UMUC

Center for Teaching and Learning

Faculty Professional Development Grant Program

UMUC recognizes the importance of continuing professional development for its faculty. To be effective in the classroom, faculty need to stay informed of current issues and research in their respective disciplines. Therefore, UMUC has made reimbursement funds available to support faculty who make presentations at professional conferences each academic year.

Eligibility

Professional development grants are currently available to undergraduate and graduate adjunct and collegiate faculty in the United States. (Academic administrators are ineligible and should apply through their own departments.)

To qualify for a professional development grant, a faculty member must have taught at least three semesters or terms for UMUC and must be teaching at UMUC during the semester or term in which the proposed professional conference will occur. (They may also be scheduled to teach in the next semester or term after the event.)

Application Form and Selection Criteria

Interested faculty members must complete an application form and submit it to their academic administrators for review and signature approval.  The academic administrator will then submit the form to CTL for final review and processing.

Factors that are considered in selecting grant recipients include:

  1. relevance of the conference to enhancing their teaching at UMUC;

  2. past participation in faculty development workshops and programs at UMUC;

  3. consistently positive course evaluations; and

  4. service to UMUC.

Grants are available only to faculty members who do not receive funds for attending the conference from other sources. A faculty member may receive a grant only once during a given fiscal year (i.e., July 1-June 30).

Award Categories

The maximum grant stipend as a UMUC presenter is $500. All grant stipends will be paid after the applicant has attended the event and has submitted a completed expense reimbursement form with attached receipts (e.g., airline tickets, event registration, hotel registration) to show evidence of participation. No grant stipends will be given in advance.

Possible Professional Conferences and Past Awards

For your convenience, lists of upcoming professional conferences have been compiled by academic discipline and date.

UMUC faculty members have received professional development grants as presenters in the past at a wide variety of events. Use the links below to view the list of award recipients and conferences.

For further information, please send an e-mail message to ctla@info.umuc.edu or call
240-582-2770.

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