Faculty Funding &
Grant Opportunities
UC Online has instituted a new funding model for course development where each campus is now responsible for managing the proposal and funding process. Below are UCI’s three strategic needs for the 2025-26 award cycle.
- Creating an online course that strategically alleviates bottlenecks and supports timely degree completion.
- Developing a hybrid course that reduces in-class time while demonstrating innovative pedagogical practices, such as alternative assessment design, student engagement strategies, inclusive teaching practices, etc.
- Redesigning/refreshing a large online undergraduate course (200+ enrollment) that has already been approved by SCOC.
In 2018, Assembly Bill 1809 established the California Education Learning Lab (“Learning Lab”) in order to increase learning outcomes and close equity and achievement gaps across California’s public higher education segments, particularly in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) disciplines.
Housed at the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research, the Learning Lab is part of California’s vision to grow and sustain a highly educated workforce that can meet the challenges of our changing world, whether it is combating the effects of climate change, ensuring a healthy population, or lifting communities out of poverty.
