The Graduate School and the Center for Teaching & Learning Innovation (CTLI) at Michigan State University invites applicants for the 2025-26 graduate fellowship cohort. Fellows can expect to join a welcoming community to learn with us, influence the educator development at MSU, and further develop as scholars and practitioners by becoming a MSU CTLI Fellow.
Fellowship Details
The CTLI supports educators broadly, promoting professional growth in teaching, learning, and student success. Fellows will work in innovative environments, developing skills in design, facilitation, and collaboration, and contributing to impactful campus outcomes.
Benefits and Opportunities
- Engage in curriculum development, program design, project management, and collaboration.
- Connect with CTLI team members and the wider cohort in bi-weekly meetings.
- Participate in fellowship programming focused on professional development.
Eligibility and Application
- Open to full-time MSU Ph.D. or Ed.D. students in good academic standing.
- Applicants must not hold a concurrent MSU Graduate School teaching cohort fellowship.
- International students are encouraged to apply.
Application Process
- Discuss the program with your Department Chair/Graduate Program Director and Graduate Advisor.
- Prepare your application, including:
- A current CV
- Endorsement from your Department Chair or Graduate Advisor
- Responses to five mini-essay questions (200 words each):
- Please describe what drew you to the CTLI Graduate fellowship and how being a CTLI Fellowship help you achieve your personal or professional goals?
- CTLI Fellows contribute to a community grounded in research-informed practices and educator development. What experiences—formal or informal—demonstrate your commitment to high-quality, reflective, or evidence-informed teaching and learning?
- Inclusive collaboration is a cornerstone of CTLI’s work. Please describe how you approach working with others, including what values or practices guide your engagement in/contributions to inclusive group work?
- CTLI values innovation through experimentation, feedback, and iterative practice. Share a time when you tried something new in your work. What did you learn, and how did it shape your approach moving forward?
- What else about yourself would you like the committee to know as they consider your candidacy for our next cohort?
Important Dates
- Application opens: April 16, 2025
- Application closes: June 2, 2025
Current and Past Grad Fellows
Please visit our "Meet Our Fellows" page to browse the blurbs of current and past grad fellows.