Stearns Center for Teaching and Learning

Inclusive Excellence in Teaching Grant Opportunities

The Stearns Center for Teaching and Learning is pleased to provide support and opportunities for faculty to improve curriculum design, teaching strategies, and pedagogical resources supporting broadly inclusive teaching that creates the opportunity for any student to succeed and achieve to their potential and instructors feel supported in their teaching.  

Future opportunities coming soon!

Eligible expenses:  

  • Instructor stipends as allowed by rank, status, and local academic unit regulations 
  • Student wages (not preferred in this grant type)  
  • Gift cards 
  • Purchase of registration or print/video materials 

Ineligible expenses:  Food (generally), external consultants or speakers 

Discouraged expenses: Stipends or wages for undergraduate or graduate students 

Please note that current Stearns Center for Teaching and Learning members and affiliates (faculty fellows, graduate assistants, and similar) are not eligible to apply as PI or members on these funding opportunities. 

The programs and services offered by George Mason University are open to all who seek them. George Mason does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, ethnic national origin (including shared ancestry and/or ethnic characteristics), sex, disability, military status (including veteran status), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, pregnancy status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. After an initial review of its policies and practices, the university affirms its commitment to meet all federal mandates as articulated in federal law, as well as recent executive orders and federal agency directives.