One of the things I hear most consistently as I meet with faculty across the College is that generative AI is creating real and pressing questions about how and what we teach, and that people want both the time and the collegial space to think them through carefully. Whether you're looking for ways to integrate AI into your courses or to develop approaches for limiting its role, those are both genuinely important questions for Arts & Letters to be working on.
This summer, we are offering stipends to support exactly that work. The Summer Support for AI-Responsive Teaching program provides funding for faculty to research, rethink, and revise their courses in response to the challenges and opportunities AI presents, in ways appropriate to your discipline and your pedagogical values. Faculty can apply individually or as part of small clusters exploring shared questions. Individual awards range from $1,500 to $5,000 depending on scope.
This program is being led by the Arts & Letters AI Working Group: Emily Remus, Berthold Hoeckner, Alessia Blad-Miller, Zach Stangebye, Paul Blaschko, Nathaniel Myers, Mary Flannery, and John Behrens, who all bring both expertise and genuine collegial investment to supporting this work. I'm grateful for their leadership.
Applications open now, with a first review deadline of March 22. I hope you'll take a look at the program announcement (which you can find here), and consider applying, or share it with a colleague who you think would do great work here.