Development Forms
MUM Internal Funding Opportunities for Faculty
Department/Coordinatorship Travel Funds: If you
have travel needs (for a conference, for instance), the first place to go is
to your department or coordinatorship for travel funds. Often, one trip is “available”
from this source.
Faculty Development Fund: Additional travel or
projects (besides travel) that require funding assistance may be funded by the
Faculty Development Fund managed by the Associate Dean for Academic
Affairs. At the current time, acceptable projects, (i.e., legitimate requests
for travel or funding for educational purposes) are funded on a first-come first-serve
basis. The Associate Dean will often help you find additional or alternative
sources of funding as well. The application form can be found above by clicking
on “Faculty”. Funds are also available for part-time faculty (see
link above). Because of the first-come first-serve nature of these (finite)
funds, you should plan ahead for trips and projects and apply as early in the
year as possible.
Mini-Grants: Projects that improve instruction and/or
learning can also be funded by grants from the Instructional Improvement Committee.
However – these funds are on hold for this semester until that committee
can consider changes which have affected their funding.
Research and Grants Funding: For research or creative
projects, you may apply for funds from the Research and Grants Committee. A
call for proposals is issued early in the spring semester.
Procedures for Obtaining Development Funding
The first step is applying for money using the proper form or responding
to a call for proposals.
Even if the proposal does not involve travel, a Travel Authorization form http://www.mid.muohio.edu/business/Travel.xls
must be filled out in advance of using the funds or traveling. It requires the
signature of the funding authority, and then it must be turned into the Business
Office. If you are receiving funds from more than one source, get signatures
and budget numbers for each of the sources on a single form. When applying for
Faculty Development Funds, you can “skip a step” and attach a TA
form to your application, if you’d like.
After the travel or project has been completed, fill out a Travel Expense form:
http://www.units.muohio.edu/controller/prod/accounts_payable/docs_forms/travelform.xls
Obtain the same signatures you did on the TA form and turn in (with appropriate
receipts, etc) to Business Office.
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