Institute for Teaching and Learning Excellence (ITLE)

Purpose

The purpose of this grant is to encourage faculty at Oklahoma State University to generate research knowledge that advances teaching and learning and to disseminate such knowledge to the national and international community. The grant allows full-time faculty members to:

• Collect research data from their classes that are related to teaching and learning innovations and excellence
• Publish the research data in peer-refereed journals
• Attend conferences to disseminate the research findings

Grant Information

• Full-time faculty members from any Oklahoma State campuses, including all tenured and tenure-track faculty, clinical instructional faculty, and visiting assistant professors or lecturers who have continuing appointments and course development responsibilities (i.e., an assignment from the dean, chair, or designee to develop a new course or significantly revise an existing course) are eligible to apply.
• Groups/communities are welcome to apply. The grant will be given by project, not by number of persons.
• The research projects should be data-driven and must be directly related to the enhancement of teaching and course and curriculum development or any other scholarly activity related to instructional programs and activities;
• Each faculty member can apply only once each fiscal year (July 1 through June 30). There is no limit on the numbers of times faculty may seek funding.
• Four (4) grants will be available at each fiscal year. Each grant is limited to
  $1,500 per project. ITLE reserves the right to place a cap on the program at any time that it is considered necessary.
• After completing all the grant work, the grants will go to the recipients’ individual accounts set up by their departments, which allows the recipients to use the funds within OSU policies and procedures (see Grant Reimbursement below).  

Application Requirements

Please submit copies of the following items to be considered for the grant:           

• The approved Institutional Review Board (IRB) form from the OSU University Office of Research Compliance if original data is being collected.  The IRB can also be submitted after the grant is accepted by the recipient.
• A two-page, single-spaced proposal that addresses the relevance and innovations of the project to the enhancement of teaching, course and curriculum development, or any other instructional programs. The grant applicants should also describe the data collection procedures and research design, and whether the research is part of a funded project or initial work being done.
• Proposed conference presentations should include the name of the national or international conference, location, and working title of the presentation. Travel funds are not intended for conferences without a presentation or those held in local areas.
• A two-page curriculum vitae on each applicant that includes current and pending grants and publications for the last three years. 
• Proposals for research that is already completed but not the paper or presentation are accepted as well.
• The above documents can be submitted electronically as a completed package to
  Dr. Hong Lin, Manager of Faculty Development in ITLE, at hong.lin@okstate.edu

Application Deadlines

• November 1st for Fall and April 1 for Summer/Spring

ITLE Grant Advisory Team Members

The Institute for Teaching and Leaning Excellence (ITLE) will work with the ITLE Grant Advisory Team to determine satisfactory completion of the proposals. Specifically, it will evaluate:

• The value and relevance of the plan of research or scholarly activity to teaching and learning innovations and excellence.
• Demonstrated need for funds.
• Productivity as evidenced by an abbreviated CV that contains recent publications, presentations, and sponsored research projects.

Dr. Steve Damron (Professor of Animal Science)
Dr. Donald French (Professor of Zoology) *Chair of the Committee
Dr. Sandee Goetze (Associate Professor of Education)
Dr. Murat Hancer (Associate Professor of Hotel and Restaurant Administration)
Dr. Chris Ross (Professor of Physiological Sciences)
Dr. Betty Simkins (Associate Professor of Business)
Dr. Hailin Qu (Regents Professor of Hotel and Restaurant Administration)

Grant Reimbursement

• Once the application is approved by ITLE, within two years, the recipients of the grant must submit the following materials to redeem the full amount of the grant:
• For Journal article
  
  1) A printed copy of the peer-refereed journal article. Articles published in
     non-refereed journals are not accepted. Articles published before the grant
     application are not accepted.
  2) The grant funds will go to the recipients’ individual accounts set up by their
      departments, which allows the recipients to use the funds within OSU policies
      and procedures.
  
  For travel to disseminate research in a conference
  
       1) If travel to a conference is arranged, the recipients are responsible for working
           with their departments to make their own travel arrangements.
       2) After coming back from the conference, the recipients should work with their
          departments to get a copy of the reimbursement form and submit it to
          Kathie Tanner, Senior Accountant of ITLE, at kathie.tanner@okstate.edu. This
          form should serve as the proof of the travel. ITLE will then transfer the grant funds to
          the recipients’ individual accounts set up by their departments.    

• If the grant is not redeemed within two years after the approval date, funding will be forfeited.
• An official letter from ITLE would be sent to the Department Head of the grant recipients to acknowledge your effort to enhance your teaching excellence by conducting research.

Acknowledgements
When publishing or traveling to a conference to disseminate findings that advance teaching and learning innovations and excellence, we ask that recipients acknowledge the ITLE's support (for example, This project was supported in part by the Provost's Teaching Research Grant from the Institute for Teaching and Learning Excellence at Oklahoma State University.).

In addition, if ITLE organizes teaching-related research workshops, we ask that recipients of the grants agree to share their experience with other faculty.

Questions
Please direct your questions to Dr. Hong Lin, Manager of Faculty Development in ITLE, at 405-744-1000.