Medicine

Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund (TLEF)

The Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund (TLEF) was created in 1991 to enrich student learning by supporting innovative and effective educational enhancements. It is financed entirely by a portion of the student tuition paid to UBC Vancouver. Each year, the Provost invites applications for TLEF funding for initiatives that will improve the student learning experience at our university.

The 2026/27 call for Large TLEF Transformation projects opens on June 4, 2025. The call for Small TLEF Innovation projects will open in early September 2025.

Ideas for all Large TLEF proposals that involve Faculty of Medicine Programs must first be reviewed by the 2025 Faculty of Medicine TLEF Review Advisory Council prior to starting the TLEF online application.

2026/2027 TLEF Important Dates for TLEF Applications

Large TLEFs Important Dates Submit to Notes
Large TLEF CFP Announcement June 4, 2025    
June 20, 2025 by 12:00PM FOM TLEF Pre-screen Form submission deadline for applicants to

 Required first step.

Please contact
if you have any questions.
Review period by FoM TLEF Advisory Council June 23-July 4, 2025
Feedback sent to applicants from FoM TLEF Review Advisory Council July 9, 2025 by EOD
Submission of Letter of Intent July 17, 2025 by 3pm LOI submission deadline for applicants via TLEF online system
Full Proposal Deadline October 16, 2025 by 3pm Full proposal submission deadline for applicants via TLEF online system

UBC Central TLEF Adjudication Committee will be reviewing proposals in early December 2024. Results and funding will be announced by December 2025.

Full proposal deadline November 14, 2024 by 3pm. Full proposal submission deadline for applicants via TLEF online system

Small TLEFs Important Dates Submit to Notes
Small TLEF CFP Announcement Early September, 2025.

Required first step.

Please contact med.vdeadmin@ubc.ca you have any questions.

FoM  TLEF Review Pre-screen Form
October 3, 2025 by 12:00PM
 FOM TLEF Pre-screen Form submission deadline for applicants to

 

Required first step.

Please contact med.vdeadmin@ubc.ca you have any questions.

 
Review period by FoM TLEF Advisory Council October 7-17, 2025    
Feedback sent to applicants from FoM TLEF Advisory Council October 23, 2025 by EOD    
Full proposal Deadline Nov 13, 2025 at 3pm
Full proposal submission deadline for applicants via

 

  

UBC Central TLEF Adjudication Committee will be reviewing proposals in late January 2025. Results and funding will announced by Spring 2025. 

Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund (TLEF) Resources