TLC Innovation Grant
Call for Proposals: Academic Year 2025-26
The Call for Proposals for the Spring 2026 Innovation Grant is now open. The deadline for submission is Friday, February 20th.
Submit your Innovation Grant application by filling out this Google Form.
The Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) Innovation Grant program is an internal funding opportunity supported by the Geneseo Foundation that provides resources for faculty and professional staff members. These grants support innovative pedagogical ideas from faculty and staff that advance the mission of the College and TLC, including supporting a learning culture that values and rewards teaching, facilitates reflective dialogue about pedagogy, supports the development of teaching as a practice and a scholarly activity, invites innovation in curricular development, and encourages the creation of diverse learning environments in which all students can excel.
About the Grants
Grants can be requested for up to $1,500 for an individual, or up to $3,000 for a group.
Items must be purchased or activities must take place after the application is approved—grant funds cannot be applied retroactively. Monies awarded must be spent by early June, 2026.
Please note: these funds are ideally used in the support of travel, registration, or purchases of physical or digital items. They are NOT well-suited for paying for personnel, such as extra service or stipends.
Apply Here
Submit your Innovation Grant Application here, via Google Forms. Applications are due before midnight, Friday, February 20th, 2026.
For any questions about the TLC Innovation Grants program, please contact Alexis Clifton, Director of the Teaching and Learning Center, at clifton@geneseo.edu.
Applicant Eligibility
All full- and part-time faculty and professional staff are eligible to apply.
Review and Approval
TLC Innovation Grants are funded from the Geneseo Foundation. The number of grants awarded will depend on the number of applications received and the amount of successful requests.
Application review and funding recommendations will be completed by a subset of the TLC Advisory Committee. Any member of the Advisory Committee who applies for a grant will not participate in application review for the year.
Applicants who are not awarded funding will receive feedback from the Advisory Committee and will be encouraged to apply for the next grant cycle.
Recent Innovation Grant Awards
2025-26 (in progress)
| Grantee | Department | Summary | Term Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Kalenda, Isidro Bosch, Jeff Over | Education, Biology, & Geological, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences | Free Dive Equipment to support student research opportunities | Fall |
| Scott Giorgis | Geological, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences | Material support for educational board games | Fall |
| Byeong-Hak Choe, Li Lu, Da Gong | School of Business | Google Cloud Computing credits for student project opportunities | Fall |
| Claire Gravelin | Office of the Dean of Arts & Sciences | Material support for research towards improving the first year student experience | Fall |
| Jennifer Tripp | School of Education | Material support for science teacher preparation | Fall |
2024-25
| Grantee | Department | Summary | Term Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jovana Babović | History | Oral History for Educators Workshop | Fall |
| Jacalyn Wittmer Malinowski | Geological Sciences | Material support for educational board games | Fall |
| James Kernan & Dan DeZarn | Sustainability | Material support for building and stocking an herbarium | Fall |
| Allison Brown, Lytton Smith, Rachel Hall, & Lee Pierce | Milne Library | Material support for Milne Publishing & Creativity Studio | Fall |
| Carly Herold, Pallavi Panda, & Anand Rao | Philosophy, Politics, and Economics | Guest speaker for new PPE program | Fall |
| James Oigara | School of Education | Travel to East Africa for new Study Abroad program development | Fall |
| Javier Velasco, Susana Castillo-Rodríguez, Lori Bernard, & Isaac Veysey-White | Global Languages and Cultures | Subscriptions to AI services in support of Spanish language instructional materials | Fall |
2023-24
| Grantee | Department | Summary | Term Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claire Gravelin | Psychology | National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology Conference | Fall |
| Christine Green | School of Education | Certification from International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) | Fall |
| SeungJung Jo | School of Education | SUNY CPD Course, Innovative Strategies to Engage All Students | Fall |
| Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj | Theatre & Dance | Recording equipment purchase | Fall |
| Leah McGray | Music | Guest performance and presentation: Gateways Brass Collective | Fall |
| Olaocha Nwabara | English | National Council for Black Studies – mentoring student presenters | Fall |
| Amanda Roth, Alice Rutkowski, Jim Aimers, Ryan Jones, and Hanna Brant | Women’s and Gender Studies | Guest speakers and additional materials to support new minor | Fall |
2022-23
| Grantee | Department | Summary | Term Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| SeungJung Jo | School of Education | SUNY CPD Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in Teaching & Learning Certificate Program | Fall |
| Sharon Peck | School of Education | Educause Digital Learning Innovators Institute | Fall |
| Hilary Toothe | Art History | Berkeley Advanced Media Institute’s Podcasting: Stories in Sound | Fall |
| Suann Yang | Biology | Gordon Research Conference on Undergraduate Biology Education | Fall |
| Tara Sweet | Biology | Book purchase in support of Biology Department DEI Committee reading group | Spring |
| Alessandra Otero Ramos | Milne Library | Art Libraries Society of North America Conference Presentation | Spring |
| James Kernan | Geography & Sustainability Studies | Support for course development centered on NY National Forests | Spring |
| Lauren Goulet, Bill McDevitt, & Dan DeZarn | Office of Sustainability | Northeast Farm to Institution Summit | Spring |