Teaching Grants

Evaluation of Proposals

Proposals are evaluated on several criteria. Please review the Proposal Overview, Support Presentation and FEID Rubric below before you write your proposal.

• 2025 FEID Proposal Support Presentation
• 2025 FEID Proposal Support Presentation Recording (coming soon)
• 2025 FEID Rubric

Call Focus: Student Success by Increasing Accessibility for Diverse Learners

Examples of Projects include:

• Redesigning an entire course to provide more inclusive and equitable experiences for diverse learners. (e.g., gamifying or flipping a course);
• Development of new course;
• Modifying an approved face-to-face course for a different UPS-approved modality;
• Modifying multiple assessments/assignments within a current course or courses to better reflect currency and/or alignment with university, college or program outcomes;
  
• Introduction and implementation of high-impact practices in the course or program (see CSUF's High Impact Practices webpage );
• Adding best/promising practices identified by the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) to support student success in a course or program; and
• Interdisciplinary or collaborative course development and implementation (see below regarding support for collaborative projects).

Priority is given to proposals that:

• Use data to identify an area of student learning need and provide measurable objectives for that need,
• Provide a clear plan describing methods and activities which when implemented will address the identified need,
• Clearly connect to this year’s focus,
• Clearly describe how the project aligns with college or university strategic plans,
• Positively impact student success,
• Include reasonable assessment of measurable achievement outcomes,
• Describe the plan for sustaining the proposed changes, and
• Outline project completion that is feasible and commensurate with 3 WTU time expectation.

More explanation and specific criteria are provided in the rubric. All application materials including the question prompts, application tips, narrative template, and rubric can be found on the FEID website.

Eligibility, Compensation, Requirements, and Future Commitments

Eligibility

Tenured and tenure-track faculty (any rank), FERP faculty (projects for active semesters only), and lecturers with full-time contracts are eligible to submit proposals that represent comprehensive course redesign and/or innovation in teaching practices that support student success.  NOTE: The application requires a statement to verify that you are not or will not be receiving any existing or alternate compensation (FAE, grant, or course release) for proposed projects.

Compensation for FEID

FEID Award Applicants may request either:

• Up to a ($5,000) Faculty Additional Employment (FAE) for Summer 2025,

OR

• Up to 3 WTUs assigned time for Fall 2025 or Spring 2026

Funding for FEID Collaborators

If proposing a collaborative project, only one collaborator should complete the application. The application should detail how the collaborators will divide the work and compensation on the application budget worksheet. Faculty should indicate how the FEID Faculty Additional Employment. (FAE)or assigned time during a regular semester will be shared. Equal sharing is not required but all team members must agree on the shared allocations.

Operating Expenses and Equipment (OE&E)

Applicants may request up to an additional $500 for Operating Expenses and Equipment (OE&E) funds.

• State funds may not be used to purchase gift cards.
• Any technology purchases must be approved by IT. Please see the IT Purchasing Process webpage for information about approved technology standards and equipment.
• Equipment bought with university funds belongs to the university.

Advertising and Promotion

Abstracts of funded projects will be added to the FDC website. Recipients of funded projects shall agree to present a workshop or presentation of their project if requested by FDC, College, or University department. Recipients of funded projects shall include reference to FDC on any project-related social media projects or presentations.

Brief Report

Recipient must upload a brief report (template available on FEID website) to the FEID website within one month of the end of the award semester (Spring awards/July 31; Fall awards/January 31; Summer awards/Sept. 30)

If no report is submitted by the due dates, the faculty member may become ineligible for future FDC funding.

Future Committment

Award recipients may be asked to review future applications.