Funding Opportunities

The Hub Course Enhancement Fund provides funding so faculty can experiment with an innovative approach to teaching one or more of the BU Hub areas or take advantage of special opportunities for exciting general education learning experiences in BU Hub courses.

For more information about this fund and its application process, please visit the Hub Course Enhancement Fund page.

This fund provides opportunities for part-time lecturers and instructors to extend their professional development through attending academic conferences or other opportunities related to their teaching at Boston University.

For more information about this fund and its application process, please visit the Part-time Lecturers and Instructors Professional Development Fund page.

This fund provides opportunities for salaried lecturers and instructors to extend their professional development through attending conferences, training programs, and other opportunities or resources related to their teaching at Boston University.

For more information about this fund and its application process, please visit the Salaried Lecturers and Instructors Professional Development Fund page.

This fund provides members of the bargaining unit with the opportunity to purchase supplemental technological equipment, such as laptops, monitors, and other types of hardware, to support their teaching at Boston University.

For more information about this fund and its application process, please visit the Salaried Lecturers and Instructors Supplemental Technology page.

This fund enables CAS faculty members to build experiential learning (EL) into undergraduate CAS courses, using historic and contemporary Boston as an extended classroom and taking advantage of the city and University as magnets for leading academics, artists, industry professionals, and experts in diverse subject areas. The activities supported by the fund will complement or enrich students’ experience in your course, giving them the opportunity to apply material from class and to learn by doing.

Award amounts are typically determined by course enrollment and capped at $45 per student. Current fund levels can support EL activities for approximately 200 students each semester (across multiple courses, if applicable). 

For more information about this fund and its application process, please visit the Virginia Sapiro Academic Enhancement Fund page.