Undergraduate Course Development Fund (UCDF)

Overview

The Undergraduate Course Development Fund (UCDF) was established to foster ongoing, mutually beneficial teaching relationships between a second-entry or graduate-only division and a division that offers undergraduate degree programs.

UCDF-funded courses are intended to be of mutual benefit to both the undergraduate program and the second-entry/graduate-only division. The undergraduate division benefits from additional teaching capacity and the inclusion of leading-edge researchers into their teaching cadre, while the second-entry/graduate division benefits from exposing their instructors to a broad undergraduate population. UCDF funding is provided to the partnering graduate division in support of their instructor participating in the program

Funding

UCDF courses that meet the eligibility requirements on an ongoing basis receive annual funding based on the following total course enrolment allotments.

 Please note:

• UCDF courses that are approved for an exemption that allows for a status-only instructor are only eligible for $12,500, regardless of enrolment.
• UCDF courses require a minimum enrolment of 10 students to receive funding, an exception only being made during the first year of offering the course.
• It is the responsibility of divisions to complete and submit an application to the OVPIUE for review and approval by the UCDF Committee prior to the course being offered. The OVPIUE is unable to offer retroactive funding for courses offered without a UCDF agreement in place prior to being offered.

Requirements, Principles, and Guidelines

A full description of the program goals, eligibility, requirements, and other guidelines may be found in the Undergraduate Course Development Fund: Principles and Guidelines document.

Contact

The UCDF program is administered by the OVPIUE, please reach out if you have any
questions with regards to the program (vp.iue@utoronto.ca).