University Teaching Grants

Grant Guidelines

University Teaching Development Grants are awarded to provide modest financial support for travel expenses and/or fees incurred by faculty to engage in activities that enhance their effectiveness as teachers. These activities must be primarily teaching related. The grants are intended to fund activities for which other funding avenues are not available (e.g., activities that would not be funded by University Research Committee grants or departmental travel funds). The following items would not be funded: research-related activities; materials, equipment, or software for use in the classroom; and regular attendance at professional conferences. Attendance at meetings or conferences that the faculty member does not attend on a regular basis will be considered by the committee based on the committee's assessment of its impact on teaching effectiveness as reflected in the proposal. The following guidelines apply to requests for university teaching development funds:

· Grant requests are reviewed by the Faculty Development Committee twice during the fall semester and twice during the spring semester. Deadlines for applications to be submitted are September 10th, November 10th, February 10th, and April 9th for consideration. The Committee consists of full-time University faculty members, the Vice Provost for Financial and Academic Administration and the Director of the Academy for Teaching and Learning.

· Eligible applicants include tenured faculty, tenure-track faculty, lecturers, and senior lecturers who have a teaching appointment for the following academic year. Adjuncts, post-doctoral fellows, visiting professors, and faculty in their last year of teaching at Baylor are not eligible.

· Grant awards are limited to no more than a total of $1,500 for any individual faculty member within a two-year period.

· If the University Teaching Development Grant application is for travel or study not associated with a professional workshop or other organized professional event, the applicant must submit with their justification a detailed itinerary including the following:

· Applications to attend pre- or post-conference workshops and sessions will be considered. Normally, registration fees, lodging, and meals may be covered. If the applicant is not attending the annual meeting itself, the committee may consider the cost of travel.

· Funds will not be granted to attend workshops solely for the purpose of maintaining certification in a discipline or field.

· University Teaching Development funds may not be used by one faculty member to compensate any other faculty member for services rendered.

· The total number of grants allotted to the Health Care Administration faculty at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio will not exceed two per year.

· Grants for group travel of interdisciplinary programs are capped at $7500 per year.

· There will be no travel advances for University Teaching Development Grants. The faculty member will be reimbursed after an ER has been submitted. Only those expenses that meet the university's standards will be reimbursed. Please refer to http://www.baylor.edu/travel/ for additional information.

Send your completed application, including web links with supporting information, by email to
Melissa_Bilbro@baylor.edu

A signed hard copy of the application, along with all supporting documentation, should be sent to:
Dr. W. Gardner Campbell,
Director of the Academy for Teaching and Learning,
One Bear Place 97189, CAMPUS.