FACULTY TRAVEL GRANTS

To apply for a Pew FTLC Faculty Travel Grant, click on "APPLY FOR GRANTS" to the left. All faculty, full- or part-time, are eligible to apply.

Faculty Travel Grants are designed to help defray the costs of attending teaching-related conferences or for small, teaching related research projects. The use of funds does not require the presentation of papers when attending conferences. Funding limits and the dramatic increase in demand on the Pew FTLC's Faculty Travel Grant funds have made the following policies necessary:

 1. Funding will be limited to one grant per faculty member per fiscal year. The maximum award for travel is $600. Actual funds awarded depend on availability of funds.

 2. Grants will be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis each quarter (provided proposals meet established guidelines) until funds are exhausted for the quarter. The FTLC's funds for Faculty Travel Grants will be divided into 4 allotments to be distributed equally over the 4 fiscal quarters (July-September, October-December, January-March, April-June).  Applications will be accepted on the first day of the previous quarter in which the travel takes place (end date of travel is the date determining the operative quarter of activity).  They will continue to be accepted until the last day of the travel quarter, or until funds run out. The following indicates the application periods:

1st Quarter (July 1-Sept. 30)
  Applications will be accepted starting on April 1, ending on Sept. 30
    (or until funds are depleted).

2nd Quarter (Oct. 1-Dec. 31)
  Applications will be accepted starting on July 1, ending on Dec. 31
    (or until funds are depleted).

3rd Quarter (Jan. 1-March 31)
  Applications will be accepted starting on Oct. 1, ending on March 31
    (or until funds are depleted).

4th Quarter (April 1-June 30)
   Applications will be accepted starting on Jan. 1, ending on June 30
     (or until funds are depleted).

3. Please be aware of the following when using the online application system:
    a)  The application entry is timed at a maximum of 20 minutes. We advise that you prepare your text and budget figures in advance and paste this information into the application. An outline of the grant is here: FTG Outline.
    b)  It is recommended that PC Users use Internet Explorer for application entry and Mac users should use either Safari or Firefox.
    c)  The online system will inform you upon login if the funds for the quarter in question have been depleted.

4. As with all grants, funds are used to reimburse your department and are not released prior to the activity. For reimbursement turn in your original receipts along with the completed Travel and Expense voucher to your department. Your department reimburses you, forwards a copy to the FTLC, and the FTLC reimburses your department.

5. A report describing the derived benefits of the activity to teaching development should be uploaded to the grant on the FTLC website by the time the request for reimbursement is submitted. The report should be 1-2 pages describing the benefit of the activity for your teaching. You may report specifically on the sessions you attended, the connections you made to experts or others interested in your field, or tips and inspirations you acquired.  Submit your report to the Pew FTLC grant website by logging into your grant and scrolling down until you see the box that states Upload Report on the right. Reimbursements will not be processed without the accompanying report.

Page last modified March 21, 2013