Adjunct Professional Development Funding Program
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ADJUNCT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GRANT APPLICATION
University of St. Thomas
Center for Faculty Development
This program supports Adjunct faculty who would like to participate in a conference or
workshop, or receive funding to improve their teaching. All proposed travel or teaching
enhancement projects must be reviewed by the applicant’s department chair and dean (or in the
case of Engineering, Social Work, Law, and School of Divinity faculty, only the dean).
Eligibility:
1) Adjunct faculty who have a commitment to teach during the academic year of funding,
are eligible to apply; AND
2) Have taught at least 2 years or 4 courses at UST at the time of application (not counting
the current academic year).
Additional Eligibility Criteria
 The definition of “course” includes teaching or supervision activity that counts as at least
1 credit. Adjunct faculty teaching lab sections in the sciences are also eligible.
 Applicants can receive only one award during the current academic year.
 Proposed travel must be completed by June 30 of the funding year.
 All recipients must submit a final report to the Faculty Development Center.
NOTE: Applications involving travel should be submitted at least 6 weeks prior to travel, but
teaching related grant applications will be accepted at any time. Approval of these requests
depends on availability of funds each year, and funding is limited.
Application and approval process: Applicants can apply for either a travel grant (using
Appendix A) or a Teaching Enhancement grant (using Appendix B). All applicants must
provide the information requested on page 2 below. Applicants: you are responsible for
forwarding your application and chair/dean recommendation form to your department chair for
approval (see application steps below). Please submit electronically to the Faculty Development
Center (facdevctr@stthomas.edu), following the steps below:
Application steps:
1) Complete page 2 below with applicant information.
2) Complete either Appendix A or Appendix B.
3) Send a copy of your grant application (Page 2 information and Appendix A or B) to your
chair or dean along with the chair/dean recommendation document. Applicants must fill
out the top portion of the chair/dean recommendation document and send it to the
chair/dean for completion and submission to the Faculty Development Center.
4) Submit your grant application (Page 2 information and Appendix A or B) to the Faculty
Development Center (facdevctr@stthomas.edu).
Revised Form (3/15/16)
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Name:
UST ID number:
Department:
College/School:
Email:
Campus mailbox:
Submission Date:
Date of Initial adjunct appointment at UST:
List the courses you are teaching during the current academic year.
Course title
Semester/year
Department
School/College
Credits offered
List the last 4 courses or 2 years’ worth of courses you have taught at UST (not including the
current academic year).
Course title
Semester/year
Department
School/College
Credits offered
Please see attached application documents for 2 funding categories: Travel (maximum
award = $1200), Teaching Enhancement (maximum award = $1000 and smaller requests
are encouraged).
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APPENDIX A: Application for travel funding requests
Appropriate reasons for funding include: Travel to a local, regional, or national conference to
present research or complete an intensive teaching workshop.
Dates of proposed travel: _________________________________________
Supporting documentation: if you are presenting scholarly work at a conference, please
attach email or other communication from conference organizers verifying acceptance.
Reason for travel:
_____Present scholarly work/research
_____Intensive teaching workshop
Description of professional development opportunity and itemization of budget.
Name and brief description of conference/workshop (include link to website):
Destination and dates of travel:
Registration cost:
Travel Budget
Lodging rate/night
$
Airfare
$
Expected mileage using own car
Meals per diem (approx. cost)
# nights
Total Lodging
Local transportation (taxi)
$
Total Transportation
$
Mileage reimbursement @
$.54/mile =
# days
$
TOTAL BUDGET REQUEST (not to exceed $1200):
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$
Total mileage
$
Total Meals
$
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Grantee Agreements:
________ I do not have any Final Reports due for previous Faculty Development grants.
_________I agree to submit to the Faculty Development Committee a Final Report, which
includes a project evaluation and an accounting of funds spent, within three months of the date
indicated for completion of travel.
Applicant signature:__________________________________ (electronic signature acceptable)
Date: ______________________
Revised Form (3/15/16)
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APPENDIX B: Application for Teaching Enhancement Grants for Adjuncts
Teaching Enhancement Grants support faculty who propose to improve their teaching by
introducing new methods, ideas or strategies. The grant supports activities such as researching
new pedagogies for the purpose of adaptation in courses taught, observing or consulting with
other faculty who use an innovative approach to teaching, developing activities for a previously
taught course based on a new pedagogical approach, and developing tools to assess improvement
in teaching and learning. Applicants for this grant must demonstrate how the proposed activities
will enhance their own professional development as educators. In addition, they must describe
how the desired changes in teaching methods will impact student learning.
Awards: Teaching Enhancement Grants may be used for stipends and expenses related to the
project.
Requests for funding should be scaled to the time commitments of the proposed project: An
adjunct faculty member may apply for the full amount (up to $1000) for a project that requires
approximately 2-3 weeks of work (or its equivalent). Applicants must demonstrate how proposed
activities align with time expectations.
Examples of TEG projects that could fit this expectation:
 “Flipping” 3 modules of a 4-credit course, including development of active learning
exercises and assessment plans
 Enhancing the teaching of course by using a Team-based learning approach
 Developing online assignments/activities to facilitate converting a course to a blended
format
 Revising a course to promote inclusive excellence, including development of a syllabus
statement
 For an existing online or blended course, captioning or creating transcripts for video
materials
For smaller TEG awards: The following are examples of smaller projects requiring
approximately 1 to 2 weeks (or its equivalent) would fit guidelines for a $500 TEG award:
 Developing rubrics for assignments and building them into your Blackboard site
 Developing a new course module or topic area requiring intensive research and/or
consultation with others
 Working with an instructional designer to assess and revise your course goals, outcomes,
activities, and assessments
 Making your videos and course documents accessible for students with disabilities
Application: Submit a narrative description of your proposed project, including a project title,
no more than 4 pages in length, that includes your project goals, activities to reach your goals,
and plan for evaluating project success. Also complete the following budget table:
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FD Fund Request
Stipend
Total Cost
Supplies
TOTAL
Please indicate proposed dates of work on your project (e.g., July 2015 or February-April
2016):
Submit all application materials, including the project narrative, to the Faculty Development
Center (facdevctr@stthomas.edu). Review all application steps on page 1 prior to submitting
your application.
Grantee Agreements:
________ I do not have any Final Reports due for previous Faculty Development grants.
_________I agree to submit to the Faculty Development Committee a Final Report, which
includes a project evaluation and an accounting of funds spent, within three months of the date
indicated for completion of the project.
Applicant signature:____________________________________________
Date: ______________________
Revised Form (10/13/14)