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Teaching with technology grants

CET offers start up grants funded by the Andrew Mellon Foundation to educators to support the use of educational technology in their teaching. UCT staff are able to apply for a grant of up to R20 000. These grants can be used to:

  • buy or adapt specialised software to support student learning
  • buy in specialised expertise to develop online teaching and learning resources
  • pay for training for educators or tutors to develop or use educational technology more effectively 

 How to apply

Staff interested in applying for a Teaching with Technology grant are encouraged to discuss their application with CET prior to application of a grant for informal feedback and further advice. Applicants will need to submit a grant proposal.

If you have an idea but are unsure and need assistance in completing the proposal, please contact Glenda Cox.

See examples of successful grant proposals.

Grant selection procedure

Grant proposals are reviewed by CET's grant committee in terms of the following criteria.

Selection criteria

The proposals should:

  • address specific teaching and learning challenges
  • focus on teaching and learning rather than research (i.e. it may be used to build students’ research capacity, rather than to support staff research projects)
  • be appropriate for a residential university context
  • comply with UCT’s Educational Technology policy
  • align with UCT’s institutional priorities

The project should not:

  • simply involve the development of a website or buying of a DVD to engage students
  • simply involve moving content from one learning environment to another
  • replicate existing tools or services
  • focus on technical aspects such as computer hardware

Conditions of the grant

The grant recipient must be prepared to:

  • be preapred to report to CET on the development of the project
  • report to CET and/or the university community on the outcome of the project for which the grant is used. This may take the form of, for example, a seminar, a demonstration, an academic papers or a project website
  • allow CET to put the final project report on the CET web site
  • allow CET to publish the grant proposal on the CET website