Apply by Monday, November 24 for a $1,000 Faculty Development Mini-Grant from TMA!
The Transform Mid-Atlantic Faculty Development Mini-Grant Program supports new workshops and projects designed by full- or part-time faculty at our member campuses in MD, DC, DE, VA, and WV that ultimately enhance student learning, community-engaged scholarship, and the public purposes of higher education. Thanks to the support of TMA's most generous donor and friend, we have been able to offer over $40,000 in Faculty Development Mini-Grants to our member campuses since 2021.
This year, TMA will award up to ten $1,000 mini-grants to support faculty-initiated events, programs and projects that will take place during the Spring 2026 semester. Click here to download a full overview of the grant opportunity, which includes information about eligibility, workshop/project foci, and information that is required on the online application form.
Preference will be given to proposals that include the following:
- Institutional matching funds (1:1 or 2:1 match is ideal)
- Workshops/Institutes open to participants from other higher education institutions / community partner organizations in the TMA network
- Inter-institutional and/or interdisciplinary partnerships
- Innovative topics and themes highlighting the pedagogy of service-learning, community-engaged learning, and civic engagement
- Assessing learning outcomes which “develop global citizens and build just communities”
- Faculty development initiatives that are tied to institutional strategic priorities where there is institutional support to sustain the initiative
Applications are due by no later than 11:59PM EST on Monday, November 24, 2025.