Funds for reimbursement are given to applicants for expenses for travel, equipment, supplies, registration, etc. These funds generally require a receipt or an invoice to document the purchase/service before reimbursement or payment is made.

Travel Funds

  • Funding Group: Deans of College/Schools
  • Eligible to apply:Ìý¹ó²¹³¦³Ü±ô³Ù²â on full-time, permanent contracts. Contact appropriate dean.
  • Scope of funding: Reimbursement of expenses related to professional activities (e.g., conferences).
  • Deadlines and decision dates: Travel requests should be submitted to and approved by department chair and by the dean’s office before any arrangements are made. Check with dean’s office for dates.
  • Additional information and application form: Deans’ offices
  • Note: To request travel reimbursement, fill out a Travel Reimbursement Request form, attach all receipts, and forward to the dean’s office within three weeks of completion of travel. Cash advances for travel may be available under special circumstances.

Professional Development Funds

  • Funding Group: Deans for College/Schools
  • Eligible to apply:Ìý¹ó²¹³¦³Ü±ô³Ù²â on full-time, permanent contracts.
  • Scope of funding: Limited funds are available to support faculty development beyond the annual travel allocation. Funding is to provide additional resources for specific faculty development needs; need should be based on Professional Development Plan
  • Deadlines and decision dates: Throughout year but no later than April 1. Request should be made to dean’s office, preferably after conversation with department chair
  • Additional information and application form:  Contact deans’ offices

Faculty Research & Development: Research, Development, or Advanced Study

  • Funding Group:Ìý¹ó²¹³¦³Ü±ô³Ù²â Research and Development Committee
  • Eligible to apply: Full-Time, permanent Faculty
  • Scope of funding:Ìý¹ó²¹³¦³Ü±ô³Ù²â are encouraged to apply for funding that supports their research or creative activity (e.g., equipment, resources, travel related to fieldwork/research) or significant professional development. Note: These funds may be requested in addition to other FR&D funding requests.
  • Deadlines and decision dates: Proposals due before the end of the day on November 1. Late proposals will not be received or reviewed. Decisions made by the end of the Fall term.
  • Additional information: See Professional Development in the Faculty Handbook
  • Application form:ÌýÌý

Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning Grants

  • Funding Group: Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning
  • Eligible to apply: All faculty
  • Scope of funding: CATL’s Scholarly Teaching & SoTL Professional Development Grants of up to $1500 support faculty involvement with scholarly teaching and the scholarship of teaching and learning and connect faculty with other colleagues engaging in scholarly teaching and SoTL. These Scholarly Teaching and SoTL Professional Development Grants grants supplement  faculty professional development support from other parts of the University, making it possible for more faculty to participate in national and international initiatives and convenings on teaching and learning. These grants fund travel costs associated with attending conferences or workshops aimed at developing one’s pedagogical skills or capacity to engage in SoTL. They do not fund attendance or presentations of disciplinary research or to present on or learn about materials for course content.
  • Deadlines and decision dates: Reviewed four times a year (early September, December, February, and June).
  • Additional information: See the CATL grants webpage for details or Contact CATL

Academic Technology Committee (ATC) Grants

  • Funding Group: Academic Technology Committee
  • Eligible to apply:Ìý¹ó²¹³¦³Ü±ô³Ù²â
  • Scope of funding: Funds to purchase software for use in specific academic fields. Purpose is to provide seed money to investigate the qualities and applications of special programs with the potential for broader integration into the teaching/learning process.
  • Deadlines and decision dates: No set dates. Requests must be applied for, approved, ordered and received by April 1.
  • Additional information and application form: See ATC Grants webpage or contact Chair of Academic Technology Committee