Teaching Awards & Grants Database – Office of the Vice-Provost, Innovations in Undergraduate Education

Teaching awards and grants recognize and fund pedagogical innovation and excellence. The Teaching Awards & Grants Database provides an overview of the divisional and institutional teaching awards and grants available across the University of Toronto as well as major external teaching awards.

Use the database to search for a specific award or grant using the search bar, or filter the database using these eligibility requirements:

Division (including institutional awards).
Award or grant type (i.e., “Early Career” or “Experiential”).
U of T position (i.e., “teaching stream faculty” or “teaching assistant”).

Each divisional teaching award and grant has a divisional contact listed who should be your main point of contact for questions. For questions related to institutional teaching awards, email awards.provost@utoronto.ca.

Awards & Grants Database

E.A. Robinson Teaching Excellence Award for Senior Faculty

E.A. Robinson Teaching Excellence Award for Senior Faculty Division has been established to recognize excellence in teaching from senior Associate or full Professors (teaching and tenure stream) whose major appointment is to the University of Toronto Mississauga campus.Nominees for the E.A. Robinson award must have taught at UTM for at least 5 years and should be at least two years post-promotion.

University of Toronto Mississauga

Divisional Teaching Award, Educational Leadership

UTM Teaching Excellence Award for Junior Faculty

UTM Teaching Excellence Award for Junior Faculty Division has been established to recognize excellence in teaching from Assistant Professors and early Associate Professors (teaching and tenure stream) whose major appointment is to the University of Toronto Mississauga campus. Nominees for this division must be pre-promotion or within two years of promotion.

University of Toronto Mississauga

Divisional Teaching Award, Early Career Teaching Award

UTM Cleo Leland Boyd Teaching Excellence Award for Sessional Faculty

UTM Cleo Leland Boyd Teaching Excellence Award for Sessional Faculty Division has been established to recognize excellence in teaching from Course Instructors and Sessional Lectures at any level. Nominees will only be considered for their work as a course instructor on the University of Toronto Mississauga campus. Individuals must have two (2) or more terms (H or Y) of experience working as a course instructor at UTM to be eligible for this award.

University of Toronto Mississauga

Divisional Teaching Award, Non-Continuing Teaching Appointment

International Student Experience Fund

Submissions will be accepted from University of Toronto faculty and staff with continuing appointments. The primary beneficiary of the proposal must be undergraduate and/or graduate students. The fund is intended to support both curricular (academic) and co-curricular (non-academic) initiatives. It is recommended that curricular proposals include a co-curricular collaborator.

Division of the Vice-President and Provost

Institutional Pedagogical Grant, Pedagogical Grant

Undergraduate Course Development Fund

The faculty member should normally hold a primary appointment in the graduate division/unit partnering in the UCDF course.

Division of the Vice-President and Provost

Institutional Pedagogical Grant, Pedagogical Grant

Learning & Education Advancement Fund (LEAF)

Proposals will be accepted from University of Toronto faculty, staff, and librarians with continuing appointments in the first-entry undergraduate divisions

Division of the Vice-President and Provost

Institutional Pedagogical Grant, Pedagogical Grant

Northrop Frye Award

Nominations for the Awards of Excellence may be made by any member of the University of Toronto community. Past recipients of an Award of Excellence may still be nominated for a different Award, provided they meet the eligibility criteria. An individual may only be nominated for one (1) award in any given year. TEAM Teams can be comprised of 1) faculty-only 2) staff / librarians-only 3) a combination of faculty, librarians and staff members. Note: Faculty members must hold continuing appointments (tenure-stream, teaching-stream (continuing) and clinical faculty). Staff / Librarians should be one of the following: Advancement Professional, Confidential Staff, Professional & Managerial Staff; Research Associate / Senior Research Associate, Librarian, Unionized (administrative or academic) staff, or a Casual employee, and Be in good standing and be in active status at the University at the time nominations close.

Division of the Vice-President and Provost

Institutional Award

President’s Teaching Award

The PTA is open to any appointed faculty member – tenure stream, teaching stream or clinical faculty – at the University who demonstrate an ongoing commitment to teaching excellence as well as educational leadership at the institutional level or beyond. For this reason, faculty who are pre-promotion are not eligible. Please note this is not an end-of-career award – while nominations of senior faculty are most welcome, this award carries an expectation of active ongoing involvement with the Teaching Academy and is therefore not well-suited to faculty nearing or entering retirement.

Division of the Vice-President and Provost

Educational Leadership, Institutional Award

University of Toronto Teaching Fellowships

Division of the Vice-President and Provost

Institutional Award, Teaching Fellowship

Cheryl Regehr Early Career Teaching Award

Tenure-stream Assistant Professors, continuing-stream Assistant Professors, teaching-stream and full-time clinical faculty who are within the first six years of their current continuing-stream academic appointment and have completed two years of teaching at the University of Toronto in their current continuing-stream appointment.

Division of the Vice-President and Provost

Early Career Teaching Award, Institutional Award

Teaching Enhancement Grants

UTFA faculty with continuing stream appointments, or term appointments of at least 3 years. Sessional Instructors 2 and 3 are also considered for the Professional Development grants.