Traditional Faculty Fellows Award

General Information | Application Information | Evaluation Criteria | Previously Awarded Faculty Fellows

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General Information for FY08

Applications are invited for one year, renewable appointments to the Faculty Fellows Program beginning August 16, 2008 for three to four faculty members. Successful applicants may reapply for a maximum appointment of three years. Deadline for application is March 4, 2008.

An appointment to the Fellows Program offers many advantages, including: (1) resources for programmatic research; (2) an opportunity to develop new research programs; and (3) capacity to leverage external funding.

The Fellows Program has been configured to offer faculty flexibility in how they use Fellows funding. Total support for each Fellow will be a maximum of $20,000. Each Fellow will have the option of using the money in the following ways:

1. Buy-out of up to two courses per year ($6,000/course) to be decided in consultation with Department Heads or Chairs.
2. Graduate research assistance (including appropriate fringe benefits, obtain exact dollar amounts from the Business Office).
3. Travel support: Maximum of $1000 for conference travel. Funds for research travel--amount to be justified.
4. Summer salary up to campus cap ($6,000), including the appropriate fringe benefits.
5. Equipment and supplies directly related to proposed research.

Fellows will maintain their department offices.

Fellows will be required to present a seminar on their research and to submit a brief report summarizing their experience as a Fellow in August, 2009. A regular series of Fellows meetings will be scheduled. Fellows will be encouraged to collaborate with one another to enhance research efforts.

Tenure-track faculty of all ranks who are full-time in the University and budgeted at least part-time in the College of Education are eligible and encouraged to apply. Applicants wishing to receive feedback and advice prior to submitting a formal proposal are encouraged to submit a proposal draft to Lizanne DeStefano, who will pass it on to former Fellows for feedback with the goal of helping develop the proposal.

Submit six copies and a CD-ROM of all materials to:

Faculty Fellows Program
c/o Bureau of Educational Research
38 Education Bldg.
MC-708

Deadline for applications: March 4, 2008 at 5:00pm. No late applications will be accepted. Only complete applications will be reveiwed.

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Application Information

Evaluation Criteria

Faculty who apply and are not offered an appointment will be given feedback and may choose to leave their application on file and apply next year. Faculty who do so are encouraged to update and revise their application, as necessary.

Previously Awarded Faculty Fellows

For further information, contact Andrea Ellinger or any committee member. Copies of proposals from previous years are available in Room 38, Education Building.

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