Internal funding

Data from the online questionnaire show that 25 of the 35 institutions which participated in this project offer internal learning and teaching grants (see the questionnaire section titled Internal grant funding). Three interviewees commented on the usefulness of internal funding in laying the foundation for an OLT application. Also see the section titled Do the work anyway!.

Mikko (A-size institution) suggested that internal funding could be a good way to develop networks and collaborative teams with colleagues to pursue research and development ideas. Similarly, Bill (D) used some internal funding 'to start to build teams, start to talk with people'. In Vivien's (C) experience, internal funding provided 'a feel for what is doable and give you some runs on the board of actually running a learning and teach project. So I had a few of those before going OLT'.