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Professional Development Grant

Due: October 1

If you are requesting funding for travel, you must complete a travel request form and reference this project by the same project name.

Purpose

The Professional Development Grant (PDG) program is a source of funding to support faculty in their efforts to stay current in their discipline. If you are traveling to attend or present at a conference, symposium, or workshop, you only need to submit a travel request form. 

Eligibility

All full-time faculty members on fixed-term appointments are invited to apply for PDG funding.

Examples of Activities

Your proposal should explain how the proposed activity will help you stay current in the discipline you teach. Since there are many options for appropriate professional development, including scholarly projects, a variety of activities will be considered.

If your project is purely to advance your pedagogy, please apply for a Teaching Development Grant.

Proposals may not include the following:

  • Support for doctoral dissertation research.
  • Support for summer stipends and supplemental salary.
  • Requests for released time from teaching.

The project may entail travel (see travel request form), provided the proposal clearly explains how the travel will help the applicant stay current in their discipline.

The purchase of materials may be included, provided the applicant makes it clear in the proposal that the purchase is directly related to the activities of the project.

No amount of support is too small to request through the PDG proposals. It is anticipated that most proposals will range from $500 to $1,500. Proposals that request funding at a level higher than $1,500 will be considered, but these requests must clearly demonstrate the need for more extensive financial support. 

For all proposals, budget items should be clearly itemized and related directly to project activities.

Review Process

PDGs are awarded on a competitive basis. Each proposal is evaluated by the DAA. Due to limited budgets, proposals are not guaranteed funding. Some proposals may receive only partial support. Evaluations are based on (1) the quality of the proposal and (2) the potential contribution to applicants staying current their disciplines as related to their teaching assignments.

Project Completion

Because of the temporary nature of the funds, project money must be expended by the end of the current fiscal year. Unspent funds will not automatically be held over into the next fiscal year budget.

Important Submission Information

Please have all of your information before beginning this form. You will not be able to save it and come back to it later.

Contact Information
Project Details
Please keep your proposal brief. The following topics must be discussed in plain English without discipline-specific language.
What do you plan to accomplish?
State how this project will help you stay current in the discipline in which you teach.
How do you plan to accomplish your objectives?

Itemized Budget Information

List your anticipated expenditures including:

  • individual trips;
  • materials and equipment;
  • wage-payroll or work-study employees, including compensation rates.

If you plan to travel, you must complete a travel request form and reference this project using the same project name.

Travel
Provide details on where, when, and why you need to travel. If your travel includes attending an event, please note the event. Avoid the use of acronyms.
Equipment
List the equipment you need and explain why.
Materials
List the materials you need and explain why.
Student Stipend

Please note that if you are hiring an honors student, you should apply for honors funding first. 

How many students do you need to hire, how many hours do you need each of them to work, and what is the pay rate?
Other
What are your other funding needs?
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