Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (CRLT)

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

• Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (CRLT)
• White Papers 
• Engaged Learning Courses at Michigan
• Planning and Implementing an Engaged Learning Assessment

Ginsburg Center

A community and civic engagement center committed to cultivating and stewarding equitable partnerships between communities and the University of Michigan to advance social change for the public good. Guided by this mission, the Center envisions an inclusive democracy, thriving and diverse communities, and a society rooted in equity and social justice.

The Ginsberg Center translates its principles into action through several core areas:

• Partnerships: The Center fosters an expansive network of community partners—including nonprofits, local governments, and K-12 schools—by surfacing community-identified priorities and connecting them with University of Michigan students, faculty, and staff who are dedicated to positive social change.
• Preparation: The Center prepares and supports students, faculty, and staff to engage in socially just community experiences through advising, consulting, training, and grants.
• Pathways: Through a variety of opportunities, the Center encourages lifelong civic learning and engagement by providing multiple pathways to civic participation and community change.

The Ginsberg Center works collaboratively to strengthen communities and create meaningful, lasting impact.

University of Michigan Detroit Center on Woodward 

If you’re interested in working within the Detroit community or have a project that you believe could thrive here, the University of Michigan Detroit Center (UMDC) is an excellent starting point.

Situated in Detroit’s vibrant cultural district on Woodward Avenue, the UMDC is dedicated to strengthening the relationship between U-M and the city. The center acts as a hub for service, education, research, and meaningful community and cultural exchange.

By connecting with UMDC, you can access valuable resources, local expertise, collaborative opportunities, and support for launching or expanding your project in Detroit. Engaging with UMDC can help ensure your work is impactful and deeply connected to the community.

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

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.

• Collaborative Community-Academic Research Awards
• Small Planning Grants Program

The Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) 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 ArtsEngine Faculty Research Opportunity Grants (FROGs) are open to faculty teams engaging in interdisciplinary research that engages the arts, design, engineering, and/or information sciences in necessary partnership toward achieving the development of new knowledge or solutions to complex problems. Awards are up to $10,000/year and renewable on some level for up to three years. Three to five grants are expected to be awarded in any given year.

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.