Funding Opportunities
UCET/FACET Faculty Development Awards
Applications are accepted until the end of each of the following months: September, October, November, January, February, March, April. Please send completed applications to the UCET Office via email: ucet@iusb.edu.
All full-time and part-time faculty are invited to apply for UCET/FACET Faculty Development Awards.
Preference will be given to requests for funds to attend faculty development or teaching-related conferences. Applications containing other teaching-related funding requests may be considered. Applications will be reviewed by the Awards Committee. The committee will review proposals at the end of each month. Because funds are limited, faculty are encouraged to apply early. Partial funding of proposals is possible.
Awards are for travel/fees related to instructional/course development (e.g. to attend faculty development seminars, conferences, workshops, or to visit a faculty member or program on another campus).
Individual proposals submitted to the awards committee should focus especially on how the activity for which funding is being sought will specifically impact one's teaching at IU South Bend. This could include, but is not limited to, references to the specific course which you hope to develop, a concrete description of how it will be improved, and/or a discussion of how your activity will specifically develop and improve your teaching at IU South Bend in general. A concise statement of how this activity will directly, or indirectly, affect your teaching is the most critical documentation in your application.
Recipients of all awards will be expected to participate in a follow-up activity, such as a brown-bag presentation, written report, or participation in the UCET Holiday event, which is held near the end of the fall semester.
Application Process: has been updated to an electronic process using email.
- Download the application (MS Word document)
- Complete the application using a computer.
Include all pertinent information, including links to supporting websites (conferences, colleges, etc) - Request a letter of support. An email with the header intact is acceptable for the letter of support, or it may be sent as an attachment.
- Send the completed application and letter to ucet@iusb.edu by the last day of the month.
Application forms are available here or by request from the UCET office (520-4894). To view previous awards (in Excel files), please click here for the academic year 2003-2004, click here for the academic year 2004-2005, click here for the academic year 2005-2006, and click here for the academic year 2006-2007.
View examples of presentations by faculty members Micheline Nilsen (2005) & John B. Davis (2007) (both PowerPoint files). Vincci Kwong, Assistant Librarian, shares her experiences at the LOEX 2008 conference that was funded by the Faculty Development awards.
Guidelines
Guiding Principles
- UCET/FACET Faculty Development Awards are open to all full-time and part-time faculty each year.
- Priority will be given to requests that involve the development of new skills, which then might be shared with others on campus.
- High priority will be given to requests involving two or more faculty desiring to attend a given faculty development conference. Recipients of all awards will be expected to participate in some type of follow-up through UCET, such as a workshop presentation or report.
- Awards can be used for travel/fees related to instructional/course development, such as:
- to attend faculty development seminars, conferences, workshops
- to visit another campus (e.g., biology lab in Mansfield, Ohio)
Selection Committee
- The UCET/FACET Awards Committee will be made up of four faculty (two representing UCET and two representing FACET), including at least one associate faculty member; no two will be from the same department or division. The committee will elect a chairperson. The committee will be responsible for making the decision as to how award monies will be distributed. The committee will establish timelines and guidelines for the decision-making process, as well as determining the necessary documentation to be submitted for a given type of award.
- Awards Committee members will be selected by UCET and FACET in April of each year. Committee members will serve on the selection committee for a two-year term. One half of the committee will carry over to assure consistency of procedures etc.
Selection Process
- Awards will be competitive.
- Awards will be made in the fall and spring semesters.
- Announcements of awards and award deadlines will come from the UCET office.
- Timeline
- April 1–July 1: Selection of Awards Committee
- September 1: Description of awards procedure and deadlines sent to all faculty
- Application Deadlines: Last day of each of the following months: September, October, November, January, February, March, April.
