{"id":9830,"date":"2020-03-02T13:46:23","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T18:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofd.ncsu.edu\/?page_id=9830"},"modified":"2026-02-11T22:12:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T22:12:04","slug":"sotl-institute","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/provost.ncsu.edu\/ofe\/events-and-programs\/sotl-institute\/","title":{"rendered":"Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Institute (SoTL)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Take Your Teaching Innovation to the Next Level<\/h3>\n\n\n<aside class=\"ncst-aside-container\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-aside-contents\">\n    <a\n    class=\"ncst-content-card wp-block-ncst-spotlight-box has-reynolds-400-background-color with-image with-cta\"\n    href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/5D3HWRXMBsrfsno87\"\n    data-ua-cat=\"Content Card\"\n    data-ua-action=\"Content Card Click\"\n    data-ua-label=https:\/\/forms.gle\/5D3HWRXMBsrfsno87\n  >\n  \n\n          <div class=\"content-card__image-container\">\n        <div class=\"content-card__image-background\">\n          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \n            class=\"content-card__image wp-image-32456\" \n            alt=\"\" \n            src=\"https:\/\/provost.ncsu.edu\/ofe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/SoTL-RR.jpg\" \n            style=\"aspect-ratio: 16\/9; object-fit: cover; \"\n srcset=\"https:\/\/provost.ncsu.edu\/ofe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/SoTL-RR.jpg 600w, https:\/\/provost.ncsu.edu\/ofe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/SoTL-RR-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"content-card__text-container\">\n      \n                          <h3 class=\"content-card__headline\">Apply now for the 2026-27 SoTL Institute<\/h3>\n              \n\n      \t      \t        <p class=\"content-card__teaser\">This is a year-long program where faculty from across disciplines conduct research related to teaching and learning, and share the findings at the 2027 NC&#160;State Conference on Faculty Excellence.<\/p>\n\t      \t    \n              <p class=\"content-card__cta\">Apply <span class=nowrap>here!&nbsp;<span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n            \n            <use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\">\n        <\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n          <\/div>\n\n  <\/a>\n  <\/div>\n<\/aside>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>***Applications for the 2026-27 SoTL Institute are now open.***<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Office for Faculty Excellence invites you to apply for the 2026 Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Institute (SoTL), a program designed with busy faculty members in mind who would like to explore teaching as a form of scholarly work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The SoTL Institute provides NC&#160;State faculty with skills, funding, mentorship, and support to conduct research in teaching and learning. Participants will learn about SoTL and discipline-based education research (DBER), as well as design and implement a research project to study teaching and learning in their course or courses.<br><br>The SoTL 2026 theme is <strong>Take Your Teaching Innovation to the Next Level<\/strong>. Let&#8217;s reflect on the changes that we have made to adapt our courses during the last two years and turn them into innovative scholarship that can be published and shared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Eligibility:<\/strong> Any <strong>full-time faculty member<\/strong> at NC&#160;State may apply to participate in this program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Purpose:<\/strong> The purpose of the SoTL Institute is to support the development of a SoTL or DBER project. In the year-long experience, faculty will develop research questions for educational research, design a study using quantitative and qualitative assessment techniques, and gather evidence that can be used to answer these questions. In this program, participants will receive guidance from experienced SoTL researchers to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Develop an educational research agenda<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lower barriers to presentation\/publication<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Receive mentorship, funding, and support<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Belong to an educational research community<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Program Dates:<\/strong> This is a 1-year commitment that begins with an intensive Virtual Institute held the week of May 11th. More detailed dates will be posted soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Funding:<\/strong> Each participant is eligible for a mini-grant for up to $1,250 that can be used for conference travel or other allowed project-related expenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Applications are open now and close at 11:59pm on Monday, April 20, 2026. Proposals to study topics related to the theme <strong><strong>Take Your Teaching Innovation to the Next Level<\/strong><\/strong> will be given priority in the selection process. If accepted, you must commit to attending all program sessions. Acceptance notifications will go out on Wednesday, April 22, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-buttons\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-button is-style-secondary\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/LXoeWuFEX19RApQ26\" class=\"btn ncst-block__button-link\" data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\" data-ua-cat=\"Button Block\" data-ua-action=\"Button Click\" data-ua-label=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/LXoeWuFEX19RApQ26\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"text\">Apply now!<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\">\n<svg class=\"wp-block-ncst-wolficon wolficon\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" \/><\/svg>\n<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For more information contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dr. Maria Gallardo-Williams <a href=\"mailto:mtgallar@ncsu.edu\">mtgallar@ncsu.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Take Your Teaching Innovation to the Next Level ***Applications for the 2026-27 SoTL Institute are now open.*** The Office for Faculty Excellence invites you to apply for the 2026 Scholarship&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"parent":517,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"source":"","ncst_custom_author":"","ncst_show_custom_author":false,"ncst_dynamicHeaderBlockName":"ncst\/default-header","ncst_dynamicHeaderData":"{\"pageIntro\":\"\"}","ncst_content_audit_freq":"","ncst_content_audit_date":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9830","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/provost.ncsu.edu\/ofe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/provost.ncsu.edu\/ofe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/provost.ncsu.edu\/ofe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/provost.ncsu.edu\/ofe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/provost.ncsu.edu\/ofe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9830"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/provost.ncsu.edu\/ofe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32457,"href":"https:\/\/provost.ncsu.edu\/ofe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9830\/revisions\/32457"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/provost.ncsu.edu\/ofe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/provost.ncsu.edu\/ofe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}