Departmental Impact Grant

The focus of the Departmental Impact Grant is to increase student engagement, facilitate greater instructor efficiency, and enable anyplace/anytime learning through purposeful technology use in a course impacting students. Financial (up to $15,000) and LT personnel (up to 200 hours) resources will be provided to the recipients.

Recipients from the applicant pool will be selected twice per year by a committee of OSU faculty, staff, and student(s). The review committee requires four weeks for selection decisions. Recipients are chosen by a masked review process.

Who Can Apply

The following individuals associated with a key (mandatory, GEC, or required for major) or a large course (large course being defined as courses averaging approximately 250 or more students per term) in the department may be the principle applicant for the grant:

• Faculty with 50% or greater appointment
• Course Coordinator
• Chair or Dean

When To Apply

For more information, please write to ltgrants@osu.edu. To set-up a consultation about possible projects, please complete our intake form.

We are proud to announce a mid-year application deadline for 2012. The next Impact Grant application deadline is May 21 at 11:59pm with the grant starting in late June.

Another Impact Grant deadline will be near the end of the calendar year (i.e., first week of December) with the grant starting in early January. 

Why To Apply

Grant recipients will design a technologically-enhanced course meeting the instructional goals of the department which can then serve as an exemplar for other courses, both within and outside the department; moreover, recipients have the potential to build individual and departmental knowledge and efficacy around teaching and learning with technology.

• Recipients will receive up to $15,000 and up to 200 hours of LT staff time. Funding requires a 1:2 (recipient:LT) ratio of in-kind support toward the project, such as faculty/staff release time, other fund source(s), equipment use, and so on.

Other Benefits Include

• Connect to university personnel with a wide range of technology expertise.
• Explore and implement existing or new learning technology in pedagogically sound ways.
• Collaborate with colleagues to support and learn across disciplines.
• Contribute to the growing body of knowledge investigating ways technology can impact student engagement, faculty efficiency, and anytime/anyplace learning.
• Include GAs in the course revision process.

How To Apply

Complete the application form at: http://go.osu.edu/IGapplication

• Deadline is May 21 at 11:59pm.

For more information, please write to ltgrants@osu.edu. To set-up a consultation about possible projects, please complete an intake form.

• View the 2012 Impact Grant scoring rubric sample (pdf download).

More Details

Information Sessions

• Open Review Session: May 16, 2:30-3:30pm, Digital Union (370 Science & Engineering Library)
• View the Q&A Session Presentation

For more information, please write to ltgrants@osu.edu. To set-up a consultation about possible projects, please complete an intake form.

Eligibility

• Grant resources will be used to impact a large or key course by increasing student engagement and faculty efficiency, and promoting anytime/anyplace learning.
• Department has not received another Impact Grant during the past two rounds (i.e., during the last two years).

Funding Stipulation

• A 1:2 (recipient:LT) ratio of in-kind support toward the project, such as faculty/staff release time, other fund sources, equipment use, and so on, is required.
• Funding may be used to secure faculty/staff release time, support a student employee, travel to a conference, buy necessary software and licenses, and acquire specialized training.
• Funding may be used for limited hardware and peripheral purchases.
• Up to $10,000 will be provided after a project plan is approved by a LT staff committee, with up to $5,000 provided after an assessment and completion plan is approved by a LT staff committee and IRB.
• Note, application implies acceptance of the recipient expectations (outlined below).

Recipient Will

• Submit written endorsement from chair, dean, or supervisor (not applicable if chair or dean applies).
• Collaborate with Learning Technology during the entire grant period (at minimum, once per month).
  • Work with LT staff for agreed-upon LT design production services through completion.
  • Co-produce a project plan prior to receiving the initial grant payment.
  • Co-produce an assessment and completion plan prior to receiving the final grant payment.
  • Participate in the grant outcome assessment.
• Manage personnel and costs associated with the project.
  • Locate and hire potential employees in a timely fashion for expertise not provided by Learning Technology.
  • Oversee expenditures associated with the project.
• Participate in idea labs to collaborate with other Impact Grant winners.
  • Engage in at least one idea lab meeting during the subsequent grant round (i.e., during the following year).
• Contribute to description of experience in digital and/or print media.
  • Provide a final report/document/artifact showcasing project development and outcome(s).
• Present at a CIO-sponsored event.
• Participate in the subsequent selection committee.
• Adhere to institutional policies.
  • Obtain appropriate human subjects approval (such as Internal Review Board or IRB), if necessary.
  • Obtain copyright clearances, if necessary.
  • Include reasonable ADA compliance, in accordance with Ohio State guidelines.

Learning Technology Will

• Provide expert implementation training and pedagogical consultation in areas of classroom technology, audio/video use, usability, elearning programs, and so on, for up to 200 hours during the grant period.
  • Limited visual design production work by LT staff may be available.
• Provide recipient-centered support and guidance throughout the grant period.
• Provide timely and responsive communication.
• Co-produce a project plan.
• Co-produce an assessment and completion plan.
• Produce a description of experience in digital and/or print media.
• Provide the campus community a transparent process and outcomes assessment.

Grant Limitations

• Recipients do not receive Learning Technology production services as part of the grant; however, production services may be purchased with the grant stipend.
  • Learning Technology staff is available to consult in locating and hiring qualified individuals for production work.
• Funding may not be used to reimburse or pay for a graduate student's tuition and/or fees.
• Funding may not be used to upgrade a lab space.
• Completed work may not be retroactively funded.