Faculty Development Grants Guidelines
This year’s deadlines for submitting Faculty Development Grants are:
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September 16, 2016
October 28, 2016
February 10, 2017
March 31, 2017 (if funds remaining)
Grant applications must be submitted on the most current form which may be obtained from the Office
of the University Provost or online at the above link. The original completed grant application printed on
one side of page only with required original signatures from chair and dean should be submitted to the
Office of the Academic Affairs, CAB 111 by 4:00 PM on the submission deadline date. If you have
additional information, such as a brochure, please submit it along with your original application.
Application forms must include original and thorough description of the project, a statement of the
objectives, citing sources, and a discussion of the potential project benefits to be derived by both, the
faculty member(s), and the University, an itemized budget, and a total funding request. Brochures and
other pertinent information accompanying the proposal will strengthen the chances of funding.
Proposals should clearly meet guidelines for faculty development as opposed to instructional
development. Priority will be given to proposals that develop individuals in their discipline and to
proposals that have received substantial funding from the applicant's department. Travel funding must
meet Tennessee Board of Regents guidelines. While no dollar limits are set on applications, large
requests are unlikely to be funded. The median request granted by the 2015-2016 committee was
approximately $1,189.35.
To receive grant funds, the applicant must be a full-time tenured or tenure-track MTSU teaching faculty
member/faculty groups, and/or departments. Preference will be given to applicants who have not
received support from this committee within the past two years. In the event that limited resources
remain at the end of the year, distinctions between meritorious applications will be made based on the
date of receipt of the application.
Once the grant project has been completed, please notify the Office of Academic Affairs, 111 Cope
Administration Building and indicate whether any funds are remaining in the account. Remaining funds
will be used to fund additional Faculty Development Grants. Upon project completion, grant recipients
are required to file a final report with the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs. Submission of a final report
is a prerequisite to consideration of subsequent grant applications.
If the funded project results in publication, support by the FDG should be acknowledged in that
publication as follows: “Financial support was provided by the Faculty Development Grant Committee of
Middle Tennessee State University”.
Contact
For more information, please contact the Office of Academic Affairs.
Past Recipients
Past Faculty Development Grant recipients for the past two years include:
2015-2016 FDG Recipients
NAME
DEPARTMENT
Nate Callender
Virginia Dansby
Darren Levin
Lee Wade
Amy Elleman
Jenna Gray-Hildenbrand/Rebekka King
Steven Livingston
Claudia Barnett
Sisavanh Houghton
Xiaowei Shi
Kenneth Lancaster
Saleh Sbenaty
Paul Kline
Marsha Barsky
Deanna Little
Aerospace
Ed Leadership
Theatre & Dance
CJA
Education
Philosophy
Political Science
English
Art
Com. Stud/ORCO
Social Work
ET
Chemistry
Theatre & Dance
Music
2014-2015 FDG Recipients