OVERVIEW
Faculty Research and Development (FRD) Grants provide reassigned time for faculty to: pursue pedagogical, research (including collaborative student/faculty and service-learning research), and creative projects; engage in outreach “service” activities that utilize the faculty member’s professional training and talents; and write grant proposals that will be submitted to external sources for additional funding.
ELIGIBILITY
FRD grants are available to full-time, continuing faculty members. While exceptional circumstances may be considered, for example, reassigned time for chairing a department, these awards are generally intended for faculty whose regular teaching loads are 21 or more credit hours, and who receive no overload or additional reassigned time (including sabbatical leave) for scholarly/creative work during the academic year of the FRD reassigned time. Faculty who anticipate being on a sabbatical any semester during the academic year of the FRD Award are NOT eligible to apply for this cycle. Please note, priority will be given to faculty who have not already received multiple college-wide (i.e., CFE and Provost office) awards in the last three years.
Proposals that involve reassigned time for more than one person, for example, interdisciplinary proposals from faculty in two or more departments or schools, departmental projects undertaken by more than one faculty member, and so forth, are welcome. In these cases, please be sure that the amount of reassigned time requested is justified by the nature of the work proposed.
Proposal Process
Proposals should include the following:
A project description that clearly explains, in language that is accessible to a wide range of academic readers, what project or activity is being undertaken, the project’s purpose/goals, the methods that will be employed, resources that are required, and expected outcomes, including how the project will contribute to the faculty member’s professional development.
Department Chair and Dean approval (included on linked proposal form). Department Chairs and Deans are responsible for determining the administrative feasibility of the proposed reassigned time, and for verifying teaching hours (regular teaching load, overload and other reassigned time).
Review Committee and Criteria
A review committee comprised of past FRD recipients is appointed by the CFE Director. The committee will be chaired by the CFE director or designee and will meet on the call of the CFE director. The review committee will make recommendations to the Provost & Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs. Final decisions on awards will be made and sent by the Office of the Provost.
Sharing with the campus community
Recipients will be asked to share information on their project at campus gatherings celebrating faculty creativity, innovation, and inquiry as an example of leadership in instructional development. Submission of a proposal implies permission to share the proposal or reproduce it for on-campus discussion if it is funded.