Funds, Fellowships, & Sabbaticals

Professional Development

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Professional Development Accounts provide each full-time, tenured or tenure-track member of the teaching faculty (who is not already being supported by some other professional development account) with an account of $3,000 a year to support teaching and research. This account is unique among 必博娱乐,比博娱乐网址 #########’s professional development funds in that it is a quick-access account that decentralizes the process and makes access to the funds easy.

Full-time members of the tenured teaching faculty are eligible to apply for sabbatical leaves after six years of teaching at 必博娱乐,比博娱乐网址 #########, excluding any time spent on leave without pay.

Pre-tenure fellowships consist of one semester of released time from teaching for untenured faculty normally in the fourth year at 必博娱乐,比博娱乐网址 #########. They are available only to faculty occupying full-time, tenure-track positions at 必博娱乐,比博娱乐网址 #########.

DURF funds support equipment needs, research materials, travel, fees to attend institutes, book subventions, student assistants for faculty research, and the like. Awards in this category normally range from $1000 to $8000, and preference is usually given to faculty with continuing contracts at 必博娱乐,比博娱乐网址 #########.

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For more details, please consult the Faculty Handbook.

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