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

Pedagogical Research Grant

Faculty with full-time continuing status appointments (tenure/teaching stream) and contractually limited term appointments (CLTAs)

Faculty of Arts and Science

Divisional Pedagogical Grant, Pedagogical Grant

Arts & Science Superior Teaching Awards (Sessional and Graduate)

All candidates must have taught at least one course in the Faculty of Arts & Science (or one administered by an Arts & Science unit) in the preceding academic year. Sessional Lecturer candidates must have been employed to teach at least one course on contracts of less than one year. Candidates should hold a CUPE 3902, Unit III appointment.Graduate Student candidates must have been employed to teach at least one course as a Sole Responsibility Course Instructor. Candidates should be current graduate students appointed in CUPE 3902, Unit I.

Faculty of Arts and Science

Divisional Teaching Award, Non-Continuing Teaching Appointment

Arts & Science Outstanding Teaching Award

Candidates must be associate professors or professors (tenure or teaching stream) in the Faculty of Arts & Science (St. George Campus) holding either a continuing or part-time appointment.