Faculty Teaching Grants
Application and Instructions
The Dean's Office is making $2,000 available for innovative teaching projects. The purpose of this program is to provide development support to faculty involved in creative and innovative teaching. Funding can be used for any teaching related project including, but not limited to: workshops, honoraria, travel expenses (including travel for paper presentations), materials, supplies, and equipment[1] related to teaching. These funds are not designed to be used for faculty compensation or for regular teaching materials and supplies commonly provided by the department. The maximum award will be $500. Typically, only one grant per person is made each year. The same event or project is not eligible for funding after the initial grant lapses. Applications will be reviewed competitively by a committee of faculty members who will make recommendations to the Dean. Applications must be submitted to the Dean's Office by 4:00 p.m., by the second Monday in September for allocations between October 1 and March 31. Applications for the period of April 1, through September 30, are due by 4:00 p.m. by the first Friday in March.[2]
The following criteria will be used in allocating the funds. Higher priority will be given to proposals that:
Þ has a significant impact on the learning environment.
Þ improves teaching techniques or utilizes innovative technologies in teaching.
Þ benefits a substantial number of students.
Þ are submitted by faculty who have not received SSPA teaching grants in the previous two years.
Þ are submitted by tenure-track faculty.
Þ Lower priority will be given to support travel (maximum award for travel to professional conference is $300; applicant’s home department must provide matching funds).
APPLICATION
The application must include the following:
1. Name, home department, phone number, rank, and title of teaching grant proposal.
2. A brief (one page) description of purpose/objectives, including a description of anticipated outcomes.
3. Other funding applied for and/or received to support this proposal.
3. Amount of funds requested and amount(s) and dates of prior awards (if any) from the College.
4. If a teaching grant was received in the previous academic year, please explain the current proposal differs from that submitted in the previous grant.
5. Are you currently under consideration for funding from the Research Grant Committee?
6. An itemized budget indicating how the requested funds would be spent.
7. An abbreviated (one page) vita.
8. Statement of support and signature from department chairperson.
Submit one original and three photocopies of the application to:
Office of the Dean, E-717, College of Social Sciences & Public Affairs