JISC

Start date: 1 July 2008

End date: 1 July 2011

JISC theme(s): e-Learning

Committees: JISC Learning and Teaching committee

The Learning and Teaching Innovation Grants programme supports one year projects of up to £75,000 each dealing with any aspect of eLearning. It is an open rolling call, with multiple submission deadlines available.

Proposals may be submitted by HE institutions funded via HEFCE, SFC, HEFCW and DEL Northern Ireland, and by FE institutions funded via SFC, DCELLS Wales and DEL Northern Ireland. FE institutions in England that teach HE to more than 400 FTEs are also eligible to bid provided proposals demonstrate how the work supports the HE in FE agenda.

Proposals may be from single institutions or consortia. Partnership arrangements may be developed outside the sector (for example with research council sites, publishers, commercial suppliers), but the lead partner must meet the criteria outlined above. Funds can only be allocated through the lead partner. Only one submission per institution is permitted for each submission date.

Assessment is via a three stage process - a short outline proposal submitted via a web form allowing assessors to choose interesting projects for the next stage, a video-conference presentation and interview allowing the bidding team to elaborate on their project, and (if selected) the timely submission of a full JISC project plan.

The next submission date for initial proposals is 24 September 2008. Further information can be found in the 04/08 funding circular.

Funded Projects

The following projects were selected for funding from those submitted to the 5 May 2008 competition. These projects will run from 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009.