2025 Dean's Awards for Curriculum Innovation

The Dean’s Curriculum Innovation Awards support faculty in developing, launching, and scaling innovative approaches to teaching and learning. With generous support from an anonymous donor, the Awards’ inaugural year (2025) funded six initiatives spanning four categories.

Collaborative Teaching Award: Supports faculty from different departments/schools to work collaboratively on the design and launch of innovative teaching initiatives that will benefit learners across two or more departments.

Innovative Course Design Award: Supports the redesign of existing courses or the design of new courses to improve teaching and learning using innovative learning strategies. Designs advanced by technology or media-enhanced pedagogy are encouraged but not required.

Large-scale Learning Innovation Award: Supports large-scale efforts around teaching initiatives beyond a single course. These projects have the potential for making a significant, lasting impact within a department/school/program beyond the funding period and must be sustainable.

Service-based Learning Award: Supports faculty to innovate teaching methods that combines classroom learning with service to and engagement with the local community, enhancing the collaboration and mutual growth of students, the school, and the surrounding Washington Heights neighborhood.