Grants Incorporating Generative AI With Novel Ideas for Teaching Excellence
The Center for Teaching Excellence is pleased to launch CTE-IGNITE (Incorporating Generative AI With Novel Ideas for Teaching Excellence) grants. These fall 2025 grants will support faculty as they innovate in instruction to redesign assignments, assessments, or modules. The first round of grants will support projects during the fall 2025 semester. The purpose of CTE-IGNITE is to encourage scholarly teaching around the opportunities and challenges presented by generative AI. Grant funding will be transferred to the grantee's department as professional development funds (PDF) after the project deliverables are submitted to the CTE.
Project Scope and Professional Development Funding Levels
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Level
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Title
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PDF
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Scale of Incorporation of Student
Use of GenAI in Redesign
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1
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AI-Enhanced Assignment
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$200
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1-2 assignments
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2
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AI-Augmented Module
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$400
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1 module (instructional unit, as defined
by 2-3 weeks of instruction)
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Grant Proposal Instructions
Deadline: June 4, 2025 at 5:00 pm.
Proposer Information
- Name(s)
- E-mail address
- Department(s)
Project Description
- Project title
- Funding level
- Course for fall 2025 (prefix and number)
- Number of students in your course/section for fall 2025 (approx)
Describe your proposed redesign project in fewer than 750 words total. Please avoid (or define) discipline-specific language. People outside of your field will be reviewing your proposal.
- What are your goals for the redesign?
- Which generative AI tools will you incorporate and how?
- What course goal(s) and/or challenge(s) will be addressed by incorporating student use of AI?
- How will student learning be improved through your redesign? What measurable learning outcomes will be achieved?
- How will you assess and evaluate student learning on the redesigned assignment(s) (and assessments, if applicable)? Be sure to describe the student data you will collect and how it will be analyzed.
