Funding & Support

Looking for funding sources to jump-start your instructional technology project?  A wealth of funding sources exist that can help you on your way.  Here we list several that will you achieve success with your instructional technology project.

For information regarding grants contact Chris Lupton at clupton@wisc.edu or 265.8948.

UW-Madison Grants and Awards Sources
UW-System Grants & Award Sources

UW-Madison Grants and Awards Sources

Engage Awards*
Engage is a DoIT Academic Technology program that seeks to transform teaching and learning through technology.  If you have an innovative idea  for building an instructional technology tool, Engage can give  you the resources to help bring that idea to fruition.  Engage  also works with faculty and instructional staff on campus to  help you adapt previously created tools and technologies for use in teaching. 

Grants Information Center at Memorial Library*
This Center provides an authoritative source of information  on foundation and corporate giving for nonprofit organizations.  This is an authoritative source of information on scholarships,  fellowships, grants, and other funding opportunities for individuals.  It also holds a collection of books, periodicals, pamphlets and  a sampling of videos on fund raising, proposal writing, and philanthropy.

Morgridge Center for Public Service*
The Morgridge Center for Public Service advances the Wisconsin  Idea by promoting civic engagement, strengthening teaching and  learning, and building collaborative partnerships through public  service, service-learning, and community-based research.

Professional Development and Recognition Committee (PDRC)*
This website has a list of Awards and Grant Opportunities and  links to various web pages. A standing committee of the UW-Madison  Academic Staff Assembly the PDRC promotes the concept of professional  development and recognition for academic staff; works with the  administration to explore and develop programs to enhance the professional skills and abilities of academic staff; makes recommendations  regarding the review of and changes to academic staff professional  development guidelines; works with the administration, the UW  Foundation and the faculty to locate or create funding resources  for professional development

Research & Sponsored Programs*
RSP is responsible for the final review, negotiation and submission  of all grant and contract applications and for the negotiation  of agreements.

Teaching Academy*
Teaching and Learning Grants & Travel Grants

 UW-System Grants & Awards Sources

Office of Professional and Instructional Development*
OPID is particularly interested in proposals that further explore  topics of recent OPID conferences or that allow faculty to share  results of Undergraduate Teaching and Learning Grant-funded projects  with colleagues. Priority will also be given to proposals related  to the promoting of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning  and the improvement of teaching and student learning, as opposed  to proposals related to course and curriculum development.

UW-System Curricular Redesign Grants*
Request for proposals for 2005-2006.

Professional Development in Instructional Technology for Teachers*
There will not be a traditional call for proposals for the 03-04  academic year. This grant program has been reformulated and will  have a new focus designed to stimulate campus-based grants around  the implementation of Wisconsin Public Instruction rule #34 (PI-34).  Information about this grant opportunity will be out in Fall  '03.

For information regarding grants contact Chris Lupton  at clupton@wisc.edu or 265.8948.

(* denotes external links)