Funding
DCAL provides funding opportunities to support Dartmouth faculty, postdocs, grad students, and co-curricular educators in their teaching and learning endeavors.
Generative AI Teaching Grants
Dartmouth instructors planning to experiment with GenAI in their courses can apply for a grant. Grantees are paired with a member of the grant team who consults with the instructor on implementation and gathers student feedback. Grantees will submit a description of their GenAI intervention and reflection on the work. GenAI grants offer a stipend of $1,000 (research/PD funds or payroll payout) upon completion.
Applications are due Wednesday, August 5, 2026, and this pre-application guide will help you collect all the necessary details before you apply. Awards for fall term will be announced by Friday, August 14, 2026. Awards for subsequent terms will be announced by August 31, 2026.
Instructors are encouraged to consult the Teaching and GenAI Initiative pages, including guidance and examples, and ITC's Dartmouth Chat resources in designing their course activities. If you would like to discuss your idea before submitting, please schedule a consultation or email the team at dcal@dartmouth.edu.
Universal Design for Learning Grant
The Accessible Dartmouth Initiative (ADI) is a collaboration between The Dartmouth Center for the Advancement of Learning, Student Accessibility Services, and Learning Design and Innovation (LDI). ADI supports faculty and staff educators incorporating Universal Design for Learning (UDL) into Dartmouth courses and co-curricular programs with the goal of better meeting the needs of all students, including neurodiverse students, as well as first-generation college students, international students, English language learners, and students of other marginalized identities. In addition to supporting student learning, UDL benefits instructors by weaving accessibility and flexibility into the fabric of a course.
Teaching Professional Development Grants
Teaching Professional Development Grants of up to $1000 are designed to support and encourage attendance at workshops, seminars, and conferences related to pedagogy intended to support the applicant's professional development as a teacher.
These events may be discipline-specific or higher education pedagogy-focused. The purpose of participation must be directly related to improving instruction in Dartmouth courses and programs.
Eligibility
Any Dartmouth faculty member, graduate student, or professional staff member who is directly involved with student instruction.
Selection Criteria
Funds will be awarded to applicants who make a clear case for how attendance will contribute to their pedagogy, course design, or understanding of student learning. Attendance to increase course/curriculum content knowledge will not be funded. The experience must be explicitly and specifically intended to develop one's teaching practice.
Application and Award Process
- Complete the Professional Development Grant application.
- Secure the signature of the chair, program director or dean confirming that the applicant is eligible for a grant and that the experience falls outside the normal scope of the departmental budget.
- Submit the application to DCAL via email, fax (603-646-6906) or campus mail (HB 6247).
- If you are approved for the grant, you will be required to submit original itemized receipts for reimbursement after the event has taken place. These should be sent to Elaine Livingston at DCAL. All receipts must be submitted in the fiscal year in which the travel occurs.
- Awardees will be expected to share their learning with the Dartmouth teaching and learning community through DCAL.
- Applications must be submitted prior to the conference or meeting; no retroactive applications will be considered.