The 2025 Teaching Professor Conference--Solving the Challenges of Today's Teaching Together

• June 6–8, 2025
• Washington, DC
• Award Amount up to $3000
• 5 spots available

Are you finding that the challenges of higher education teaching and learning have escalated? You're not alone. Join faculty from around the country to gain practical tools, innovative strategies, inspiration and support tailored to the unique challenges faced by educators today.

This annual conference is designed with the needs, challenges, and goals of higher education faculty and educators in mind. The Teaching Professor Conference provides an opportunity to dive into effective teaching practices, enhance student learning, and join a supportive community of fellow faculty members who share your same challenges. You'll be able to share your experiences, discuss actionable solutions, and rejuvenate your passion for teaching in an ever-evolving academic landscape.

Application deadline: December 5, 2024

NOTE: Preference is given to first-time attendees.   This grant supports the full cost of attendance and therefore additional CSCE funds should not be sought. 

Apply for this grant via FTLC Grant System. 

The award amount reflects the anticipated total cost of attendance. Additional expenses above the award amount, including any pre-conference workshops or add-on events, are the responsibility of the participant.

The Annual Conference on the First Year Experience

• Februrary 16-19, 2025
• New Orleans, LA
• Award Amount: up to $2500
• 5 spots available

The Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience provides an ongoing forum where higher education professionals can share experiences, concerns, and accomplishments related to supporting student learning, development, and success in the first college year. We invite you to be a part of productive collaborations, conversations, and relationships.

Application Deadline: November 1, 2024.

Apply for this grant via FTLC Grant System. 

The award amount reflects the anticipated total cost of attendance. Additional expenses above the award amount, including any pre-conference workshops or add-on events, are the responsibility of the participant.

AAC&U Annual Meeting —Reaffirming Higher Education's Public Purpose

• January 22-24, 2025
• Washington, DC
• Award Amount: up to $2000
• 5 spots available

Higher education never stands still. Colleges and universities undergo continuous transformation in support of student success. Educational innovations develop in response to changing societal and workforce needs and an increasingly global context. Knowledge and discovery progress inexorably. To sustain this dynamism and advance the educational and democratic purposes of higher education, leaders at all levels must contend successfully with a variety of challenges—often unforeseeable, often daunting. Today, these challenges are mounting rapidly: Unprecedented government overreach and political interference. An upsurge in student and donor activism. Declining public confidence. The uncertain future of democracy. The growing influence of artificial intelligence. A student mental health crisis.

The 2025 Annual Meeting is designed to help higher education leaders navigate these complex challenges while continuing to innovate and maintain focus on higher education as a public good. Join colleagues from institutions of every type and size, leading experts and thinkers, policymakers and philanthropists for in-depth conversations focused on issues of pressing concern for you, your institution, your students, and your communities. Draw strength from a global network of peers committed to equity and excellence in liberal education. Learn about what’s working at other institutions, across the country and around the world, and share what’s happening at your institution. Discover successful models of partnership and collaboration across departments and divisions, institutions and sectors. Find the resources, support, and inspiration you need to move higher education forward in challenging times.

Application Deadline: November 14, 2024.

Apply for this grant via FTLC Grant System. 

The award amount reflects the anticipated total cost of attendance. Additional expenses above the award amount, including any pre-conference workshops or add-on events, are the responsibility of the participant.

OLC Workshop Sponsored Grant
Various Topics and Virtual Workshops Available
No Deadline--Open Year-Round

• Award Amount: $170
• Application Deadline: Applications will be accepted year round until funds are depleted.
• Limited seats available each academic year

The OLC Workshop Sponsored Grant supports faculty enrollment in online courses offered by the Online Learning Consortium (OLC). Courses related to digital learning and online/hybrid course design are offered throughout the year. The immersive programs are expert-developed and designed to improve quality in every facet of online education.

Grand Valley State University has an institutional level membership in the OLC and the workshops are a smart and cost effective way to support your continuing professional development. These workshops are a $270 value and the Pew FTLC is able to purchase these course for faculty for $170/seat. We have a limited number of seats available in the workshops which range in length from 10 days to three weeks, and provide opportunities to interact with faculty from a wide variety of institutions. The offerings are designed as online classes so that you may also experience being an online learner. Certificates are issues upon timely completion of all coursework.

Faculty who are interested in participating in OLC workshops should review the list of available topics at https://onlinelearningconsortium.org/learn/olc-new-institute-schedule/.

All faculty (tenure-track, tenured, affiliate, visiting, and adjunct) are eligible to apply.

Apply for this grant via FTLC Grant System.