| CET Grants for Development of a Course, Curriculum, or Educational Materials
The Center for Excellence in Teaching has a modest amount of funds available to support some costs of development of an existing or new course or curriculum, or of educational materials on the Charles River Campus.
The main criteria for selecting proposals for funding are (1) the novelty (at least in your academic unit) and educational value of the idea behind the course development, (2) the likelihood that you and others could use the method or materials in their courses after you develop them, (3) the soundness of your plan for developing your idea, and (4) the types and costs of the activities for which you seek support. In the past, support has included hourly wages for student workers and costs of materials. No funds are available through this program to supplement faculty salaries. A typical grant budget does not exceed $3000, and more modest grants are more likely to receive funding.
In order to request a course development grant, please send a preliminary e-mail message to the CET that presents what you have in mind. The CET director will contact you to discuss your ideas.
If your discussion with the CET director indicates that your idea fits into the CET's goals, you will be asked to prepare a more complete proposal. This need not be long and can be sent via e-mail. The proposal should contain:
- Your name, rank, department and college, and contact information.
- A few paragraphs on the idea that you wish to implement and how you plan to convert the idea into educational methods and materials.
- A discussion of how the proposed development will affect future courses taught by you and other instructors at Boston University
- A list of the anticipated costs and estimated amounts
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