CHFA Faculty Development
Award Guidelines

The Dean's Office in the College of Humanities and Fine Arts will
provide support for a series of Faculty Development Awards. The
following is a short description of the awards and the processes for
allocating them. For the purposes of these awards, "Faculty" will be
defined as full-time tenured or tenure-track faculty in the College of
Humanities and Fine Arts at the University of Northern Iowa.

• [NOTE: Application forms and award guidelines are available
  at each CHFA departmental office.]

  For the current year, the awards will be of three types:

  1. Major Grants. Major grant applications for a maximum of up to $1,250 must be submitted to the Office of the Dean (CAC 266) by March 24, 2008. All funds must be spent between July 1, 2008 and May 31, 2009.

  2. Small Grants. Small grant applications for up to $300 will be accepted continuously throughout the academic year. Again, these grants may be used for a wide range of efforts to support faculty development in scholarly, creative, artistic, or teaching efforts but may not be used for attending professional meetings or conferences, or for the purchase of computer hardware. The Small Grants are limited to one per faculty member per academic year. All funds awarded must be spent by May 31, 2007. Decisions regarding awards will be made by the Dean and the Associate Dean in order to allow the awards to be allocated with as short a turn-around time as possible.

  3. Probationary Faculty Development Grants. The CHFA Probationary Faculty Development Grants for up to $500 are limited to one per faculty member per academic year and cannot be awarded more than twice per probationary period. Applications for grants can be submitted to the Dean's office at any time during the academic year. As with all CHFA grants, Probationary Faculty Development Grants may be used for a wide variety of purposes, but must focus upon enhancing faculty development in scholarly, creative, or artistic activity. The award may not be used to defray costs related to attending annually scheduled professional conferences, or association meetings, or purchasing computer hardware. Generally speaking, requests related to purely pedagogical projects and for the development of curricular materials are not considered appropriate for the purpose of this grant. Other conditions apply. Please see detailed description and requirements on the application form.