University Faculty Development Fund or Travel to Teaching Conferences
Call 3-08 
Guidelines for 2008-09

Purposes:

•  Support faculty activities in the fulfillment of Drake University’s mission and learning outcomes

•  Support faculty activities designed to achieve the goals and objectives of the strategic plan

General criteria for funding projects:

1.  Projects must advance the University’s mission and Strategic Plan.

2.  Projects should cross departmental and/or college and school boundaries.

3.  Projects should promote the professional development of faculty and staff.

Award Amounts

The maximum award per project is $5,000. The normal award for travel to a conference is $1200.

Examples

Examples of activities that will be considered for funding include, but are not limited to:  workshop and conference attendance, summer workshops on campus for Drake faculty and staff, group work to design new interdisciplinary programs, ongoing curricular activities and discussions across departments and colleges, discussions and work to redesign administrative arrangements that bring two or more formerly separate groups together, groups exploring new programs, new faculty mentoring activities, creating centers, and many others.

 

Attendance at general teaching and learning conferences may be funded with the request that ideas from the conference be shared at future faculty workshops. *

 

Funds may be requested for supplies, software, travel, student assistants, group meeting related expenses, and stipends during the summer for individuals who are not working on 12-month contracts. Normal stipends are $125 for a full-day workshop and $75 for a half-day workshop. Other expenses may be covered but a thorough rationale must be presented for each item.  The University Faculty Development program will not support computer equipment purchases. Note that all expenses authorized under this fund should be incurred by April 1, 2009, except in the case of conference attendance or workshops planned for April/May 2009.

Elements of Proposals:

A suggested outline for proposals follows.  Not all projects will neatly fit the outline.  Revise this outline, if that is the case.  You are, however, expected to provide a thorough explanation of the proposed project.

Abstract -- brief summary of project

Narrative, including Description of the project

Relationship to Mission or Strategic Plan

List of participants (include projected number if  names are not yet known). 

Timetable

Budget summary

Budget explanation


Send your proposal as an electronic attachment with any supporting materials to Associate Provost John M. Burney at john.burney@drake.edu. We will begin consideration of the first round of proposals on April 10. If funds remain, there will be a second call for proposals early in the fall semester.

* Select Interdisciplinary and Teaching Conferences for Summer and Fall 2008

• 2008 Associated New American Colleges Summer Institute, Designing for Learning, June 18-20, Nashville, Tennessee. See http://www.anac.org/events.html.

• Association of American Colleges and Universities. See http://www.aacu.org/meetings/index.cfm .

o “Diversity, Learning, and Inclusive Excellence: Accelerating and Assessing Progress,” in Long Beach, California--October 16-18, 2008

o “Engaging Science, Advancing Learning:  General Education, Majors, and the New Global Century,” in Providence, Rhode Island--November 6-8, 2008

• Association for Integrative Studies Annual Conference, Springfield, Illinois, Oct. 23-26. See https://www.signup4.net/public/ap.aspx?EID=AISC11E&OID=50 .

• Collaboration for the Advancement of College Teaching and Learning conference, "Culture Matters: Designing Learning Environments to Foster Cultural Awareness and Intercultural Competence," November 21-22, Bloomington, Minnesota. See http://www.collab.org/programsservices/conferences/conferences.html#upcoming.