Course Development Grants

The annual Course Development Grant for 2025-2026 is now open! Applications must be received by 9am on Monday, January 26, 2026. 

Any Ohio State instructor can apply for a grant of up to $4,000 to support the development of a new community-engaged course or revising an existing course to include community-engagement. Grants can support courses offered on any Ohio State campus and at either the undergraduate or graduate level. While proposals for courses in the GE Themes Integrative Practices will be prioritized, courses outside of the GE are also encouraged to apply. In addition to funding support, the Course Development Grant also includes attending a Community-Engaged Course Design Institute in May 2026 with the whole grant cohort. Application and submission details are available below. 

We were thrilled to once again have a competitive pool of applications for the 2024-2025 grant cycle and selected 4 grantees, with a total of nearly $16,000 in funding support for the development and improvement of community-engaged/service-learning courses. Our grantees, along with a few other instructors working on C-E/S-L courses, came together as a community of practice in May for our annual series of intensive C-E/S-L course design workshops, where they delved into backward design principles and best practices for community engaged teaching and learning. 

If you have questions about community-engaged/service-learning courses, please browse our other resources or contact us at slearning@osu.edu for individual support. You can also read more about one of our successful 2023 grantees here.

Watch an information session webinar in which staff explain the grant program and application, and three instructors shared their experience with this pedagogy and our support programs.