Teaching Academy Educator Development Grant

Charles Sturt University supports, values, and rewards learning and teaching. In 2025, the Charles Sturt Teaching Academy offers the Educator Development Grant to support a range of scholarly activities in learning and teaching that evidence achievement, influence and reputation in learning and teaching. These activities support staff to maintain currency in learning and teaching and align with the Academic Staff Qualifications and Expectations Procedure (clause 46).

The scholarly activities that are eligible for funding are outlined below. Please note that support for Advance HE (AHE) fellowship is excluded. AHE fellowships will be covered under a separate scheme that will be announced separately.

2025 Applications open:  06 March 25

2025 Applications close: 30 April 25

Download guidelines

Application form

What can funds be used for?

Funding requests can be made for the scholarly activities listed below. Travel related costs are not supported.

  • Costs associated with undertaking professional development in learning and teaching including leadership in learning and teaching.
  • Costs associated with small-scale scholarly projects in learning and teaching (e.g. salary costs for project/research assistance, costs associated with data collection or analysis, purchase of resources/materials for the project, costs related to resource development costs associated with participant incentives).
  • Costs associated with disseminating the findings of learning and teaching projects and/or curriculum innovations (e.g. conference registration, article publication charges for a peer reviewed journal, costs associated with developing a website, digital resource, or podcast, costs associated with running a workshop/seminar).
  • Costs associated with professional engagement/external collaboration on learning and teaching.
  • Support for Advance HE Fellowship – this will be supported via a separate pathway.
  • Domestic or international travel and travel-related costs associated with any of the above activities.
  • Teaching release.
  • Buy-out of Division of Learning and Teaching staff time.
  • Personal computers, mobile devices and similar equipment.
  • Any recurrent costs related to embedding the activity/project outcomes.

Guidelines and Application Form

Refer to the Guidelines for expectations and requirements, including the information required in your application.

Download application guidelines

Application form

Application

  • Complete the online application form.
  • Applications will be assessed per the eligibility criteria outlined in the guidelines.
  • Applications with incorrect or no supporting documentation will be deemed ineligible.

Key  dates for 2025

06 March Applications Open

30 April Applications close

May Review of applications and outcomes finalised

Early June Applicants notified of outcomes

Late June to Early July Funding allocated

June to end November Activity/project undertaken

01 December PO/Invoice finalisation

08 December Activity/project report due

Q1 2026 Outcomes disseminated to the Teaching Academy

Contact us

If you have any questions, please email teachingacademy@csu.edu.au