Skylight directly funds small teaching and learning projects through annual competitions and offers consultation on UBC funding opportunities.

Skylight Grants

Skylight Development Grants

Skylight Development Grants provide up to $5,000 in matching funds for projects that by their scale or focus are unlikely to receive TLEF funding, but would significantly benefit undergraduate or graduate teaching and learning.

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Science Academic Equipment Fund

UBC Science provides funding of up to $100,000 a year for academic equipment that supports teaching and learning. Funding is allocated through an annual competition announced in February.

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UBC Wide Grants

Funding Opportunities Across UBC

UBC offers many opportunities for funding that can be used to support teaching and learning projects. Visit this page for a chart complete with a list of a curated selection of competitions.

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Early TLEF Feedback

Skylight offers early internal feedback on potential UBC Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund submissions within the Faculty. We help applicants connect with similar projects, and provide pedagogical, technical, evaluation and project consultations.

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Other Grants

Musqueam First Nation land acknowledegement

UBC Science acknowledges that the UBC Point Grey campus is situated on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm.

Learn more: Musqueam First Nation

Skylight: Science Centre for Learning and Teaching


E-mail skylight@science.ubc.ca

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