UCI IMPACT Program
About UCI IMPACT Program
Through the intentional incorporation of AI in the curriculum, the UCI IMPACT Program aims to transform the traditionally impersonal large enrollment, introductory course experience to one where every student is provided with a personalized learning ecosystem. UCI IMPACT projects will serve as exemplars that can be replicated across the campus and beyond.
Program Benefits & Impact
Through the UCI IMPACT Program, UCI will continue to be leaders in the teaching and learning space to provide our students with a first-class education, while also being thoughtful regarding how AI has the potential to impact the student learning experience.
Project participants will gain access to not only the program funding, but also DTEI staff expertise, and other relevant teaching and learning resources the campus has to offer.
Proposal Instructions
Who can apply?
Proposals can come from individual Senate faculty, small teams of faculty (both Senate and Unit-18), or larger numbers of faculty across a department/major program
When is the application due?
Date: 5pm Friday, October 17, 2025
Proposal Components
Course(s) to be transformed
Participant Information
Proposal Track
- Track 1: Faculty who are currently innovators in the AI and teaching space who want to take their course transformation to the next level
- Track 2: Faculty who are interested in AI-driven course transformation but are lacking the expertise to accomplish on their own
Grand Challenge(s) that your proposal will address
Select 1 or more of the following and feel free to add additional challenges that impact the teaching of large enrollment, introductory courses
- Authentic assessment
- Personalized learning/tutoring
- Incorporation of active learning
- Writing (or other assignment) feedback
- Student sense of belonging
- Support for self-regulated learning
- Inclusive excellence
- Managing course content and/or integration of theory into practice
- Other (please describe)
Upload a PDF with the following
- Course Transformation Proposal: Describe (200 words or less) how you plan to incorporate AI in your course to address the above grand challenge(s).
- Proposal Team Rationale: Describe (200 words or less) the proposal team’s prior experience with AI and integrating AI into the classroom (Track 1) and/or the proposal team’s prior experience with innovation in the classroom to support student success (Track 1 and 2).
- Budget and Budget Justification: (200 words or less) Briefly outline your proposal budget and total requested funds. Anticipated expenditures include faculty summer salary (Summer 2026) and/or graduate student support (2025-26 academic year) for course development, software costs, or professional development activities, although applicants are free to propose additional budget items. Single faculty proposals have a maximum budget of $30,000 while teams of faculty or department proposals can request up to $100,000.
Confirm that if awarded funds, you will
- Participate in a DTEI-led faculty learning community in 2025-26 and 2026-27
- Contribute to both student (course surveys) and faculty (survey/interview) data collection to examine the impacts of UCI IMPACT
- Attempt to incorporate UCI AI-tools (e.g. ZotGPT or ClassChat) in your course transformation (or briefly describe why this is not possible)
Selection Criteria
A team of faculty led by DTEI will be responsible for selecting the funded proposals. Strong proposals will:
Focus on large enrollment, introductory courses with total students impacted being a key selection criteria.