CSUMB College of Business Faculty
Travel and Professional Development Fund
Draft Guidelines
February XX, 2015
I.
Funding Goals:
The primary goals of COB Faculty Research Fund (COB FT&PDF) are:
A. To encourage faculty to productively engage in scholarly activities (e.g.,
traditional, practical, and pedagogical research and publications) in
line with the CSUMB Mission and the COB Vision and Mission;
B. To support faculty in ways that significantly increase their ability to perform
scholarly research and, teaching and learning activities;
C. To supplement funding that faculty receives from the University and
external sources and;
D. To help COB faculty members meet academic and professional
qualification requirements for AACSB accreditation efforts.
II.
Faculty Eligibility:
All full-time (tenured, tenure-track and lecturer) faculty and three-year
contract and above PT faculty are eligible to apply for these awards.
III.
Funding Categories and Guidelines:
A. Travel support: dissemination of scholarly research Travel support
includes transportation, accommodations, board and registration related to
academic research that is discipline-specific or pedagogical that leads
conference presentations or publications. See Appendix A for funding
limits.
1. Travel categories include:
a. Travel related to domestic dissemination of scholarly research.
b. Travel related to international dissemination of scholarly research.
c. If faculty research is based on collaboration with other faculty within
COB, individual faculty funding will be increased to act as a special
incentive for those who are willing to conduct joint research.
2. Eligible scholarship for funding awards include:
a. Discipline-based scholarship.
b. Academic scholarship that contributes to new knowledge in a basic
discipline or field and/or provides new insights into the connections
between disciplines.
c. Scholarship that contributes to new knowledge relating to teaching
and learning.
d. These travel awards are primarily to support travel to
present/disseminate research and results at conferences and
research seminars. These study results are intended to be
eventually published in refereed journals, research monographs,
scholarly books, textbooks, etc.
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B. Travel support: professional development.
Support includes
transportation, accommodations, board, and registration related to faculty
development to enhance research and teaching practice. See Appendix A
for funding limits.
1. Travel Support includes:
a. Travel related to domestic professional development sessions.
b. If faculty professional development is based on collaboration with
other faculty within COB, individual faculty funding will be increased
to act as a special incentive for those who are willing to conduct joint
research.
2. Pedagogical professional development that results in faculty ability to
significantly enhancement classroom instruction and student learning.
a. Such professional development can lead to faculty learning that
eventually results in the production of textbooks, written cases,
instructional software, new courses, and better ways to engage
students.
C. Materials and student assistance to carry out faculty research projects.
See Appendix A for funding limits.
1. Materials and student support include:
a. Expenses for supplies such as books and other research materials
necessary to carry out faculty academic or, teaching and learning
research.
b. Student assistance necessary for carrying out academic or,
teaching and learning research projects.
IV.
Process Steps to Submit and Approve Proposals. Faculty submit
proposals for research, professional development, and materials or student
resources to the COB Curriculum and Professional Development Committee.
A COB Funding Request Form is required (See Appendix B), and should also
be accompanied by a "Request Approval for Travel" Form (RAT) if funds for
travel is being requested.
A. Proposals will be reviewed each quarter with the potential for emergency
review meetings.
B. Funding must be approved prior to all activities for which approval is
sought.
C. Unlike the CSU research grants/awards, COB awards will be received as
reimbursements based on actual expenses. The application for funds and
expense reports should not be submitted to committee members but shall
be submitted directly to Elsa Johnson, Senior Budget Analyst for the COB.
D. All funding requests are subject to the availability of funding and budgets.
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V.
Faculty Research/Development Proposal Review/Assessment Criteria:
Proposals will be assessed by the COB FT&PDF and will involve the
following:
A. The quality (likelihood of acceptance at recognized conferences,
publication in journals related to faculty disciplines, etc.) of the proposed
scholarly work including its likely contributions to the literature and/or
profession.
B. The likelihood that requested materials and student support will result in
research that leads to a significant increase in student learning.
C. The likelihood that faculty development workshops, seminars, training,
materials, etc. will result in a significant increase in student learning.
D. The need for funding to successfully complete a project.
E. The impact of the proposed scholarly work on COB's objectives (including,
but not limited to, COB Mission, AACSB accreditation, AACSB faculty
qualification requirements etc.).
VI.
Faculty Responsibilities and Requirements Post-Approval. Faculty are
expected to submit the appropriate forms and documentation for travel
reimbursement in a timely manner in order for staff to process travel and
funding reimbursements within the accounting guidelines.
A. Faculty members are required to submit brief reports (one page or less) at
the completion of the funded activity/project and should be submitted
along with the associated expense report form. This report should indicate
how the funding supported the faculty scholarly activities.
B. Faculty members are expected make themselves available to present the
results of their research at planned COB research colloquia.
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Appendix A:
Faculty Travel, Research Materials, Student Support, and Professional Development
Faculty Activity
Individual or Collaborative Award per person
Domestic travel
Individual
$2,000 maximum
International travel
Individual
$4,000 maximum
Domestic travel
Collaborative
$2,500 maximum
International travel
Collaborative
$4,500 maximum
Purchase research materials
Individual
$1,000 maximum
Pay for student assistance
N/A
$1,000 per project
Purchase development materials Individual
$750 per year
Attend workshops/seminars
Individual
$2,000 maximum
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