Teach Access Grants

To accelerate the creation and delivery of accessibility-infused college curricula, Teach Access provides monetary awards to higher education faculty to develop curriculum enhancements that introduce the fundamental concepts and skills of accessibility into their existing courses.

2025 Program Update

We appreciate your interest in the Teach Access Grants program. This program is currently on pause for 2025 as we implement our new strategic plan into action. We encourage you to check out our self-paced accessibility courses and Teach Access Curriculum Repository to learn more about incorporating accessibility into your courses. Sign up for our newsletter and connect with us on social media to stay informed about upcoming programs and resources.

Teach Access Grants Overview

To accelerate the creation and delivery of accessibility-infused college curricula, Teach Access provides direct awards to full-time, part-time, adjunct faculty, or instructional staff at US-based institutions of higher education (community colleges, two-year colleges/universities, and four-year universities). Educators will receive monetary awards to develop modules, presentations, exercises, curriculum enhancements, or changes introducing the fundamental concepts and skills of accessible design and development into their existing courses.

The awards are intended to support ways for educators to incorporate teaching about accessibility into their existing courses rather than requesting the creation of an entirely new course.  To expand the impact of the awards, award recipients will be required to present their work at appropriate venues within their institutions and in the Teach Access Curriculum Repository. Awardees are encouraged to present their innovative work at conferences, symposia, and workshops.

Teach Access is committed to equity and supporting a variety of faculty and institutions. Faculty from a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI), Historically Black Colleges and University (HBCU), Community College (CC), and/or Tribal College and University (TCU) are highly encouraged to apply. 

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2024 Teach Access Grant Winners

For the 2024-2024 academic year, 25 recipients will be awarded a $2,000 grant to support the creation and delivery of accessibility-infused college curricula.

  • Angela Thering, SUNY Buffalo State University
  • Bridget Marshall, University of Massachusetts Lowell
  • Catherine Beaton, Rochester Institute of Technology
  • Destini Kirkwood, Gray’s Harbor College
  • Donna Schnupp, Johns Hopkins University
  • Emily Whiting, Boston University
  • Evelyn Zayas, Rasmussen University
  • Heather Leavitt, Yavapai College
  • Herbert Lewis, Stony Brook University
  • Hongmin Li, California State University, Easy Bay
  • José Montañez Orengo, Inter American University of Puerto Rico, San Germán Campus
  • Katie Ducett, SUNY Cortland
  • Kristen Cole, San José State University
  • Lisa Dunkley, East Tennessee State University
  • Marie Frank, University of Massachusetts Lowell
  • Rua Williams, Purdue University
  • Sandra Watts, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
  • Shari Lanning, Colorado State University
  • Shavonda Jackson, Alcorn State University
  • Shelley Stewart, Hillsborough Community College
  • Soyoung Choi, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • Suhasini Kotcherlakota, University of Nebraska Medical Center
  • Suparna Chatterjee, New Mexico State University
  • Susan Pramschufer, University of Maryland, College Park
  • Tim Gorichanaz, Drexel University

2023 Teach Access Grant Recipients

For the 2023-2024 academic year, 19 recipients were awarded grants to support the creation and delivery of accessibility-infused college curricula.

  • Katherine Aquino, St. John’s University 
  • Nicole Brown, Western Washington University
  • Karen Caldwell, SUNY Potsdam
  • Pamela Cutter, Kalamazoo College
  • Tanya Darlington, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
  • Renata Endres, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Linqiang Ge, Columbus State University
  • Renuka Kumar, Community College of Baltimore County
  • Kevin Lin, University of Washington
  • Laurie Iunker, San Diego Mesa College
  • Luke Mashburn, Georgia Highlands College
  • Zapoura Newton-Calvert, Portland State University
  • Scott Ortolano, Florida SouthWestern State College
  • Ceceilia Parnther, St. John’s University
  • Diana Ruggiero, University of Memphis
  • JooYoung Seo, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Jeremy Shafer, Temple University
  • Tim Urness, Drake University
  • Reba Wissner, Columbus State University