POLICY 4.13.2.1 - Faculty Development Grants
One way in which the university supports faculty development is through Faculty Development Grants (FDGs). These grants, available on a competitive basis to all full-time faculty members, are intended to help faculty members pursue worthy professional and self-development projects whose nature does not enable them to be supported by school/division or department funds.
Three times each academic year, the Faculty Development Committee will invite proposals for Faculty Development Grants. The first round of proposals will be considered in September, when up to half of the total amount available to support FDGs will be distributed; the second round will be considered in January, with up to half of the remaining funds available for distribution; all of the remaining funds will be available for distribution in May.
Application forms for Faculty Development Grants will be available from the Office of the Provost, and completed applications should be returned to that office on or before the published deadline.
Once the due date for proposals has passed, the Faculty Development Committee will meet (usually within one week) to evaluate the proposals. The FDC may recommend a proposal for funding, not recommend it for funding, or table it pending receipt of further information. The committee’s recommendations will be made to the provost, who will take final action on the proposals; approval of submitted proposals will be sent from, jointly, the FDC chair and the provost.
If the provost disagrees with the recommendation of the FDC, they must discuss the difference in evaluation with the Committee before taking final action on the proposal.
Proposals for FDGs will be judged on their own merits and in competition with one another. The Faculty Development Committee will be guided by the following factors, listed in order of their importance, in judging competing proposals:
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