Funding Allocation:聽Twenty $500 awards may be approved. Employees may receive this award once in any year. Expenses are limited to travel, parking, lodging, meals and registration fees. Funding is available via the Dean鈥檚 Innovation Fund through December 2023.聽聽
Application criteria:聽Criteria will include a聽timeline聽for professional development completion; an explanation of聽career goals听补苍诲听why the staff applicant wants to pursue a specific training/workshop/conference/etc.; and a description of聽how acquiring this new knowledge and/or skill will applicants in their A&S job and beyond. Also, applicants should comment on how the development opportunity applies to wellness and justice, equity, diversity and inclusion.聽
How awardees will be selected and notified:聽The deans will serve as the review committee.聽
DEADLINE:聽Applications will be accepted through Sept. 22, 2023. Applicants will be notified by Oct. 1, 2023. The college may notify all faculty and staff about the awardees and their pursuits.聽