The Office of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic is pleased to announce that the Aspire-2040 Learning Transformations (ALT-2040) Fund is now accepting proposals from UBC Okanagan faculty members with exciting ideas to transform the learning experiences of our students.
Guided by UBC’s transformative learning strategies and teaching and learning priorities, the ALT-2040 Fund supports course and program innovation, student experience enhancement and educational resource development.
The Fund provides up to $15,000 for projects with course-level impacts and up to $25,000 for projects with multi-course of program-level impacts. Successful proposals must meaningfully transform UBCO students’ learning experiences with an implementation focus and scope consistent with one the three funding streams and in alignment with one or more of the ALT-2040 priority focus areas.
Important dates
- Sept 24: Virtual information session (register now)
- Oct 17: Intent to apply form due
- Dec 15: Proposal deadline
For more information, including guidelines, templates and eligibility, please visit alt-2024.ok.ubc.ca or email altfund.ok@ubc.ca.
Since its inception in 2016, the ALT-2040 Fund has awarded nearly two million dollars in funding to support curricular innovation and learning transformation at UBC’s Okanagan campus. Over 180 faculty have contributed to more than 50 innovative projects that have been critical in driving significant and meaningful student learning transformations across our campus.