Development Forms

• Faculty
• Part-Time Faculty
• Classified Staff
• Unclassified Staff
• Expense Authorization Form

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 that require funding assistance may be funded by the Faculty Development Fund managed by the Regional Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. Acceptable projects, (i.e., legitimate requests for travel or funding for educational purposes) are funded on a first-come first-serve basis. 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 MUM’s Center for Teaching and Learning. They are available to both full-time and part-time faculty members. For information on how to apply for these funds, see the CTL Web site: http://www.mid.muohio.edu/ctl/funding.cfm.

Research and Grants Funding: For research or creative projects, you may apply for funds from the Research and Grants Committee. Watch your e-mail inbox for a call for proposals, which are typically issued once or twice every academic year.

MUM Internal Funding Opportunities for Staff

Staff Development Funds: A limited amount of funds for professional development are available to both classified and unclassified staff. Click on the links above for more information and the application forms.

Procedures for Obtaining Funding

The first step is applying for money using the proper form or responding to a call for proposals.

If the proposal involves 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.

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.