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Innovative Teaching Grants1. Purpose: Gainesville State College values innovation and experimentation to facilitate progress and to advance knowledge. The Innovative Teaching Program offers funding for faculty and teaching staff who desire an opportunity to try something innovative and experimental in their courses but have not had time and/or financial resources to do so. The funding is intended as incentive money; recipients should anticipate finding other sources of funding for software, materials, and travel. Other possible sources of funding include the academic divisions, Student Technology Fee Committee (its instructional technology line), and other grants. This does not preclude recipients from spending the funding from this program for such items if they are unable to obtain additional funding elsewhere. 2. Resource pool: The Gainesville State College Foundation has provided $15,000 for this year. The Foundation budget is on a calendar year basis, thus, the funds must be dispersed by December 31each year. 3. Project categories:
On major awards, one person may receive a stipend or release time on a group project with 2 or more faculty or teaching staff (see below), the award would be stipends only. 4. Application Eligibility: Faculty and teaching staff are eligible to receive awards through the program as follows:
5. Award Decisions will be made by a committee composed of faculty from each academic division and an ex officio representative from Information Technology. The committee awards funding on the basis of the merit of each project rather than allocating funds by division. 6. Application deadlines: March 12th each year for Summer/Fall Projects October 16th each year for Fall/Spring Projects 7. Application Materials: The application form is available from the Innovative Teaching Program webpage maintained by the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Leadership (CTLL) by clicking "here" at the bottom of this page. 8. How to Apply: (Click on the icon at the bottom of the page to access the application link.) The application process requires no materials beyond the application form; therefore, the questions should be answered in such a way that the committee has a clear picture of the project, its impact, and outcome. Submit the form electronically or in hard copy to the Center for Teaching, Learning and Leadership. Apply for only one award each award cycle. Group projects are welcome with one application required per group. The application form requires division chair approval as well as department chair approval, when applicable. Group projects require all appropriate division and department chair signatures. For electronically submitted applications, division chair approval should be supplied on a follow-up hard copy. 9. Award: Funds are dispersed as soon as award decisions are made by the committee rather than at the end of the project. 10. Faculty Recognition: Projects funded by the Innovative Teaching Program will be displayed on the program webpage maintained by the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Leadership. Campus-wide activities showcasing the projects will include: Awards will be recognized by the Gainesville State College Foundation at the regularly scheduled faculty meeting each semester and in TowerTalk. Presentations on the projects will be made at workshops scheduled by the CTLL or as part of the brown-bag series each semester. 11. Summary Report: A summary report, prepared when the project is completed, will be submitted to the Center for Teaching, Learning and Leadership and forwarded to the committee. To view INNOVATIVE TEACHING ABSTRACTS click on Here. Click
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