Travel Grants

Spring 2020 Travel Grant Applications are now closed! 

Deadline to submit was Friday, April 17th, 2020. Fall 2020 applications will open this summer.

The fundamental purpose of the CEE Travel Grant program is to expose faculty to key issues in teaching and learning in higher education and encourage co-development of CEE's pedagogical programming. The CEE has travel funds to grant up to 4 faculty each semester to attend a teaching and learning conference held between the time frames listed below. Grant amounts are up to $1,200.00 each. Proposals should clearly indicate how topics to be explored at the conference support the teaching mission of the university. They should also provide a description of how they will design a CEE presentation to inform other USD faculty upon their return from the conference. Proposals are evaluated using this rubric here. Please email cee@sandiego.edu or call x7402 for questions.

*Fall Travel Grant Applications are for travel between January 1 and June 30 of the following year. 

*Spring Travel Grant Applications are for travel between July 1 and December 31 of the same year. 

• Selection Criteria

  The primary criterion of judgment will be the excellence of the proposal and the thoughtfulness given to its applicability to CEE program themes of pedagogical development, inclusive education, assessment, instructional technology, and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Four additional key criteria are:  1) application is for one of the pre-approved conferences; 2) the general applicability of the topic for multiple disciplines; 3) the novelty of the pedagogy or topic, and 4) the vision for designing a CEE presentation based on the conference information. Applicants can only be funded once every three years and preference will be given to first time applications. 

  Pre-Approved Conferences

  • Lilly Conferences (National, East & West) - Hosted in San Diego this year!
  • The Teaching Professor Conferences & Workshops
  • AAC&U Working Conferences on Academic Renewal
  • Professional and Organizational Development in Higher Education Network Joint Conference with HBCU Faculty Development Network
  • AAC&U Annual Conference
  • Annual Conference on Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education (NCORE)
  • Other AAC&U Meetings and Institutes
  • SoTL Commons Conference
  • ISSOTL Annual conference on the scholarship in teaching and learning
  • IARSLCE Annual Conference
  • Assessment Regional Conference
  • EDUCAUSE
  • ACE annual meeting
  • NSSE Annual Conferences
  • National Resource Center conferences
• Eligibility
  All tenure-track and tenured USD faculty are eligible to apply. Also eligible are adjunct faculty who have taught consistently each semester at USD for at least 3 years and have a commitment to teaching in the following semester. Applicants can only be funded once every three years.
• Funding
  The Committee will fund up to a maximum of $1,200 per person for each proposal. In the event there are funds remaining, the committee will consider additional requests.
• Application Process
  Applicants must use the official application form and answer all questions completely, including a description of the anticipated expenses and funding from other sources.
• Presentation Expectation
  Upon submission of travel receipts, recipients of the grant will be asked to provide a brief written summary of their trip, including how the experience will be incorporated into their curriculum. Recipients will be expected to meet with CEE to design a presentation to share their experience and knowledge gained.