Invest in Your Growth as a Teacher
The Teaching Center provides faculty travel grants to support attendance at conferences, workshops, or events focused on college-level teaching and student learning. These grants reflect our commitment to the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) and to faculty development rooted in impact, reflection, and community.
A call for applications is issue each fall and spring semester. Grants are reviewed and awarded by the Teaching Center Advisory Board (TCAB).
Travel Grants at a Glance
- Open to full-time Belmont faculty members
- Awards support participation in conferences or workshops with a significant focus on teaching and learning in higher education
- Faculty may apply for up to $750 for in-person events or up to $400 for online events
- Applications are accepted each fall and spring semester and reviewed by the Teaching Center Advisory Board (TCAB)
- Strong proposals clearly link the conference/workshop experience to specific teaching goals, practices, or courses at Belmont
- Fall grants typically fund events between mid-September and mid-March; Spring grants support events between mid-March and mid-September
Grant Guidelines (PDF) | Application Template (PDF) | Sample Grant 1 (PDF) | Sample Grant 2 (PDF)
2024-25 Teaching Center Advisory Board (TCAB)
For questions, feedback, or support with your application, we encourage you to reach out to the TCAB representative from your college:
- Jack C. Massey – Luke Petach
- Gordon E. Inman College of Nursing – Jamie Adam
- Mike Curb College of Entertainment & Music Business – Kristi Oshiro
- College of Law – Kristi Arth
- College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences – Allison Koch
- College of Music & Performing Arts – Nancy Riley
- College of Sciences & Mathematics – Tim Schoenfeld
- College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences – Gideon Park, Joan Li
- College of Education – Gideon Park
- O'More College of Architecture & Design – Tom Lowing
- Watkins College of Art – Tom Lowing
- Thomas F. Frist, Jr. College of Medicine – TBD