ALO GRANT
Strengthening Research in Learner Selection and Program Development
$300,000 granted to date!
What is the Alo Grant?
Acuity Insights has reserved funds to support research that will strengthen Learner Selection and Program Development. We are investing in individuals or departments to initiate and complete a research project in:
Learner Selection
This may include work that focuses on the advancement of admissions-related knowledge to improve things such as recruitment, screening, selection, or improving understanding with relationships to in-program performance.
Program Development
This may include work that focuses on the advancement of processes or technologies to improve the development and evaluation of educational program management. For instance, this can be for the purposes of outcomes management, learner / faculty development, competency-based education integration, or curriculum mapping.
Diversity Equity & Inclusion
Projects that focus on diversity, inclusion, and belonging in the field of education. This may include research that identifies or strives to eliminate systemic barriers that impede career advancement, or fosters recruitment or retention of underrepresented groups in the professions.
Feel like your research could benefit from the Alo Grant?
Grants will be awarded up to $20,000 USD and are intended to support the advancement of the professor’s research during the academic year in which the award is provided. Awards are disbursed as unrestricted gifts to the university and are not intended for overhead or indirect costs.
There is an open call for applicants and applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis. Funding is available to researchers at a university or degree-granting research institution.
Have any questions? Contact us.
Read our FAQ
The applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
Applications must meet current standards of professions education research. Projects will be evaluated on the relevance and potential impact. All selected projects must complete an ethical review of the proposal. The call is open to researchers at a university or degree-granting research institution. Research teams must have suitable research training to conduct the research. Short CVs submitted with the application should include details related to research or topical experience. Grant proposals may be from a single institution; however, where possible collaborative grants across institutions are encouraged.
The project duration must be no more than 12 months. Applicants are encouraged to apply regardless of the duration of their project. This may be a component to a larger project and applicants are encouraged to illustrate how these funds and the outcomes of this component will contribute to the larger research program.
The maximum available funds per proposal is $20,000 for projects up to 12-months. Applicants are encouraged to apply regardless of the duration of their project. This may be a component to a larger project.
Grant disbursement will be made in equal quarterly installments for the duration of the study. Disbursement will begin once ethical approval (or waiver thereof) has been obtained and received by Acuity.
Final reports must be submitted within 3 months of the study’s completion date. Applicants who are awarded funding but fail to submit a satisfactory final report by the specific deadline will not be eligible to apply for, or participate in another Alo Grant until a satisfactory final report has been submitted.
Applications may be sent as PDFs to alogrant@acuityinsights.com. Please refer to the Alo Grant submission checklist.
Applications to any stream in the Alo Grant will be assessed by a panel made up of Acuity research professionals and external reviewers. Timing of the feedback is dependent upon the submissions received. Funding decisions are not subject to appeal.
There are no standard templates you must use for your Alo Grant application. But we do have examples of timelines, proposals, and budget templates for completing your submission. You can access them all through the Alo Grant submission checklist ahead of submission.
All questions about the Alo Grant can be sent to alogrant@acuityinsights.com.