2025 University of Calgary Teaching and Learning Grants program launches

The University of Calgary is home to an incredible community of researchers who explore and develop new, innovative knowledge about post-secondary teaching and student learning. Their research examines key trends and issues in higher education, multiple ways of knowing and being, and informs teaching and learning cultures, communities and practices across multiple organizational levels.

Each year, UCalgary awards teams and individuals funding to conduct scholarly research through the University of Calgary Teaching and Learning Grants. This initiative highlights the university’s commitment to enhancing student learning by supporting research that informs scholarly and culturally relevant teaching practices, and developing educational leadership capacity across campus.

We invite applications from academic staff and librarians, archivists and curators, student service professionals and administrative staff. Those interested can view the 2025 rubric and begin preparing their materials now. 

Applications close in January 2025.

About the program 

The Teaching and Learning Grants program supports the development, implementation, critical examination and dissemination of innovative approaches to teaching and learning. Some restrictions apply for primary grant holders. Read more about the program details. 

We support different types of projects through three streams: 

Development and Innovation: This grant stream supports projects that develop a new teaching approach or improve upon an existing teaching practice. The scope may vary from individual activities to entire programs, such as the creation of a new resource, the implementation of a new practice, or the (re)design of activities, courses or programs. 

Development and Innovation Grants last two years and can be individual or collaborative. Recipients will share their work with relevant campus audiences to benefit the practice and understanding of others. Funding amounts can be up to $10,000.  

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL): These grants support formal, evidence-based studies focused on better understanding or improvement of student learning. Recipients will draw on their discipline-based expertise to develop a scholarly project anchored by meaningful questions about student learning and the activities intended to facilitate that learning. 

SoTL projects are designed to answer those questions by making relevant student learning visible and then systematically analyzing the evidence. They can be individual or collaborative and are three years in duration. Individual projects can receive up to $20,000 and collaborative projects can receive up to $40,000. 

Educational Leadership Grants: This stream is intended to support the development of educational leadership capacity through the implementation of strategic teaching and learning initiatives that include the development of professional learning opportunities. In addition, fundable projects may involve a range of contexts and activities, not just those that occur in the classroom. This stream awards up to $40,000 over four years to successful applicants.