Innovative Technology and Education (ITE) Awards

 

Undergraduate students, graduate students, staff, postdoctoral researchers, and faculty requiring technology-related equipment and/or software for student-based instruction and/or research are invited to apply for an URSA Innovative Technology and Education (ITE) Award.

  • Maximum funding request is $5,000.
  • This award is for use toward the purchase or servicing of equipment and/or software only. Equipment is defined as any item which will retain its usefulness beyond one year. Software proposals will be required to seek prior to purchase.
    • Ineligible Expenses: salary/wages, travel, consumable supplies and personal items.
  • Previous URSA ITE award recipients may not receive more than two ITE awards in any three- year This policy has been put into place to allow a great number of individuals to receive awards.
  • *IMPORTANT: FUNDS MUST BE SPENT BY JUNE 1, 2026 TO MEET FISCAL YEAR END DEADLINES.*
  • Applications will open February 9, 2026 and will close at 11:59 pm on March 15, Award recipients will be notified via email on April 13, 2026. Funds will be available to awardees in early May.

 

 

ITE 2024 Awardee Collage

Left: iButton temperature loggers for the lab kits for BIOL 371 distance/ asynchronous class use. Photo credit: Diane Wagner, 2024 ITE Award Recipient. Right: Jewelry magnification and video technology in order to screencast art techniques for the classroom. Photo credit: Patricia Carlson, 2024 ITE Award Recipient. 

Award Schedule