Faculty Development Opportunities
Faculty Development Grant Application


Maximum Award is $1,800.


  

A FINAL REPORT must be submitted to the Office of the Dean of the Faculty and Vice President for Academic Affairs within 1 month of the end of the grant period.

  • No later than October 1 for the Grant Period of December through August
  • No later than February 1 for the Grant Period of May through December.


Failure to do so may result in advances being treated as taxable income and will result in disqualification from future grant opportunities.

All materials and/or equipment purchased with the aid of grant funding become the property of Skidmore College when the funded project is completed.

The applications which are funded may be placed in a file accessible to the public, foundations, media, and future applicants.


Tenure Track    
Tenured    
Non-tenure Track    
Full-time    
Part-time    
Provide a statement of 750 words or less describing the proposed project in language understandable to the non-specialist. The members of the Faculty Development Committee consist of faculty from different disciplines. It is your responsibility to provide a description of your project and your objectives that is easily understood by someone outside your area of expertise with enough detail to give a precise understanding of what you wish to accomplish. Please describe how the work of your project will help, directly or indirectly, to enrich teaching and learning in the courses you offer.

If your proposal requests travel funds for a collaborator, give the collaborator’s name, institution and position, and give compelling reasons for your request to fund the collaborator’s travel to Skidmore.
If your project involves the use of human subjects or human tissues, or vertebrate animals, indicate the status of IRB (human subject) or IACUC (vertebrate animal) review (approved; submitted and pending; not yet submitted).
Budget Information -- PLEASE NOTE: Original, itemized receipts for all items $10 or over must be attached to expense reports. Your credit card bill and the receipt showing the total amount paid for restaurant charges are not considered adequate proof of purchase.

Itemize each expense, including airfare, meals, and other incidental expenses. Include estimated dates, number of days, and cities of departure and arrival (as applicable.)
Provide information regarding source(s) and amount(s) of funding for this project from sources outside Skidmore.

Total Faculty Development Grant Request
Total Cost of Project minus other sources of funding.

By entering your name here, the Faculty Development Committee will accept this as a fully-signed document.

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