Faculty & Staff

• The Graham Sustainability Institute catalyzes and facilitates sustainability-focused collaborations and engagement involving faculty, students, and external stakeholders. To support these efforts — which range from one-time meetings and workshops to multi-year projects — Graham offers a variety of regular funding opportunities for U-M faculty, including:
  • Fast Track Grants up to $2,500
  • Catalyst Grants up to $10,000
  • Transformation Grants up to $100,000 per year for 1-2 years
• Poverty Solutions and the Detroit Community-Academic Urban Research Center (URC) co-sponsor the Collaborative Community-Academic Research Awards for faculty. Up to four awards of up to $30,000 each are awarded annually. The Detroit URC also runs a Small Planning Grants Program to support the establishment of new community-academic partnerships and new collaborative health research efforts in Detroit. Grants of up to $5,000 are awarded, with a grant duration period of one year. In both programs, the Detroit URC also provides valuable capacity building support and mentoring.
• The Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program provides small research grants to mentors to cover the expense of equipment and materials needed to support UROP student research activity, up to $500 per student.
• The Arts Integrative Interdisciplinary Faculty Research Grant offered by ArtsEngine provides faculty with up to $3,000 for research that blends art and design with other disciplines, especially science and engineering.
• Engagement Grants up to $5,000 support academic partners to develop and apply best practices to community-engaged teaching and research through smaller-scale projects. Funded by the Vice Provost for Engaged Learning, the Office of Research, and Poverty Solutions.
• Community Engagement Grants for Interprofessional Education provides up to $5,000 to support interprofessional health science research focused on advancing equity within Michigan. Supported by the Center for Interprofessional Education (CIE), faculty work in teams across at least two different health science schools to decrease racial and economic disparities in local communities.
• The Faculty Structured Outreach Support Fellowship Program (S.O.S.) through the Center for Educational Outreach (CEO) provides financial resources to faculty initiated outreach efforts. Funds are typically used to support graduate student participation in outreach and the involvement of K-12 students in faculty initiatives.

• Arts at Michigan Course Connections Grants provide up to $500 to support course-related arts learning activities. These funds may be used for admissions to museums and performances, workshops by visiting artists, and course projects, such as theatrical performances, exhibitions, etc. For projects that are integrated into more than one course, funding of up to $800 will be considered.
• The Center for Research on Learning and Teaching administers several grants ranging from $500 – $10,000 that promote improvements in teaching and learning, including engaged learning and innovative activities.
• The ArtsEngine Interdisciplinary Visiting Scholar Grant is designed to encourage the inclusion of guest artists, instructors, or practitioners from outside the primary course discipline. Arts or design must be represented, either in the primary course discipline or in the discipline of the visiting scholar. Grants up to $1,000 are available to any faculty member or instructor appointed in one of the four North Campus schools and colleges.
• University Musical Society Course Development Grants support opportunities for integrating the arts and arts-based learning strategies across the University curriculum. Supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, UMS funds 5-8 courses per semester. Faculty fellows receive $1,000 in salary supplement and $500 in course development funds. Grantees will also receive curricular support from UMS Education and Community Engagement Staff, as well as special consideration for interactions with UMS visiting and teaching artists (subject to artist availability).
• LSA Community-Engaged Course Development Grants offer up to $1,500 for new and ongoing community-engaged courses. These grants are funded by the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts and administered by the Ginsberg Center.

CRLT provides many helpful teaching resources, including several specifically for faculty who are leveraging the engaged learning goals and practices in their curricula. In collaboration with the Provost’s Office, CRLT developed a growing resource on teaching approaches and assessment methods for engaged learning, including:

• white papers on the five engaged learning goals
• examples of high quality engaged learning courses at Michigan
• instruments and measures for planning and implementing an engaged learning assessment

on our website!