Yale’s Poorvu Center offers teaching fellowships and funding opportunities to recognize and support effective teaching practices. These programs provide resources for innovative pedagogy, professional development, and community, fostering equitable and effective teaching across the Yale community.
Teaching Fellowships
The McDougal Graduate Teaching Fellows program provides graduate students with opportunities to lead teaching workshops and assist peers in developing effective teaching practices. Fellows gain valuable leadership experience and professional development, fostering a collaborative teaching environment that benefits Yale’s graduate student community.
The Faculty Fellows program brings together faculty across disciplines to explore innovative and equitable teaching practices. Fellows engage in a year-long collaboration with the Poorvu Center, lead teaching workshops, and contribute to the Center’s development, creating a supportive community for enhancing Yale’s teaching landscape.
Grant Opportunities
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Community and Pedagogy Grants
Supports collaborative projects from faculty that reach beyond a single classroom, with the goal of making teaching and learning more communal with the broader Yale community.
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Reflective Teaching Grants
Supports the implementation of a pedagogical strategy that is the focus of reflection and analysis by a faculty-grad student/postdoc pair.
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AI Course Revision Grants
Supports faculty innovations that enhance student learning in the face of AI, even if AI use is not integrated into the course.
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YUAG-Poorvu STEM Curriculum Development Grants
$1,500 curriculum development grants for faculty to introduce or strengthen the use of the Yale University Art Gallery’s (YUAG’s) collections and exhibitions in STEM courses.
Funded Program Opportunities
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Faculty Teaching Academy
Provides funds to faculty who start within their first three years of teaching at Yale, with opportunities to deepen their knowledge of teaching and practice their skills.
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Seminar on Equity-minded Teaching
A year-long seminar where faculty work toward equity-based teaching goals and engage in critical self-reflection.
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Seminar on Disability Pedagogy and Accessibility
A year-long seminar where faculty reflect on and create teaching goals to foster accessible teaching practices, and support students with disabilities.
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Pedagogical Partners
Creates space for critical dialogue about teaching & learning through a semester-long partnership between an undergraduate student and an instructor of record in Yale College.
Rosenkranz Award
The Rosenkranz Award is long-standing award that funded substantial pedagogical innovations in courses. It has been paused, but the website showcases many previous award winners’ projects.
Instructional Enhancement Fund
The Instructional Enhancement Fund has been discontinued, starting in the 2025-26 academic year. We continue to offer course funding through specific initiatives and activities within our current grant- and program-funded opportunities listed on this website.
We’re here to help!
Reach out to the Poorvu Center team if you have any questions or to learn more about our programs.