This program is intended to provide junior faculty with research support at a critical time in the pre-tenure stage in developing the research or creative record that is essential for promotion from assistant professor to associate professor. The campus receives Instructional Improvement funds which OID has elected to convert into a grant program for faculty. Grants are designed for curricular innovation and pedagogical experiment and cannot be substituted for the ongoing or normal costs of course delivery. Instructional Improvement Grants are competitive and in high demand. For more information, please call x59149 .
All regular faculty are eligible to apply as are teaching assistants with faculty approval.
Allowable costs include instructional media, field trips, distinguished guest speaker honoraria, and some instructional software. Proposals for departmental TA training program development are also considered. For more information or to obtain an application form, please contact OID at x52790 . The Graduate Division makes a number of resources available for the support of graduate students. Multi-year fellowships, such as The Chancellor's Fellowship and the Eugene V. Cota Robles Award, are used as campus recruitment fellowships.