Call for Proposals

2025-26 Call for Proposals

Deadline to submit: Friday March 14, 2025  

About the LTi 

The Learning Technology Incubator (LTi) program promotes innovative projects that seek to solve common instructional challenges and show potential to improve teaching and learning broadly across the curriculum. LTi is an initiative of A&S Learning Design and Technology, a faculty support unit in the College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences.  

For the 2025-26 LTi grant cycle, we welcome proposals that 

  • (re)design teaching and learning experiences to enhance accessibility and remove barriers to student learning, belonging, and success 

  • engage issues of academic integrity in teaching and learning through innovative design, instructional activities, and/or assessment  

  • explore or pilot innovative course structures to better facilitate student learning and instructional efficiency 

  • critically engage with artificial intelligence and/or tools from the existing  UVA Learning Technology ecosystem to enrich and expand the teaching and learning experience or strengthen instructional capacity 

Proposals that demonstrate interdisciplinary collaboration or potential to scale up in future iterations are especially encouraged.  

Eligibility 

  • A&S faculty members at all ranks (AGFM included) with continuing appointments are eligible to apply for LTi support. Faculty members are encouraged to discuss project ideas with a member of the LDT team prior to submitting a proposal.  

  • CGAS department chairs, directors, and DUP/DGSs: please reach out to LDT Director Hope Fitzgerald hf6v@virginia.edu to discuss potential departmental projects prior to submitting a proposal. 

Support for Funded Projects 

Instructional Design  

All projects will be assigned an A&S Learning Design & Technology consultant at the point of award notification. Consultants will work with project leads to facilitate project planning, consult on questions of design, pedagogy, and technology, and connect you to resources needed to achieve your project goals.  

Funding 

  • Funding may be used for faculty stipends*, student hourly wages, purchase of necessary equipment and technologies, and other miscellaneous items. A detailed project budget is required. 

  • Faculty stipends are summer wage payments made in accordance with HR policy governing faculty overload; please direct any questions to your department’s fiscal administrators. We are not able to offer research funds in lieu of a stipend. Faculty stipends average $2000, with a maximum of $4000 per faculty member, and are subject to fringe benefit deductions.   

  • There is no minimum request for an LTi award. Maximum funding limits vary based on available funds and on proposals accepted. Awards typically range from $2,000-12,000.  

  • Funds may not be used for travel or conference attendance.  

  • Equipment purchased with LTi funding is the property of the College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and must be returned to LD&T at the end of the grant term.  

  • Funds may not be transferred among funding categories after award notification.  

Evaluation of Proposals 

Successful proposals will  

  • Include a completed proposal, budget, and letter of department or program support 

  • Align with the purpose and themes of the LTi grant as outlined in this CfP  

  • Demonstrate the proposed project’s relevance and potential for meaningful impact on student learning and/or the instructional experience  

  • Demonstrate commitment to fostering accessible, transparent, and equitable learning experiences for all students 

  • Articulate clear goals that may reasonably be achieved within the grant year  

  • Demonstrate potential for sustainability of the intended instructional outcomes beyond the grant year 

Requirements of Funded Projects 

  • Participation in May 2025 Project Planning Sprint (see below) 

  • Regular check-ins with LDT consultant 

  • Attend one fall meetup and one spring ‘showcase’ of the 2025-26 LTi cohort  

  • Dissemination of project outcomes within the UVA community  

  • Submission of a brief project report at the end of the grant year 

  • Further information is available on the A&S LDT Website 

Project Planning Sprint 

Funded project teams will join a planning work sprint on May 12, 2025 with direct support from our Instructional Design team. All project leads are expected to attend; attendance is open to all members of funded project teams. 

Proposal Submission 

Those interested in developing a proposal are strongly encouraged to contact an A&S LDT Instructional Designer (asid@virginia.edu), who can advise and provide feedback on project ideas and proposal development. Additionally, we encourage you to explore previously funded projects on our website. 

The proposal submission deadline is March 14, 2025.   

For full consideration, proposals must include:  

  • Email of support from Department Chair or Program Director, sent directly to asid@virginia.edu. 

Notification 

Grant recipients will be notified in mid-April. Funding will typically be available after July 1, 2025, and must be spent and accounted for by May 31, 2026. 

Contact 

Questions about proposal submission can be sent to Fang Yi (fy5g@virginia.edu), Assistant Director, A&S Learning Design & Technology.  

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