Submission Instructions
- Proposal submission is now closed. Please check back in August for the 2026 CEG cycle.
- Only completed proposals submitted by the due date will be reviewed.
- Please ensure you address all prompts thoroughly in order to be considered for review. Proposals that omit or inadequately respond to prompts will be considered incomplete.
Questions regarding the CEG initiative should be directed to the Center for Teaching and Learning at thectl@iupui.edu or (317) 274-1300.
The CEG Proposal will be completed and submitted online.
The sections of the proposal are listed below. Please refer to the Proposal Writing Guidelines before you draft responses for the proposal sections.
Download Word Version to draft your proposal. You can copy paste your responses into the online submission form.
Section 1. Cover Sheet
- Principal Investigator Name
- Position title
- School
- Department
- Project title
- Amount requested (funds from CTL only)
- Co-Principal Investigators (Name, Title, School, Department, Email)
- Other Key Personnel (Name, Title, School, Department, Email)
- Description of courses or curriculum involved in the project, including enrollment figures in the past three years.
- Project Track: Select a track that is most relevant to your project
- Inclusive and Evidence-Based Pedagogies: Adopting pedagogies of engagement including active and collaborative learning and other research-based teaching practices; leveraging diversity, promoting justice, and enhancing inclusion, equity, and belonging.
- Educational Technology Track: Integrating innovative use of technology, including generative AI, virtual and augmented reality, etc.
Section 2. Abstract
Provide a summary of your project. Your summary should describe the proposed course/curriculum enhancement, establish needs for the enhancement, and articulate the intended outcomes on your students’ learning, your program, and your teaching practice. (250 words maximum)
Section 3. Rationale and Literature Review
- What course or curriculum enhancement are you proposing? Why is this enhancement needed? What do you expect to change – in terms of your students’ learning, your program, and your teaching practice? (150 words maximum)
- Synthesize relevant literature with citations that support the proposed enhancement and intended outcomes in the same way you address existing knowledge in any research project in your discipline. Stress recent and comprehensive literature. Upload an accessible Word or PDF List of References. (350 words maximum, excluding the PDF reference list)
Section 4: Project Description
You will outline your project description using two to three SMART goals, specific assessment metrics and data analysis methods for each goal, and specific activities that you will undertake to achieve each goal.
Draft two to three SMART project goals that will help you realize the course/curriculum enhancement. Your project goals should include intended impact on student learning outcomes, enrollment, success, or other student factors.
One of your SMART goals should address inclusion and equity in the context of your course/curriculum enhancement.
SMART goal 1: State SMART goal
- Explain how it is specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound. (200 words maximum)
- What assessment metrics and data analysis methods will you use to determine if the goal was achieved? Include direct and indirect assessment measures for student learning outcomes and their experiences with inclusion and equity. (300 words maximum)
- Describe specific activities that you and your students will undertake to achieve your SMART goal. (250 words maximum)
SMART goal 2: State SMART goal
- Explain how it is specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound. (200 words maximum)
- What assessment metrics and data analysis methods will you use to determine if the goal was achieved? Include direct and indirect assessment measures for student learning outcomes and their experiences with inclusion and equity. (300 words maximum)
- Describe specific activities that you and your students will undertake to achieve your SMART goal. (250 words maximum)
SMART goal 3: State SMART goal
- Explain how it is specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound. (200 words maximum)
- What assessment metrics and data analysis methods will you use to determine if the goal was achieved? Include direct and indirect assessment measures for student learning outcomes and their experiences with inclusion and equity. (300 words maximum)
- Describe specific activities that you and your students will undertake to achieve your SMART goal. (250 words maximum)
Section 5. Sustainability Plan
Describe a plan for sustainability of the curriculum enhancement beyond CEG project timeline, including references to ongoing professional development, assessment, partnerships, and growth. (300 words maximum)
Section 6. Dissemination Plan
Describe how you will disseminate the findings and/or products from the project within IU Indianapolis, IU Columbus, or IU Fort Wayne, and to the larger academic community. (250 words maximum)
Section 7. Project Timeline
Provide a timeline for your project from May 2025 to June 2026. (500 words maximum)
Your timeline should include:
- start and end dates for your project,
- dates or timeframe during which various SMART goals will be implemented and the expected outcomes, and
- contingencies for foreseeable impediments. In the event of unforeseen impediments, we will request an amended timeline.
Section 8. Budget and Justification
- Download and complete the CEG Budget Excel spreadsheet following the instructions provided in the Proposal Writing Guidelines. You will upload an accessible Excel spreadsheet or an accessible PDF of the Excel spreadsheet.
- Provide a justification for the budget. Include the following information in your justification. (250 words maximum)
- For each line item on the budget spreadsheet, provide a rationale for including it.
- Describe the specific roles and responsibilities of each individual receiving funding on the project.
Section 9. Biographical Sketch(es) of PI and Co-PIs
Upload a single accessible Word document or accessible PDF of a 1-page bioskecth for each PI and Co-PI, including, for example, educational background, professional experience, recent relevant education-related publications or presentations, other curriculum development projects worked on in the last five years (funded or non-funded).
Note: this is a single upload for all biosketches, so create a single document combining all the required biosketches.
Section 10. AI Disclosure
If you have used generative AI to draft or edit any part of your proposal, please respond to the following questions. Please note that your responses will not negatively impact your proposal reviews. From your responses, we hope to clarify to reviewers the role of generative AI in this proposal and learn more about how faculty use generative AI in their proposal writing process.
- Which sections of the proposal have you developed with generative AI assistance? (150 words maximum)
- In what ways have you used generative AI to prepare your proposal? It could be for idea generation, literature review summary, editing for clarity and conciseness, proofreading for eliminating typos and improving grammatical accuracy, etc. (150 words maximum)
Section 11. Results of Previous CEG Funding
If applicable, briefly describe results of previous CEG funding received from the Center for Teaching and Learning. (250 words maximum)
Section 12. Support Letter
Upload an accessible Word document or accessible PDF of the support letter from a program/department chair or school dean who is able to endorse the project. The letter writer cannot be a member of the project team. Ask your letter writer to include the following information:
- Verifies the amount and nature of departmental funding match
- Describes how the project fits into an overall curricular plan
- Addresses the suitability of the faculty member or team to implement the project
- Describes how the change will be sustained
