Most Australian universities have institution-wide internal funding schemes for new developments in teaching and learning (using varying terms such as development, innovation, initiatives) which call for formal applications and allocate funds competitively against specified criteria. This site introduces the Flinders University Teaching and Learning Innovation Grants Scheme.
About the scheme
The purpose of these grants is to support projects which show innovation in any aspects of teaching, learning and/or assessment. Projects where the primary objective is to develop topics for flexible delivery in electronic modes are excluded from this scheme; projects with other objectives but where some utilisation is made of new technologies are eligible for funding. Innovation may take the form of the development, adaptation or application of a new or different approach, practice or procedure which is designed to produce improvements in teaching quality, effectiveness and efficiency and learning outcomes for students.
The project may be specific to a topic or topics, the whole or a part of a course, and/or any other teaching and learning activity.
From 2011 two specific Flinders Teaching and Learning Innovation Grants will be available for submissions that show innovation in the area of internationalisation of the curriculum. Internationalisation of the Curriculum is defined by OECD as:
A curriculum with an international orientation in content and/or form, aimed at preparing students for performing (professionally and socially) in an international and multicultural context and designed for domestic and international students.
About the selection process
This will be the twelfth year that the Flinders Teaching and Learning Innovation Grants have been run. This grant is conducted in a two stage process.
The responsibility for assessing Stage 1 submission(s) will rest with a committee formed by the Chair of the Teaching and Learning Committee in the Faculty in which the submission originated. Stage 1 submissions from units/areas not associated with a Faculty will be assessed by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic).
The assessment of submissions that proceed to Stage 2 will be assessed by a centrally convened Selection Panel that consists of:
- Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic)
- Deputy Vice-Chancellor (International & Communities) or nominee
- Director: Centre for University Teaching
- the four Executive Deans or nominees
- a student representative selected by Flinders Campus and Community Services.
For more information about the selection process, refer to Applications.
About the grants
- The scheme from 2011 may award up to nine grants per annum (including two focused on Internationalisation of the Curriculum). The grants will be in the range of $6000 to $12000.
- There will normally be provision in each round for at least 1 grant per Faculty.
- At least one of the grants will also normally be made to applicants from Yunggorendi, the Student Learning Centre and other areas/units of the University not associated with a Faculty.
Which projects are excluded from the scheme?
Projects where the primary objective is to develop topics for flexible delivery in electronic modes are excluded from this scheme.
However, projects with other objectives, but where some utilisation is made of new technologies, are eligible for funding.
More information
For more information, refer to:
