ThinkAchieve: Connecting the Classroom and the Community
Grants Program
The ThinkAchieve Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) was developed to close the documented gaps between student and faculty perceptions of higher-level thinking skills in the classroom. To work toward this goal, small grants are available to fund the design, implementation, and assessment of active learning experiences in the classroom and beyond the classroom to promote the meaningful transformation of courses. Awardees will demonstrate that these new experiences are linked to ThinkAchieve student learning outcomes, thus broadening the UTC experience for students.
The student learning outcomes of ThinkAchieve are that UTC students will identify, evaluate, and interpret information by raising pertinent questions and identifying uncertainties; will solve problems by determining limitations, making connections, and prioritizing the potential solutions; will create innovative solutions to problems through creative thinking; will communicate ideas and information effectively; and will seek ongoing improvement to integrate knowledge and skill through reflection on their thinking and learning processes.
Key Points about the Program
- Grants are available to all UTC faculty and staff (part-time and full-time).
- Grant applications are accepted on a rolling basis, but applications should be submitted at least 30 days before the anticipated start date of the project.
- Projects should be completed by the end of the term for which the grant was awarded (fall, spring, or summer).
- In the Classroom grants are available for active learning activities to enhance the classroom experience. The maximum award amount is $1,000.
- Beyond the Classroom grants are available to fund student experiential activities. The maximum award amount is $1,500, and travel expenses may be included in the grant proposal.
- Send completed applications by email to Dawn-Ford@utc.edu.
- To read about recent awards, click here.
Grant Documents
1. In the Classroom Program - Grant Guidelines, Application Form
2. Beyond the Classroom Program - Grant Guidelines, Application Form
Questions and Accommodations
If you have questions about the program or require accommodations in applying for the grant, please contact Dawn Ford, Assistant Director of the Walker Center for Teaching and Learning, at 425-4204 or Dawn-Ford@utc.edu.
The Grants Committee will meet monthly for the spring semester of 2013 as noted below. Please submit proposals at least three business days before the Committee meeting.
January 22
February 19
March 19
April 16
