IITG Call for Proposals
Dear Colleagues,
As a reminder, I am pleased to announce a combined call for proposals for the Innovative Instruction Technology Grants (IITG) and Open Educational Resources Impact Grants which are funding opportunities designed to foster academic innovation.
I encourage all interested FSC faculty and staff to apply. These grants are designed
to connect beyond departmental and campus boundaries to pilot, share, and scale up
transformative teaching and learning practices with sustainable, impactful innovations.
These competitive seed grant programs will also focus on how the program objectives
can be supported by focusing on:
- optimizing artificial intelligence (AI) for teaching and learning, and/or
- expanding support for the adoption of open educational resources (OER).
The two-stage proposal solicitation is detailed on the IITG website. To apply, please create an account in the SUNY online grant management website. The key dates are as follows:
- Innovative Instruction Technology Grants (IITG) Program Request for Proposals
- January 17, 2024, 11:59 p.m.: Stage One Ideation Proposals are due in the IITG Online Application Portal.
- The weeks of January 29 and February 5 (dates TBA): Informational Webinars will be
scheduled.
- No later than February 1: RFP site opens simultaneously with town hall meetings.
- March 17, 11:59 p.m.: RFP deadline.
Announcements of awards will be made during the 2024 SUNY CIT Conference hosted by
the University at Buffalo. Recipients must follow state and campus procurement policies
and will need to identify local campus administrative and procurement support if a
project requires expenditures prior to funds distribution. As is the tradition with
these SUNY seed fund programs, outcomes must be openly shared under a Creative Commons
license.
Additional communication will be forthcoming via the IITG website, as well as through normal SUNY and FACT2 communication channels. In the interim, please contact the team at iitgrants@suny.edu with any questions.
To help applicants prepare for meeting the requirements of the new, two-stage process,
two virtual information and support sessions will be held for FSC faculty and staff
on Friday, January 5 and Wednesday January 10. Please register for an information session here. In order to receive a letter of support from the campus, applicants must attend
one of these sessions or complete an open licensing consultation with Danielle Apfelbaum,
Scholarly Communications Librarian, who may be contacted at 934-420-5586 or danielle.apfelbaum@farmingdale.edu.
Laura Joseph, EdD
Senior Vice President and Provost
