Faculty Development Internal Funding Opportunities

Faculty Professional Development Grants

Updated February 2023

Jacksonville University encourages members of the faculty to attend and contribute to professional meetings.  Faculty may apply for one Faculty Development grant per semester due to an overall decrease in avaiilable funding for 2023-24. We will offer two distinct professional development (PD) applications for the 2023-2024 year: 

(1) Virtual Professional Development Grants

and

(2) Travel Professional Development Grants 

 

1.  VIRTUAL Professional Development Grants

Eligibility: Full-time faculty members.

Virtual Professional Development Parameters:

Only registration fees will be considered eligible for reimbursement. Faculty members who fail to apply in advance should not expect reimbursement for virtual PD.

Application:

⇒    For Virtual Events occurring between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2024, please Download the Virtual Conference application here. 

---

2.  TRAVEL Professional Development Grants

This application category is for in-person events. Faculty members who fail to apply in advance should not expect reimbursement for travel PD.

Eligibility: Full-time faculty members.

There are two categories of eligibility that apply to all full-time faculty members interested in travel funds:

1. Presenter of a prepared paper, or recognized discussant, panelist, or convener        for a formal session listed in the meeting program; or
2. Attendee (i.e., non-contributor).

Travel Professional Development Parameters:

Faculty members who meet either of the two eligibility requirements specified above may receive reimbursement for their registration fees, transportation, and reasonable lodging costs and reasonable food costs. Faculty should consult with their chair and/or dean for additional support if needed. 

Normally, faculty will be eligible to have their category 1 and category 2 expenses covered for no more than two conferences per year in accordance with the following schedule:

Attendee:           Domestic (up to $800)                   International (up to $1,200)

Presenter:         Domestic (up to $1,000)                 International (up to $1,400)

 

Application:

1.  Know Before You Go: Read the current ORSP Travel Policy available here.

2. A minimum of 4 weeks prior to the travel date, submit a Travel Professional            Development application to ORSP@JU.EDU. 

⇒ For In Person events occurring between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2024:

Download the Summer/Fall/Spring 2023-24 Travel application here.

---

Process for submitting Virtual and Travel PD Requests:

1. Once the application has been signed by the faculty, the chair, and the dean, it may then be submitted to ORSP by either the requesting faculty member or the dean’s office. Please decide who will be submitting your application in advance so we don't receive duplicate submissions.  
   

2. Each application will receive a timely response. A decision letter shoudl be received within 3-5 business days after application is received. In advance, we'd like to thank everyone for their patience and general good cheer as we adjust to a new workflow during the semester.  

3. It is the faculty member’s responsibility to verify they received an award confirmation prior to attending the event. If you haven’t heard from us within five business days of your submission, chances are we did not receive your application.  Please follow up with your chair and/or dean’s office directly. Applications submitted after the event has already occurred will not be considered for approval or reimbursement.

4. Because funds are limited, there is a competitive preference priority. Faculty applying as presenters will be given a competitive preference for discipline-specific presentations at national conferences. For those applying as attendees, junior faculty (those who have served three years or less at JU) receive priority.

5. Reimbursement: Awardees must submit their reimbursement requests using the Chrome River system, available via MyJU.  Requestors should refer to their award letters for appropriate account number.

6. Allocations to support faculty PD are provided annually, although, due to the unpredictability of demand, budgeted funds may in some years be insufficient to meet all legitimate needs for assistance. 

Submit completed applications to ORSP@JU.EDU