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Curriculum and Instructional Grants

CETL’s Award for Curriculum and Instruction Enhancements

 

The Curriculum and Instruction Grant (CIG) program helps to build a fund of innovations, demonstration projects, and experiences that will contribute to an atmosphere of curricular and instructional excellence at UIC. CETL welcomes innovative proposals in any area related to curriculum and instruction.

CIG Quick Facts

  • The application deadline is 4:30 PM, Friday, February 24, 2012. 
  • The CIG is open to tenured, tenure-track, and clinical faculty.
  • Faculty selected to receive the CIG award typically have received between $2500 and $16,000.
  • Recipients of CIG awards need to submit a progress report to CETL.
  • So far 133 UIC faculty have received the CIG award.
  • To date, over $1,000,000 of grants have been provided by the CIG program.
  • There is no set number of how many applicants receive the CIG award each year.
  • Typically, CETL receives dozens of applications per year for the CIG.