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Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning 2025

Dear Colleagues,

The Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) invites you to submit proposals under the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Grants program for the Academic Year 2025-2026. CTL offers this grant to support projects that examine and reflect upon the teaching and learning practices in their disciplines, use research methods, and make the research results known to the campus community and beyond. Proposals may focus on creativity and innovation in teaching and learning in higher education and on the use of new instructional technologies and tools that have the potential impact on student learning. The program considers proposals of budgets not exceeding 2,000 fresh USD.

Proposals should be submitted electronically to CTL at ctl@aub.edu.lb, no later than May 20, 2025. Notification for awarded grants will be communicated by the end of July 2025. Funding for approved projects will start in August 2025.

Please review the SoTL Guidelines and Scoring Rubric before starting the proposal writing process

SoTL Awardees 2012-2025

SoTL 2025 awardess: Dr. Jihad Makhoul and Dr. Rola Khishfe
SoTL 2024 awardees: Dr. Samer Kharoubi and Dean Nayla El Akl
SoTL 2023 awardees: Dr. Nadine Darwiche and Dr. Maya Sfeir
SoTL 2022 awardees: Dr. Maya Romani; Dr. Lina Abi Fakher Kantar, and Dr. Mohammad Harb
SoTL 2021 awardees: Dr. Amy Zenger; Dr. Ramzi Sabra; and Dr. Lama Charafeddine
SoTL 2020 awardees: Dr. Hazem Hajj; Dr. Angela Massouh; and Dr. Jumana Antoun
SoTL 2019 awardees: Dr. Nour Alayan; Dr. Marco Bardus; Dr. Mayada Kanj; Dr. Rola Khishfe; and Dr. Ali Tehrani
SoTL 2018 awardees: Dr. Serena Canaan, Dr. Ammar Olabi; Dr. Rabih El Mouhayar, Ms. Aline Germany, and Dr. Mona Nabulsi
SoTL 2017 awardees: Dr. Joumana Antoun, Dr. Lina Abi Fakher Kantar, Dr. Malaki Khoury, Dr. Marco Bardus, and Dr. Zane Siraj Sinno
SoTL 2016 awardees: Dr. Imad Bou Akl, Dr. Farook Hamzeh, Dr. John Pill and Dr. Rana Sharara Chamii
SoTL 2015 awardees: Dr. Yasser Abunnasr, Dr. Farid Chaaban and Dr. Issam Srour
SoTL 2014 awardees: Dr. Faroook Hamzeh, Dr. Rima Afifi et al and Dr. Jad Melki
SoTL 2013 awardees: Dr. Lisa Arnold, Dr. Issam Srour and Dr. Nathalie Zgheib
SoTL 2012 awardees: Dr. Issam Srour, Dr. Rana Sharara-Chami, Dr. Lama Charafeddine and Dr. Rima Afifi

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