The ANU Strategic Learning and Teaching Grants are being established by the Academic portfolio to accelerate the University’s program of educational renewal to deliver on the goals of ANU by 2025 and to deliver a student experience equal to the world’s best.
The intent of the grants is to accelerate education renewal aligned to the strategic initiatives approved by the Academic Board: the ANU Learning & Teaching Strategy, the Curriculum Framework and ANU Graduate Attributes.
See the ANU Strategic Learning and Teaching Grants Guidelines for more information.
2024 Phase 2 Grants Applications:
The second round of grant applications will open in early 2024. Details will be available soon on this website.
2023 Strategic Learning and Teaching Grants Phase 1 Selection Committee Meeting
- Dr. Bernardo Pereira Nunes, ANU College of Engineering, Computing and Cybernetics
- Dr. Chris Browne, Academic Portfolio
- Ms. Elizabeth Bailey Manager, ANU Careers & Employability | Higher Education Careers and Professional Development
- Associate Professor Joan Licata, ANU College of Science
- Dr. Julieanne Lamond, CALC Co-Director, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Centre for Australian Literary Cultures
- Ms. Lucy Arthur Director, Centre for Learning and Teaching
- Mr. Simon Feros Manager - Education Design, Centre for Learning and Teaching
The Committee was delighted to see the number of applications, the level of interest in the Grants across the University, and the strong alignment of the project proposals with the ANU Learning and Teaching Strategy. The Committee discussed and reviewed the forty-two submitted applications. After careful consideration and thoughtful deliberation, the Committee decided to approve twenty-eight Strategic Learning and Teaching Grant applications and in doing so extended the funding allocation given the strength and quality of the applications submitted.
The Committee in making its decisions ensured the project proposals were selected based on the stated evaluative criteria. The Committee were pleased to see clear linkages to strategy, opportunities to deliver scale and impact in particular projects, a focus on First Year renewal, whole of program renewal, and strong Indigenous perspectives.
2023 Phase 1 Grants Recipients
On behalf of the Academic Portfolio, Professor Maryanne Dever is thrilled to announce the Phase 1 recipients of the ANU Strategic Learning and Teaching Grants.
Congratulations to the following applicants:
Tier | Project Name | Project Lead(s) | College of the Project Lead(s) | Project Members |
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Tier 1 | ANU Indigenous Perspectives Network | Dr. Alison Kevan | Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor |
Ms. Sara Rowley Dr. Sophie Constable |
Tier 1 | Great Writers Festival: Transformative Authentic Assessment in English Literary Studies | Dr. Claire Hansen | ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences | |
Tier 1 | Enhancing Applied Epidemiology Education through Real-World Scenarios | Dr. Davoud Pourmarzi | ANU College of Health & Medicine |
Dr. Emma Field Dr. Florian Vogt Dr. Md Rezanur Rahaman Dr. Tehzeeb Zulfiqar Professor Tony Stewart |
Tier 1 | Embedding Indigenous Perspectives in Engineering | Dr. Jeremy Smith | ANU College of Engineering, Computing and Cybernetics |
Associate Professor Fiona Beck Ms. Jenny Simmons Associate Professor Marnie Shaw Ms. Nyssa Miller |
Tier 1 | Enhancing the Involvement and Experience of First Nations Students and Communities in ANU Work-Integrated Learning Initiatives | Dr. Nghia Tran | ANU College of Business and Economic |
Ms. Carlyn Waters Associate Professor Ying-Yi Chih |
Tier 2 | Case Studies as a Problem Solving Pedagogy | Dr. Andrew Carr | ANU College of Asia & the Pacific |
Dr. Alexander Lee Dr. Emily Robertson |
Tier 2 | Co-designing Inclusion in Work-Integrated (WIL) Learning Programs | Dr. Anne Ozdowska | ANU College of Engineering, Computing and Cybernetics |
Ms. Bruna Contro Pretero Associate Professor Penny Kyburz Associate Professor Ying-Yi Chih |
Tier 2 | Social Impact Studio: Preparing to Collaborate Pilot | Dr. Chris Browne | Academic Portfolio |
Dr. Ehsan Nabavi Associate Professor Geoff Hinchcliffe Ms. Jenny Simmons Dr. Jeremy Smith Dr. John Debs Dr. Katerina Kormusheva Dr. Maya Haviland Dr. Merryn McKinnon Dr. Naomi Hay Associate Professor Penny Kyburz Dr. Rachael Rodney-Harris Dr. Sally Curtis Mr. Sejul Malde |
Tier 2 | Cultivating Transdisciplinary Problem-Solvers through the Innovative Collaborative Project-Based Learning (CPBL) Pedagogy |
Dr Dana Hanna Associate Professor Ying-Yi Chih |
ANU College of Business and Economics |
Mr. Dale Newbery Dr. Katerina Kormusheva |
Tier 2 | Authentic Employability Skill Assessment Framework for ANU Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) Initiatives | Dr. Katerina Kormusheva | ANU College of Business and Economics |
Dr. Dana Hanna Associate Professor Penny Kyburz Associate Professor Ying-Yi Chih |
Tier 2 | Strengthening Foundations and Connections in Linguistics Learning and Teaching |
Dr. Ksenia Gnevsheva Dr. Rosey Billington |
ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences |
Associate Professor Carmel O’Shannessy Professor Catherine Travis Associate Professor Danielle Barth Dr. Jennifer Hendriks Dr. Susy Macqueen |
Tier 2 | MATLAB Grader Enhanced Assessment and Feedback | Associate Professor Linda Stals | ANU College of Science | Associate Professor Adam Piggott |
Tier 2 | Data Maker-space, Data Literacy, Acquisition, Visualisation | Professor Louis Moresi | ANU College of Science |
Dr. Callum Shakespeare Dr. Chengxin Zhang Ms. Honor McGregor Professor Malcolm Sambridge Dr. Rebecca McGirr |
Tier 2 | Preparing MA Students for Authentic Learning | Associate Professor Lucy Neave | ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences |
Associate Professor Ruth Morgan Associate Professor Yujie Zhu |
Tier 2 | Interactive Visual Learning to Enhance 1st Year Statistics Literacy | Dr. Matt Thompson | ANU College of Science |
Professor Adrian Machenzie Associate Professor Anne Aimolo Davies Dr. Bronwyn Loong Dr. Yuan Gao |
Tier 2 | Exploring Pathways for Cultivating Entrepreneurship at ANU | Associate Professor Penny Kyburz | ANU College of Engineering, Computing and Cybernetics |
Associate Professor Birgit Muskat Mr. Chris Dennis Ms. Kerry-Ann Hugo Dr. Nico Klenner Dr. Samira Nazar |
Tier 2 | Developing a Generative Machine Intelligence to Support Teaching and Learning in a First Year Business Information Systems Course | Professor Sigi Goode | ANU College of Business and Economics |
Dr. Amir Riaz Mr. Devin Clementi Dr. Patrick L'Espoir de Costa |
Tier 2 | Major Renovations: Enhancing the Marketing Major with Content and Assessment Mapping |
Dr. Patrick L'Espoir DeCosta Dr. Stephen Dann |
ANU College of Business and Economics | |
Tier 3 | Holistic Redesign of First-Year Mathematics at ANU | Associate Professor Adam Piggott | ANU College of Science |
Dr. Asilata Bapat Dr. Griff Ware |
Tier 3 | Building Cross-university Capacity to Embed the Indigenous Perspectives Graduate Attribute | Dr. Alison Kevan | Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor | |
Tier 3 |
THE ANU ESCAPE ROOM HUB – enabling meaningful and authentic learning through engaged experience |
Dr. Bernardo Pereira Nunes | ANU College of Engineering, Computing and Cybernetics |
Ms. Bruna Contro de Godoy Dr. Tiago Silva |
Tier 3 | The ASTUTE Program: An Inclusive Approach for Overcoming Social Anxiety and Improving Employment Outcomes Among ANU Students | Professor Elizabeth Rieger | ANU College of Health & Medicine |
Professor Bruce Christensen Associate Professor Davide Berle Dr. Helen Maxted Dr. James Brann Dr. Junwen Chen Dr. Lou Farrer Associate Professor Merryn Mckinnon Mr. Reshad Heckbarally |
Tier 3 | Decolonisation and Indigenisation of the Master of Philosophy (Applied Epidemiology) Program Curriculum | Dr. Emma Field | ANU College of Health & Medicine |
Dr. Davoud Pourmarzi Ms. Fiona Cornforth Dr. Md Rezanur Rahaman Dr. Rosalina Sa'aga Banuve Dr. Samantha Colquhoun |
Tier 3 | Cementing ANU’s Leadership in Education for Transdisciplinary Problem Solving: Strengthening Teamwork and Scoping Other Characteristics | Professor Gabriele Bammer | ANU College of Health & Medicine | |
Tier 3 | Artificial Intelligence in Health & Well-being Education |
Associate Professor Alexandra Webb Dr. Julia Ellyard |
ANU College of Health & Medicine |
Dr. Andrew Mathieson Associate Professor Boris Bizumic Dr. Danish Ahmad Professor Hanna Suominen Dr. Kathleen Miles Dr. Kathryn Smith Dr. Kayla Smurthwaite Associate Professor Krisztina Valter-Kocsi Dr. Tehzeeb Zulfiqar Dr. Woei Ming (Steve) Lee |
Tier 3 | Cross-discipline Modules on Sustainability |
Dr. Edwina Fingleton-Smith Dr. Katerina Kormusheva |
ANU College of Science
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Tier 3 | Developing Transdisciplinary Health Humanities Education at the ANU |
Dr. Bonnie McConnell
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ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences ANU College of Health & Medicine |
Associate Professor Alexandra Webb Associate Professor Anna Olsen Dr. Brett Scholz Dr. Claire Hansen Associate Professor Christopher Sainsbury Dr. Georgia Pike-Rowney Dr. Keren Hammerschlag Professor Kim Cunio Dr. Kristen Murray Associate Professor Krisztina Valter Dr. Riemke Aggio-Bruce Mr. Sejul Malde Dr. Stacey Ward Dr. Trang Ta |
Tier 3 | CASS IPGA 3C Project | Dr. Sarah-Jane Burton | ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences | Associate Professor Geoff Hinchcliffe |
2023 Information sessions
The Pro Vice-Chancellor (Education and Digital), in conjunction with the Centre for Learning and Teaching, held three information sessions across July and August. These sessions provided a summary of key information and provided an opportunity for staff to discuss ideas for Grants.
2023 Grant priorities
The streams below outline some of the priority areas that applications could seek to address:
Potential streams:
- Authentic learning and/or authentic assessment
- Industry engagement in learning and teaching, including industry advisory boards
- Development and embedding of professional and career literacy
- Work-integrated learning opportunities and enhancements
- Embedding of Graduate Attributes in learning and teaching
- Innovative approaches to First Year pedagogy and holistic first year course redesign
- Forms of active and experiential learning
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Cross-School and cross-College collaboration on transdisciplinary learning, including:
- STEM + non-STEM collaboration
- STEM skills development in non-STEM courses and programs
- Systematic mapping and embedding of research skills at the discipline and program level
- Progressive development of digital literacies across disciplines and/or programs
As the priorities outlined above indicate, we are seeking applications that can ultimately lead to transformation and impact at scale. While proposals focusing on individual courses may be submitted, they should demonstrate how the work proposed can ultimately lead to models or exemplars that can be shared and successfully scaled up. Transformative proposals focused on first year learning and assessment experiences are particularly welcome. Individual and team-based proposals for work at the discipline or program level are encouraged.
Applicants need not necessarily present fully articulated solutions to the issues identified; applications can be exploratory and designed to develop and share innovative solutions to common issues.
Collaboration opportunities
If you are a project lead with a current idea for a project and looking for collaborators, please complete the below form. Your project information will be added to the Grants Collaboration SharePoint Site.
If you are interested in joining a project team, please visit the Grants Collaboration SharePoint Site and select your area(s) of interest.
Eligibility
See the ANU Strategic Learning and Teaching Grants Guidelines for more information.
Eligibility
To be eligible for an ANU Strategic Learning and Teaching Grant, applications must meet the following requirements:
- Applicants and all project team members must be current ANU staff members with their employment contract covering the full length of the proposed project. Collaborations between academic and professional staff are actively encouraged.
- The application must be endorsed by the lead applicant’s College Associate Dean in Education or equivalent.
Duration
Grants are expected to run for up to 12 months, however shorter periods are possible.
Funding tiers
The grants are structured into three tiers to reflect different scale of impact that can be generated through each level of funding.
Funding Tier |
Amount |
Possible Reach of Impact |
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Tier 1 |
Up to $15,000 |
Positioning for Future Success (Immediate)
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Tier 2 |
Up to $25,000 |
Building Capacity (Localised)
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Tier 3 |
Greater than $25,000 |
Innovating for Impact (Scale)
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Application
Application process
Please make sure you read the ANU Strategic Learning and Teaching Grants Guidelines before you start on your application. An FAQs file is now available, please refer to it as needed and contact the CLT if you require further information.
- Download both forms:
- Complete both forms and seek endorsement from your Head of School (HoS) and your Associate Dean Education (ADE) by requesting their signatures on the coversheet.
- Check and combine both documents into one single PDF file.
- Name your PDF file following the naming convention: FirstName_FamilyName_UID_ANUSLTG
- Submit your PDF file via the form below.
Upload your PDF file here. Please submit only one application per project.
Selection process
Applications need to be submitted in accordance with the requirements as published in the ANU Strategic Learning and Teaching Grants Guidelines. You will receive an e-mail acknowledging the successful receipt of your application.
A selection panel will review and rank all eligible applications based on the selection criteria listed below. All applicants will receive a formal notification of the outcome and feedback will be made available to unsuccessful applicants.
Selection criteria
Applications will be assessed based on the following criteria:
- clear proposal with strong alignment to strategic initiatives and principles
- appropriate tier selected
- demonstrates innovation and transformation in line with grant priorities
- impact plan demonstrates effectiveness and is feasible in line with tier expectations
Timelines
Phase 1:
Phase 2: