Lilly Endowment’s Teacher Creativity Fellowship Program (TCFP) supports K-12 educators throughout Indiana by providing resources for them to take time for meaningful renewal. We believe that through new experiences, exploration and reflection educators can generate renewed energy in their careers, innovative approaches to teaching and educational leadership, and thoughtful ways to encourage students’ creative thinking. TCFP renewal projects are not intended to be typical vacations, rather they are meant to be intentional experiences that restore educators’ enthusiasm for their profession and stimulate their creativity, which should in turn enhance the educational experiences of their students.
The Endowment expects to award approximately 125 teacher creativity grants, each totaling up to $15,000, in 2026. Fellowship grant periods will be for 18 months. Each proposal should have included activities that are intellectually enriching and personally renewing and that provide opportunities for exploration and fulfillment that would otherwise not be possible.
To be competitive, each project proposal should:
- Be clearly written and well organized.
- Illustrate how the applicant will experience meaningful renewal through the completion of activities that include growth opportunities and are intellectually stimulating or personally challenging.
- Demonstrate sufficient planning and research to develop a realistic timeline and budget.
Eligibility
Full-time education professionals in the following areas who are employed in Indiana’s traditional public schools, charter schools and private schools were eligible to apply:
- K-12 classroom teachers of any subjects
- Principals and assistant principals
- Librarians and media specialists
- School counselors and psychologists
- School social workers
- Speech-language pathologists
- Instructional coaches
Questions about TCFP?
Email us at teachercreativity@lei.org.
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