Presentations
After completing their projects, CEG scholars present the results of their work at an event open to the IUPUI community. The 2019 scholars presented their work at the Scholarly Teaching Symposium on October 9, 2020. In past years, scholars have presented their work at the Scholars Teaching for Student Success event (2019) or the Curriculum Enhancement Grant Symposium (2011-2018).
