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Faculty Development Committee-York College of Pennsylvania
Application for Promoting Leadership, Lectures, and Speakers Funding
The purpose of this funding category is to support activities that will enhance leadership skills within or across disciplines. The grant may also be used to support a lecture or lecture series for a department, discipline, or multiple disciplines, to be led by individuals within or outside the York College academic community.
Who is eligible?
 All full-time faculty members, including those on sabbatical.
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Adjunct faculty who have taught at least 45 credits (or an equivalent as determined by the chair) at York
College.
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Full-time instructional personnel (e.g. lab coordinators) who have worked at the college for at least two years and have teaching responsibilities.
 Groups within and across disciplines.
What activities are funded by this category?
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Lectures, speakers, and workshops that focus on promoting educational leadership.
 Travel to conferences and seminars that promote knowledge and skills related to educational leadership.
 Lectures or speakers for departments, disciplines or multiple disciplines.
 Expenses (including meals) and honorariums for speakers.
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Tuition, registration, and travel fees associated with attending a workshop or meeting for leadership skills.
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Up to $300 for catering or restaurant meals for participating faculty.
What activities are not funded by this category?
 Travel to a professional meeting, unless it is specifically related to educational leadership.
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Travel for the presentation of a paper, unless it is specifically related to educational leadership.
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Student travel.
Maximum award amount:
 Individuals: $2000 per academic year
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Groups (minimum of three people): $5000 per academic year
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR APPLYING
Include a project proposal with this form. Address the following:
1) Description of the activity
2) How the activity will promote the mission of the college
3) Plan for disseminating the information among colleagues
(For Leadership Activity)
1) Aspect of educational leadership you want to promote
2) Knowledge and skills related to educational leadership to be enhanced
(For Speakers and Lectures)
1) How the event enhances an academic program or the York College community
2) Plans for publicizing the event
3) If the event is part of the Cultural Series, explain whether funding has been sought from the Cultural Series committee.
Please do not alter the formatting of the application.
Complete the application, copy and paste required documentation/information into the application, and submit the file to the department chair for electronic signature. The completed application should then be emailed by the applicant to the Faculty Development Funding
Subcommittee Chair – Corey Brooks (cbrooks4@ycp.edu)
Proposals will be evaluated on the following criteria:
For Leadership:
1) Whether the activity promotes new direction and new skills related to educational leadership.
2) Whether the activity enhances leadership within the college or department.
3) Whether the activity promotes the mission of the college.
For Speakers and Lectures:
1) The relevance to departmental goals.
2) The magnitude of the contribution to the enrichment of the York College community.
3) Events that address the greatest campus wide relevance (e.g. that are effective across the most disciplines) will receive higher priority.
4) Proposals demonstrating monetary support from other sources (participating departments, outside sources) will receive higher priority.
5) Requests for travel for pedagogical training should explain how campus resources (e.g. CTL, faculty fellow) have been utilized and exhausted.
Proposals that are late, incomplete or not submitted as instructed will not be reviewed for the intended deadline. Late proposals will be considered for the next application deadline. Proposals that are incomplete will be reviewed for the deadline following submission of missing material.
The fine print:
1) Applications will not be considered before the application deadline.
2) Grants must be received by the committee chair before the dates of the activity.
3) Applicants may only request funding from one FDC fiscal year for a given project.
Upon completion of a funded proposal, a concise account of the activity is to be submitted by email to both the FDC Funding Subcommittee Chair and the Dean of Academic Affairs.
All departments have a departmental representative serving on the FDC Funding Subcommittee.
Applicants are encouraged to contact that person with any questions.
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Expense Statement for Travel
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Total amount requested from all sources:
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Available department funds:
(If no department funds available, chair letter should explain)
Amount requested from Faculty Development Committee: (Amount should equal A. – B. from above)
Explanation of Requested Funding
Category
Amount requested
*Documentation provided?
(Underline one)
Must provide explanation for all categories
Rate or other explanation for expense
Registration Y or N
Airfare/Bus/RR/
**Car Rental
Y or N
Tips/Taxis/Tolls/
Parking
Mileage by own auto (current IRS rate: .575/mile)
Y or N
Y or N ___________ total miles X .575 per mile
Hotel cost Y or N __________ per night X ______ nights
Meals (Per diem rates found at: http://www.gsa.gov/por tal/content/104877 )
Speaker fees/Honorariums
Other (please explain):
Y or N
Y or N
Y or N
Total
Documentation should be copied and pasted directly into the application and sent as one document via email to the FDC Funding Chair.
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**A rental car will only be considered if its cost can be demonstrated to be less than that of other means of transportation.
(This includes travel to the airport.) Documentation of the comparative costs should be provided.
Information to be completed by Department Chair
*If the applicant is a department chair, then the recommendation should come from the Dean of Academic Affairs.
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Please provide a detailed statement addressing whether you support the applicant’s request, how the faculty member and department will benefit from the activity, and whether department funds are available or expended.
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Department Chair Signature:
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Date:
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Information below to be completed by Faculty Development Committee
Approval
Faculty Development Committee
Recommendation
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Amount Funded
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Information below to be completed by the Dean of Academic Affairs
Approval
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Comments
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