Funding Opportunities for Inclusive Teaching and Learning Projects

Skylight Development Grants

  • For Science teaching and learning resource development projects, including those with an EDI focus
  • Up to $5,000 per project
  • Annual cycle 
  • https://skylight.science.ubc.ca/grants/skylight
  • UBC Science instructors and staff must be listed as principal applicants or co-applicants; students may be listed as co-applicants

Science Student Equity Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Funds

Equity Enhancement Fund

Equity & Inclusion Scholars Program

Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund (TLEF)

  • For teaching and learning enhancement projects, including those with an EDI focus
  • Up to $200,000 for Large TLEF projects and up to $50,000 for Small TLEF projects
  • Annual cycle
  • https://tlef.ubc.ca/
  • UBC Vancouver instructors, staff, and students are eligible to apply as principal applicants for TLEF funding. If the Principal Applicant is a student, the application must be supported by a Co-applicant who is a faculty member.

Anti-Racism Initiative Fund 

SoTL Seed Fund

  • For projects that research and evaluate impactful pedagogies, including those with an EDI focus
  • Up to 70 hours for a SoTL Specialist, up to $200 for research expenses, and up to $500 for presentations in meetings/conferences
  • Biennial cycle
  • https://isotl.ctlt.ubc.ca/services/sotl-seed-program/
  • UBC Vancouver; priority is given to faculty members who teach at the undergraduate level and who have not had an active seed project in the last 12 months

TA Training Fund

Community-University Engagement Support Fund

  • Provides financial support for community-university partnerships that benefit communities across the province and advance collaborative research, teaching, and learning. 
  • Up to $25,000
  • Annual cycle
  • https://communityengagement.ubc.ca/scholarly-resources/cues/
  • Community groups working with UBC on a shared social, environmental, health-related, or cultural project

Musqueam First Nation land acknowledegement

We honour xwməθkwəy̓ əm (Musqueam) on whose ancestral, unceded territory UBC Vancouver is situated. UBC Science is committed to building meaningful relationships with Indigenous peoples so we can advance Reconciliation and ensure traditional ways of knowing enrich our teaching and research.

Learn more: Musqueam First Nation

Skylight: Science Centre for Learning and Teaching


skylight@science.ubc.ca

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