Subject: Innovative Learning Technology Initiative (ILTI) RFP 4 OPEN

This message is to inform you that the Innovative Learning Technology Initiative (ILTI) RFP 4 is now open and will remain open until Thursday, March 31, 2016 at 6:00 pm, Pacific Time.

The Innovative Learning Technology Initiative (ILTI) invites UC ladder-rank faculty, Teaching Professors, and Assistant Teaching Professors to submit proposals as Principal Investigators (PI) for fully online courses. For more detailed information on the proposal, refer to the RFP 4 Announcement:
http://www.ucop.edu/innovative-learning-technology-initiative/proposals/index.html

FUNDING GUIDELINES:
Proposals will be accepted for requests to support:
- transforming a face-to-face course or a hybrid course to a fully online course
- developing an entirely new fully online course (PI will need to submit the course through their course approval process)
- revising an existing fully online course

FUNDING LIMITS:
The maximum award for RFP 4 is $110K for quarter courses, $117K for semester courses, and an average of $6,500 for revisions.

TIMELINE:
RFP 4 opened August 10, 2015 at 12:00 pm, Pacific Time and closes Thursday, March 31, 2016 at 6:00 pm, Pacific Time, with the following submission review dates:
- September 30, 2015
- November 30, 2015
- January 31, 2016
- March 31, 2016

The application and instructions on how to submit a proposal can be found at: https://proposalcentral.altum.com/

Additional information about ILTI:
http://www.ucop.edu/innovative-learning-technology-initiative/index.html

Specific information about RFP 4 can be found at:
http://www.ucop.edu/innovative-learning-technology-initiative/proposals/index.html

Convenient links to ILTI RFP 4 information and documents can be found on the EVC webpage:
http://academicaffairs.ucsd.edu/evc/ilti-rfp.html

If you have any questions, please contact Barbara Sawrey (avcdue@ucsd.edu).

Suresh Subramani Executive Vice Chancellor