Bruce K. Nelson Faculty Development Center

109 Halle Library
Ypsilanti, Michigan 48197
734.487.2530

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FDC Program Funding Proposal

Program Proposals

About Program Proposals

Each semester, we seek proposals for sustained learning communities or seminars, or for a more involved series of workshops, or for hosting a significant one-time event (such as bringing in a prominent speaker).  Our budget provides funding for such activities, and we are grateful to the Office of the Provost for their generous supplement to this funding.  We are able to fund a range of proposals that can make a difference in the teaching and learning environment at EMU.  

We award up to $5000 per program, which can include an honorarium for a facilitator or speaker, honoraria for participants, supplies, travel expenses, etc.  This funding can enable you to make a meaningful commitment of time and resources, enabling participants to learn together, develop new skills, collaborate, and innovate.  Securing matching funds would be considered positively in evaluating proposals.

Eligibility: All faculty, lecturers, and staff are eligible to submit a Program Request Form.  The beneficiaries of the program must be primarily faculty and/or lecturers. Past recipients of this award are ineligible to be funded in two consecutive application cycles.  Preference will be given to new proposals as opposed to those repeating past programs.  Significant modifications of past programs will be treated as if they were new programs.

All applications currently closed for the summer/fall 2025 semester.

If you have questions, please reach out to us at [email protected], or to our Center's Director, Jeffrey Bernstein, at [email protected]


Congratulations to our Summer/Fall 2025 Program Proposal Recipients

John Dunn & Maisha OstergrenSupporting the Needs of Non-STEM/Humanities Faculty as Grant Writers: A Multi-Phase Scaffolding of Best-Practices
Jackie LaRose, John Carlson & April Calkovsky

Bridge Supports for Instructors Guiding Students Into & Through Professional Fieldwork

KatI Lebioda

Seeding a Community of Caring: Creating Digital Narratives for Individual, Community, and Institutional Change

Christina Mirtes

Student-Centered Online Teaching & Learning Pedagogies that Promote Exceptional Instructional Effectiveness

Jodonnis Rodriguez & Zuzana Tomas

Designing Non-Credit Microcredentials at EMU


Previous Program Funding Recipients

Matthew Kautz & Peter Blackmer- Digital Humanities Learning Community

You Li & W. John Koolage - General Education Professional Learning Community

Zuzana Tomas & Jessica (Decky) Alexander - The AS-L Summer Institute

Julia Nims & Kate Pittsley-Sousa - Textbook Affordability Workshop

Renuka Roche - Framework for Curriculum Design

Aesha Mustafa - Restorative Practices for Empowered Teaching Professionals

Michael Foster - Careers and Cultural Diversity Fair

Rachel Radina - YPAR in Community

Cynthia Macknish - Retreating to Write: Advancing the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Towards Publication

Sara Memmott - Half-Day Media and Information Literacy Seminar

Robert Erlewine - Jewish Studies at EMU

Ron Flowers - Creating a Culture of Caring

Solange Simoes & Shiri Vivek - International Virtual Global Learning Seminar

Dyann Logwood & Sadaf Ali - Inclusive Mentoring Workshop (Phase II)

Kate Pittsley-Sousa, Julia Nims & Sara Memmott - Textbook Affordability Workshop

Andrew Ross - Inclusive STEM Teaching at EMU Learning Community

Alexis Braun Marks and Matt Jones - Teaching Using Oral History Learning Community

Barbara Walters, Elizabeth Currans, and Decky Alexander - College in Prison Learning Community

Marilyn Corsianos and Christine Hume - Navigating Sexual Violence Learning Community 


Questions? Contact us at [email protected]  

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