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Are you looking for or considering applying for a grant to support a teaching and learning project? Many faculty find it difficult to write strong grant proposals, especially those dealing with pedagogy, as the writing style that made them successful as academics is not well-suited to crafting a successful teaching and learning grant proposal. Successful proposals feature clear, concise sentences with less jargon. They are energetic and get directly to the point, convincing the reviewers that the project is relevant to the aims of the funding organization’s call, and has good chance for success.

Established in 2013, the small but mighty Office of Open Learning Team has supported UWindsor faculty and their collaborators at other institutions to secure $5+ million in external grants for open educational resources, online course and program development, and research and innovation in technology-enabled teaching and learning. In these workshops, we share our approach to facilitating faculty and instructors in the collaborative grant writing process that has been very successful.

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Tuesday, November 30, 2021

VLS 2.0 Grant Writing

Registration for this event is now closed.
Schedule: Tuesday, November 30, 2021, 12:00 PM – 01:00 PM
Location: Online, Microsoft Teams
Instructors: Nobuko Fujita, Nick Baker, Mark Lubrick

This workshop is intended to guide faculty writing Expressions of Interest (EOI) in the Second Round of the Government's Virtual Learning Strategy (VLS) Funding, supported by eCampusOntario. The Second Round builds on an initial investment of $50 million in virtual learning in January 2021. $7 million available through the EOIs launched on November 4.

Monday, December 13, 2021

VLS 2.0 Grants Drop in Session

Registration for this event is now closed.
Schedule: Monday, December 13, 2021, 01:00 PM – 02:00 PM
Location: Online, Microsoft Teams
Instructors: Nick Baker

This drop in session will help guide faculty writing applications for eCampus Ontario's current call for proposals for Virtual Learning Strategy (VLS) Funding. This is an opportunity to ask any questions you may have, float ideas, and work on your applications in a supported way. Draft applications are due to the OOL by December 17th with final submissions due to the Provost for signing Jan 10th.

Join the session here in Microsoft Teams.