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LMU Internal Grants

The Office of Faculty Development administers six internal grants: Faith and Justice Curriculum Development grants and Research grants, Academic Technology grants, IPP Sustainable Development Goals Curriculum Development grant, Experiential Learning for Mission Core Curriculum Development Grant, and Delphi Award: NTTF Professional Development grant. The LMU’s Mellon Foundation funded Habitable Worlds Project is also offering a fellowship. All grants and fellowship are accepting applications and will close on January 30, 2026. Please read the instruction for eligibility and application instructions. For LMU support to apply for External Grants, please visit the Office of Research and Sponsored Projects (ORSP).

 

Delphi Award: Non-Tenure-Track Faculty (NTTF) Professional Development Grant

In the summer of 2023, LMU was selected to receive the USC Delphi Award! Together with matched funds from LMU Offices -- the Center for Faculty Development (CFD), Provost’s Office, President’s Office, and Mission and Ministry -- to support professional development opportunities for Non-Tenure-Track Faculty (including part time faculty) to continue to grow as teacher-artist-scholars. 

Applications will be due January 30, 2026 and NTTF (including PT faculty) are encouraged to apply! Click below to review the eligibility criteria and application directions for

LMU Experiential Learning for Mission Core Curriculum Development Grant

Proposals are now being solicited for the 2026 LMU ELM Core Curriculum Development Grant. Experiential Learning for Mission Core Curriculum Development Grants are available to continuing full-time faculty to enhance existing courses or build new courses that meaningfully incorporate experiential learning driven and anti-racist content and pedagogy. Preference will be given to proposals that include a community based or engaged learning component. Various grants of $5,000 are available this academic year.

Faith & Justice Grants

For many years, LMU has supported faculty work in the service of faith and promotion of justice through annual research and curriculum development grants. The grants have supported work in which faculty reflect critically on the sources of systemic oppression and marginalization and finding ways to remedy suffering. In recognition of our university’s continued commitment to anti-racism and inclusivity, this year we have highlighted the fact that the service of faith and promotion of justice includes cultivating an anti-racist inclusive climate. We invite all faculty (full-time non-tenure-track, tenure-track, and tenured) to apply for our grants.

Research Grants

We welcome research proposals that address issues of faith and social justice or issues of social justice – including racial justice, aligned with the LMU Mission.

Curriculum Development Grants

We welcome curriculum development proposals that integrate faith and/or justice within course content (for example by including aspects of Ignatian pedagogy, Catholic Social Teaching, or Critical Race Theory) or focus on faith and/or justice issues by integrating these with community-based learning and course content.

IPP Sustainable Development Goals Curriculum Development Grant

Proposals are now being solicited for the 2026 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Curriculum Development Grant with a focus on topics connected to advancing the UN SDGs. The SDGs Curriculum Development Grants are available to continuing full-time faculty (tenured, tenure-track, clinical, and term) to enhance existing courses that meaningfully incorporate global-local learning. Three grants of $5,000 are available this academic year. Please contact Dr. Jennifer Ramos, Director of Global Learning, for any questions related to developing this International Programs and Partnerships (IPP) grant proposal.

Mellon Habitable Worlds: A Disability, Ethics, and AI Think Tank Faculty Fellowships

Proposals are now being solicited for faculty fellows for LMU’s Mellon Foundation funded Habitable Worlds Project. Fellowships are open to all fulltime continuing humanities faculty (and faculty whose research and teaching centers humanities driven questions and content). Fellows will join a interdisciplinary scholarly community dedicated to exploring artificial intelligence through the lens of Disability Studies, ethics, and social justice. Fellows will receive a $10,000 summer stipend. More information HERE. 

Academic Technology Committee Grants

Proposals are now being solicited for the 2026 Academic Technology Grant Cycle. Academic Technology Grants are available to part time, term, and tenure-line faculty whose projects promote innovation and adaptability and also seek to provide integrative and interdisciplinary thinking.

Grant applications should align with one of the following categories:

  1. Teaching with Technology
    Use the $2000 to $5000 stipend (for individual or collaborative projects) to try innovative teaching practices that support LMU's Strategic Plan. Examples include:
    • Partner with the Creative Services Studios to create instructional videos (e.g. interdisciplinary concepts or accessibility).
    • Use Artificial Intelligence in a course to incorporate smart, personalized adaptive learning.
    • Work with Instructional Technologists to update Brightspace and online course materials via Universal Design for Learning.
    • Use the Immersive Learning Lab to develop virtual reality or augmented reality course material to support learning that is tied to interactive experience.
  1. Learning with Technology
    Use the $2000 to $5,000 stipend (for individual or collaborative projects) to use technology (e.g. cloud computing services, cluster computing, artificial intelligence/machine learning, analytics, etc.) to support learning or research activities tied to LMU's Strategic Plan. Examples include:
    • Mission integration research conducted using cloud technologies.
    • Interdisciplinary scholarship and research that utilizes the cloud.

NOTE: The final award amounts allocated are at the discretion of the Academic Technology Committee.

  • Award recipients will be required to submit an Internal Grant Final Report of their activities with an attached updated course syllabus or conference program (if applicable).
  • Award recipients must be available for a presentation/demonstration to faculty at Teaching with Technology Day (date TBD; expected to be held in early spring 2027).

Please follow the grant application procedures in this document linked below, paying careful attention to application requirements and key dates. Applications that are incomplete, late, or do not conform to the posted guidelines and instructions will not be accepted or considered by the Academic Technology Committee.