SATLE Funding
Funding Call
In autumn 2022 UCD was awarded funding from the National Forum/Higher Education Authority under the Strategic Alignment of Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund (SATLE) to drive teaching and learning innovation and enhancement across the higher education sector on specific themes.
An internal funding call was coordinated by UCD Teaching and Learning, focusing on three major themes that align with both national and institutional priorities:
- Academic integrity and ethical practice
- Online learning and assessment
- Education for sustainable development
A university-wide call for proposals yielded 43 applications of which 16 involved two or more collaborating colleges. The quality of proposals was excellent and the review process was rigorous. In stage 1 all applications were evaluated and ranked at college level. Concurrently, the proposals were reviewed by a panel of independent reviewers (comprising student reviewers and peer reviewers, internal and external to UCD). At stage 2 a university level panel considered the ranking from the colleges together with the feedback from the panel of independent reviewers to ensure transparency and oversight in line with the funder’s expectations, leading to the confirmation of awards.
A total of €677,785 was allocated to 22 successful projects including 7 cross-college projects. A student-centric approach was a key requirement and all project teams are made up of faculty/staff and student members. At the end of this funding cycle (December 2024), the project teams will present their work in the form of a short report and a case study for wider dissemination.
Funded Projects
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For more information on these themes see:
Terms and Conditions
- This scheme covers all disciplines.
- Only team applications are eligible under this funding call.
- Each team must have a named team lead, who will be a UCD faculty or staff member for the duration of the funding award.
- Each team must have a minimum of two UCD faculty members (Lecturer/Assistant Professor; Associate Professor; Professor; Full Professor).
- Each team must have at least two student members.
- A project team may include representatives from external partners/collaborators (non-UCD employees), however, project funding cannot be transferred or allocated directly to external partners/collaborators.
- All decisions of the adjudication panel are final and not open to appeal.
- Funding received under this funding call must be used for the project outlined in the application.
- Applicants may not reclaim expenditure for items/activities that have already taken place, i.e. before notification of this award.
- Successful applicants must apply in writing to the chair of the University-level Adjudication Panel to make changes to their application and or the approved project budget following receipt of an award.
- On approval of the project proposal, the first tranche of funding (55% of total award) will be transferred (April 2023). The second tranche of funding (45%) will be linked to a review process and will be dependent on progress made including on target budget spending.
- The first tranche of funding must be spent or committed by 31st December 2023. The total funding allocation must be spent by 31st December 2024. Any under-spend must be returned to the funder (i.e., HEA/National Forum) – this will be arranged by UCD Teaching & Learning.
- Successful applicants are required to take part in a mid-term review in January/February 2024. The review will require the project team to submit a detailed work plan and an up-to-date financial report no later than 15th December 2023, for discussion with the review panel.
- At the end of the funding period (30th December 2024), successful applicants are required to present their work in the form of a short report and a case study for wider dissemination. Templates will be provided by UCD Teaching & Learning for the report and case study.
- At the end of the funding period (30th December 2024), successful applicants are required to provide the full details of the budget spend signed off by their College Finance Officers. Auditable back-up documentation, including receipts or purchase order numbers, cost allocations, etc. must be maintained by all successful applicants.
- SATLE is Exchequer funding, awarded to UCD by the Higher Education Authority. Recipients of SATLE funding must ensure that the funding is used in line with all relevant public financial procedures. Recipients should adhere fully with UCD rules, procedures and standards relating to procurement, HR hiring and payment, GDPR and EDI.
- The awardee is responsible for ensuring spending does not exceed the budgetary allocation. Any over-spend will be covered by the relevant school/college.
- Overheads are not eligible and will not be funded under SATLE funding.
- Research student scholarships (fees and or stipends) are not eligible under SATLE funding. Students working on a SATLE project can be paid through the UCD payroll.
- Where students are being paid for their contributions to a SATLE project, this should be done in a manner that is transparent and justifiable. The most straightforward way to pay students may be through the UCD payroll (hourly paid set-up).
- The grant may be spent on equipment provided the total equipment spend does not exceed 20% of the overall project budget.
- Any equipment or software purchased with funding received under this funding call will remain the property of UCD.
- The funded projects must ensure that resources/materials developed as part of their initiative are made available as open educational resources (OER), i.e., openly licensed (Creative Commons ‘CC BY’ licence) and designed with the potential for future adaptation at a local level in mind. Further information can be found in the National Forum's Open Licensing Toolkit.
- As resources become available, they must be added to the National Resource Hub. This can be facilitated by contacting the Forum at SATLE@hea.ie.
- The logos of the National Forum, the HEA and Government of Ireland must be included on all websites of funded projects, and funded publications. All relevant logos can be found in this Google folder. This is an internal UCD folder therefore UCD login is required.
Queries
Please direct any queries to tl@ucd.ie.
