EIGHT COPIES OF EACH PROPOSAL SHOULD BE SUBMITTED TO AND RECEIVED BY THE FDB OFFICE BY NOON ON THE DAY OF A STATED DEADLINE.

APPLICATION DEADLINES

NEW COURSE PROPOSALS

New courses to be offered spring 2007: 10th week of the fall semester, October 23, 2006.

PROFESSIONAL ENRICHMENT GRANTS

NOTE: When applying for involvement in a program, one should also apply for the intended FDB grant (i.e., even before knowing of acceptance on the program). Applications to FDB that are submitted after the FDB deadline with such knowledge of a program are late and will not be considered.

FACULTY AIDES PROGRAM
January, 2007 (prior notification of deadline will be sent through campus mail)

REDIRECTION GRANTS
No fixed date

THE MATTHIES AWARD
April 10, 2007

FACULTY GROWTH PROJECTS
Due 5th week (Feb. 9, 2007) of Spring semester of the academic year prior to the projected beginning date. Single applications will be awarded in the amount of $3,000.

NEW COURSE PROPOSALS

The FDB encourages faculty in the preparation of new courses that can be counted toward a Wittenberg degree. Maximum grant per new course is $500; no more than $1000 for new course or course revision grants can be received by the same faculty member in a single year. A new course is defined as a course that has never been taught at Wittenberg, or has not been taught for three years, and has not been taught by the applicant. Proposals may include requests of materials, books, registration fees and travel expenses for seminars, workshops, college or university courses in which the faculty member is enrolled. Books, software, and similar materials purchased with the grant are to be retained in the University if the faculty member leaves within 2 years of receiving the FDB Grant. The FDB in conjunction with the department faculty member and the appropriate departmental chairperson will determine the most appropriate place to house the materials.

Proposals may not include replacement costs or release time. Funds may not be used to purchase materials whose primary intended use is in the classroom by students. Purchase of capital equipment will NOT be funded.

A new course proposal must include:

• written indication of Departmental approval from the department chair
• written EPC approval if not a topics course
• the semester in which the course is scheduled to be taught
• a preliminary budget

The funds must be spent and an expense report filed with the FDB Office by the end of the first semester after the course is taught.

NOTE: A request for a Professional Enrichment Grant, New, Course/Course Revision Grant for the same project can be funded if the request satisfies the guidelines as stated in the Faculty Manual. However, the applicant should divide the project into two different requests.

COURSE REVISIONS

The Faculty Development program encourages faculty in the revision of courses. When a faculty member revises a Wittenberg course and money for professional materials is needed FDB will review requests for grants of funds up to $200. No more than $1,000 for new course or course revision grants can be received by the same faculty member in a single year. The proposal to the Board must demonstrate that a significant revision is taking place.

Books, software and/or similar materials are to be retained in the University if the faculty member leaves within 2 years of receiving the FDB Grant. The Faculty Development Board in conjunction with the department faculty member and appropriate departmental chairperson will determine the most appropriate place to house the materials. Funds may not be used to purchase materials whose primary use is in the classroom by students. Purchase of capital equipment will NOT be funded. Proposals may not include replacement costs or release time.

A course revision proposal must include:

• written indication of Departmental approval from the department chair
• written EPC approval if required
• the semester in which the course is scheduled to be taught
• a preliminary itemized budget

The funds must be spent and an expense report filed with the FDB Office by the end of the semester after the course is taught.

NOTE: A request for a Professional Enrichment Grant, New Course/Course Revision Grant for the same project can be funded if the request satisfies the guidelines as stated in the Faculty Manual. However, the applicant should divide the project into different requests.

PROFESSIONAL ENRICHMENT GRANTS

The funds in this category are designated to encourage faculty members to deepen and broaden competence in their chosen fields and relate this competence more effectively in the classroom. The money available is to be spent primarily to improve the professional development of individuals as well as the teaching-learning process at Wittenberg. The Board will accept proposals for new methods for reaching students with special needs; attendance at institutes, seminars or workshops; and active participation in professional conferences (delivering papers, serving as chairperson, discussant, or officer in an international, national, regional, or state organization, etc.).

FDB EXCLUDES FROM THE PROFESSIONAL ENRICHMENT CATEGORIES MERE ATTENDANCE AT PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES.

Individual faculty members may apply for support as often as they wish toward an annual maximum of $700. After an individual’s grants have reached a total of $700, subsequent grants in that year, if approved, can be funded if funds remain at year’s end.

Each proposal should include the following:

• Short summary of project, including statement of objectives and how they will be achieved
• Beginning and ending dates of project or grant period
• Itemized budget, including total cost of project, even if this exceeds amount requested
• If possible, a copy of the acceptance letter for meeting or other documentation of participation (if not available at time of application send later)

Proposal may not include funding requests for audio/visual hardware, research equipment, research toward terminal degree, tuition for graduate school, or funds to subsidize the publication of the results of the research.

Unless otherwise noted, the Board will withhold ten percent of the money awarded for each proposal until after it receives the final expense report/receipts for which the award was granted. This report is due the semester the project has been completed. If reports are received later than this, the ten percent reverts back to FDB. (This provision is not intended to discourage any proposals; rather, it is intended to encourage timely reporting on the success or failure of the project). Reports should include a completed University travel expense form and all receipts for expenditures. Please forward this report to the FDB Office and it will be sent to the Business Office. It is not necessary to file a written descriptive report to the FDB Office.

NOTE: A request for a Professional Enrichment Grant, New Course/Course Revision Grant for the same project can be funded if the request satisfies the guidelines as stated in the Faculty Manual. However, the applicant should divide the project into different requests.

REDIRECTION OF FACULTY

The funds available in this category are designated to retrain faculty members moving to another department or out of academe (only tenured faculty members will be considered for moving out of academe). In a broader sense, redirection is designed to meet the needs of departments of the University at large which result from changing departmental student enrollment, retirement, or the high percentage of tenured faculty.

The Board will seriously consider all proposals for redirection, but it will give priority to those which meet both a departmental or University need, as well as an individual’s personal interest. It is for that reason that the guidelines include a statement to the effect that a proposal for redirection must include the recommendations of the department chairperson(s), and the appropriate chief academic officer.

GUIDELINES FOR REDIRECTION PROPOSALS

Form of the Proposal

• Summary of redirection plan.
• Statement of objectives for redirection plan.
• Detailed description of plan, which should include:
  • Projected beginning and ending dates of plan.
  • Procedures to be followed for completion of plan.
  • Itemized budget including total cost of plan even if this exceeds amount requested. For plans exceeding one year, the budget must indicate annual needs.

  Each proposal should include some method of reporting the progress and success of the plan. Plans spanning more than one year must report at least once a year.

Conditions

• Any expenses directly related to redirection, such as room, tuition, materials, faculty replacement costs, stipends, etc., will be considered. However, the relation of such expenses to redirection must be clearly spelled out in the proposals.
• All proposals for redirection must include the written recommendations of the department chairperson and/or the appropriate dean and chief academic officer, such recommendations to be sent directly to the Administrator of FDB.
• The redirection effort should be designed so as to have the least negative impact upon the faculty member’s full-time obligation to Wittenberg. Participation in a redirection effort while a full-time faculty member should not exceed one course per term or its equivalent in time.
• In cases of external redirection, a negotiated target for the resignation of the faculty member shall be included in the proposal. Sufficient lead time is required to permit a department to screen candidates, and to recommend a replacement when the latter is needed.
• If funds are granted, the recipient must submit at the conclusion of the grant period a written report that includes the evaluation noted above and an accounting of the funds spent.

FACULTY GROWTH PROJECTS

A grant for a Faculty Growth Project enables tenured faculty members to significantly expand or update their educational training. The grant would be for clearly identified projects associated with an organized program of study, completion of terminal degrees, post-doctoral studies, internships, fellowships, and self-directed programs of study and field work. The project may occur during a leave of absence, sabbatical leave, or summer. The project should be consistent with the goals of the individual’s department and the University.

Please note that not all Faculty Growth grants will be accepted for funding. They will be judged on professional merit to the University.

Applications are due at the end of 5th week of the spring semester of the academic year prior to the projected beginning date of the project. The Board allocates funds for up to 1 grant to be awarded up to $3,000. Grant expenditures must occur in the fiscal year of the project (1 July - 30 June).

GUIDELINES FOR FACULTY GROWTH PROJECTS PROPOSALS

Form of the Proposal

• Summary of proposal
• Statement of objectives for the growth project.
• Detailed description of the project including:
  • Projected beginning and ending dates
  • Procedures to be followed for completion of the project.
  • Itemized budget including total cost of the project even if this exceeds the amount requested.
  • The proposal should include a description of the method of reporting progress and success of the project.

Conditions

• Any expenses related to professional growth of a faculty member will be considered. However, the relation of the expenses to the growth project must be clearly stated in the proposal.
• The growth project should include a written evaluation from the Chairperson of the applicant’s department, and from the Provost.
• Faculty members may not accept full-time compensated positions during the leave period. Grants, fellowships, or assistantships are not considered compensation for this criterion.
• Eight copies of the proposal, with supporting letter, should be send to the FDB Office the 5th week of the Spring semester of the academic year prior to the projected beginning date of project.
• If funds are granted, the recipient must submit at the conclusion of the grant period a written report that includes a description of progress and success of the project, plus an account of how funds were spent.
• Funds will be granted beginning on July 1 and ending June 30 of that same fiscal year.

NOTE: A request for a Professional Enrichment Grant, New Course/Course Revision Grant for the same project can be funded if the request satisfies the guidelines as stated in the Faculty Manual. However, the applicant should divide the project into two different requests.

Recipients of the Faculty Growth Grant are required to present the outcomes of their Faculty Growth Projects to the faculty.

FACULTY AIDES PROGRAM

This program selects students of any rank (freshman, sophomore, junior, senior) who are on work grant programs to aid faculty in their teaching, personal research, or creative activity.

PURPOSE

This program has two purposes: 1) to allow faculty members more time to be better prepared, productive, thought-provoking professors, and 2) to allow selected students an opportunity to learn some of the challenges and engage in some of the activities related to their major field of study, via a close working association with a faculty member in that discipline. The Faculty Aide Program is distinct from the normal work grant program in that the Professor/Aide relationship must be structured so there are explicit discipline-specific benefits for the student. Mere clerical work is thus an inappropriate use of a Faculty Aide. At no time should the Aide perform duties that are the sole responsibility of the faculty member. Specifically prohibited are grading that involves substantive and unsupervised evaluation of content, proctoring exams, and leading class discussions.

PROCEDURES

Any member of the Faculty Development Board who wishes to request a Faculty Aide may submit a written proposal to the FDB for consideration. Please use the Faculty Aide Proposal Form included here. Proposals must be in the hands of the FDB Office by the deadline each year so that the Student Employment and Financial Aid Officers can match faculty requests to the backgrounds of students requesting aid. A deadline notification memo will be sent by the FDB Office.

The Student Employment Office will determine the wages for Faculty Aides and will make the Faculty Aide’s wages a part of the Work Grant money that students receive as a part of their financial aid package. Both the faculty person and Faculty Aides have the option of requesting a change and reassignment via the Student Employment Office if the working situation does not prove agreeable to either one of the persons involved. Neither participant has any guarantee of a new assignee or assignment if a semester has already started before a change is requested.

APPLICATION

EDITH B. AND FRANK C. MATTHIES AWARD

Each year the Board of the Faculty Development Board selects and submits to the President the name of the nominee for the Edith B. And Frank C. Matthies Award. The purpose of the award, according to the original bequest, is “to further the education of selected and worthy teachers and to strengthen the faculty.” The award, which was granted for the first time in 1978, carries with it a stipend of $1,000. All faculty are eligible to apply, except those persons sitting on the Faculty Development Board.

There are no restrictions on the kind of proposal that may be submitted or the kinds of activities that may be included in the proposal (research, travel, attendance at seminars or other courses, training in instructional methods, etc.) As long as it is clear that the proposed activities relate to the basic purpose of the FDB, which is the improvement of teaching. The Board hopes that the absence of restrictions will set this award apart from other types of faculty grants and will stimulate creative and imaginative proposals.

Eight copies of the proposal are to be sent to the FDB Office. Please describe as specifically as possible in your proposal what you intend to do. You may include a list of anticipated expenses; the award, however, is intended as a stipend or honorarium and not simply as a budget to defray expected costs.

As a courtesy to applicants an explanatory letter will be sent to any faculty member whose application for a competitive grant is rejected.