Resident and Community Faculty Professional Development Grants

Article 19, Section A

Article 10, Section J, Subd. 4

Amount for Distribution

The amount available for professional development funds will be based on the current collective bargaining agreement. One-half to two-thirds of the awards will be distributed in the fall and the remaining in the spring.

Timetable

Sept. 23, 2009	Application from faculty member to appropriate college/school Faculty Issues Committee representative
Oct. 2, 2009	College/school faculty committee award recommendations to appropriate Dean NOTE: Only those awards recommended are forwarded to the next review level.
Oct. 16, 2009	Deans' Council award recommendations to Provost
Oct. 23, 2009	Provost/Academic Affairs Vice President award recommendations to President
Nov. 4, 2009	Announcement of awards
Jan. 22, 2010	Application from faculty member to college/school Faculty Issues Committee representative
Feb. 3, 2010	College/school faculty committee award recommendations to appropriate Dean
Feb. 12, 2010	Deans’ Council award recommendations to Provost
Feb. 19, 2010	Provost/Academic Affairs Vice President award recommendations to President
Feb. 26, 2010	Announcement of awards

NOTE: Grant awards may not be re-allocated to projects, presentations, or creative works which are different than the one detailed in the original grant proposal.

Criteria for All Types of Grant Applications

The purposes of professional development grants are to encourage continued scholarly growth and other creative activities and to assist faculty members in enhancing their professional competence in areas related to their work at Metropolitan State University. Grants to community faculty are limited to those community faculty represented by the Inter-faculty Organization, that is, faculty who teach at least one, three-credit course during a fiscal year.

Professional development grant awards will be judged on:

· the professionally recognized quality of the proposed activity (e.g., research, conference, workshop);

· the extent to which it demonstrates scholarship and represents new learning;

· community faculty member's availability for future teaching and the university's anticipated use of that community faculty;

· relationship to the faculty members present or future work at Metropolitan State University;

· the rank of the faculty (applications from nontenured and tenure-track faculty will receive greater priority).

· the amounts, dates and purposes of past awards received by the faculty member.

Grant Requests for Research

Priority ranking will be considered when reviewing grant requests for research that would have direct relevance to university goals, objectives and strategies.

Additional Criteria for Conference/Workshop/Festival Attendance:

Grants are awarded for many different, valued activities and conference/workshop/festival attendance is only one type of grant allocation. The criteria listed above will be applied to all categories for which grants are awarded. In the case of grant applications for conferences, workshops, or festivals, the following rank ordering will also guide grant allocation.

1. Travel to present academic papers and/or artistic works already accepted (regardless of whether or not the person received a PDG during the prior round of grant awards).

2. Travel to present academic papers and/or artistic works submitted, but not yet accepted (regardless of whether or not the person received a PDG during the prior round of grant awards).

3. Travel to a conference, workshop or festival at which the person is in a formal role (e.g., chairing a panel, serving on a committee meeting at the conference) when the person did not receive a PDG during the prior round of grant awards.

4. Travel to a conference, workshop or festival at which the person is in a formal role (e.g., chairing a panel, serving on a committee meeting at the conference) when the person did receive a PDG during the prior round of grant awards.

5. Travel to a conference, workshop or festival for professional growth and development when the person did not receive a PDG during the prior round of grant awards.

6. Travel to a conference, workshop or festival for professional growth and development when the person did receive a PDG during the prior round of grant awards.

In general, professional development funds will not be awarded to:

· pursue graduate degrees (IFO funds may be used for this purpose), or

· reimburse faculty for their time.

Reimbursement

All expenditures must be preapproved. Requests and expense reports for professional development funds must be forwarded to the deans who will forward them to the Office of the Provost/Academic Affairs Vice President. The required forms and detailed information on how to request reimbursement can be found in the online Reference Manual which can be found on the Faculty/Staff Portal.

Metropolitan State University – Travel Authorization and

Resident/Community Faculty Professional Development Grant (PDG) Application

Name Rank Date

Years at Metropolitan State - Full-time/Tenure-track

Community faculty Name/mailing address

College/School Department

Please provide the requested information and attach your application to this cover page.

1. A description of your proposed activity. If you are presenting at a conference, are you being compensated (e.g., monetary payment, free registration, etc.)? No Yes

2. An explanation of how the project relates to your work at Metropolitan State University and how it will benefit you and the university in subsequent work.

3. A list of the date(s) and amount(s), and purpose(s) of previous PDGs.

4. Community Faculty: List courses taught at Metropolitan State in the past three years.

5. Community Faculty: Will you receive funding for this activity from another source?

No Yes Amount $

6. Itemization of expenditures: Amount being requested $0.00

Dates of travel Departure Date: Return Date:
Destination:
Transportation (round trip) air state car private car bus other	$0.00
Lodging 0 nights at 0 per night	$0.00
Meals Breakfast(s) Lunch(es) Dinner(s)	$0.00
Tuition/Membership/Registration/Conference fee	$0.00
Other (please specify)	$0.00
Total	$0.00

To be completed and signed by office manager, pending amount of award.

Faculty Travel (IFO) Account

Professional Development Grant Account 214101

Requestor Signature Date

Community Faculty: To be represented by the IFO, you must teach at least one course within the fiscal year.

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The following signatures indicate grant approval and travel authorization. Requests will not be forwarded without previous approvals.

Faculty Review Committee Date Amount $

Dean Date Amount $

Provost Date Amount $

President Date Amount $