An Overview of On-Campus Funding Programs

The Scholarly Incentives Program was created in the fall of 1989 as a result of the increased activity in external funding on the SUNY Fredonia campus and a commitment on the part of the administration to stimulate, encourage, and endorse activities which advance knowledge of the faculty/staff in their fields, whether through furthering knowledge or in the creation of new works. There are two separate programs under this program. They are: the Scholarly Incentive Awards Program, a maximum $1,000 award to advance knowledge of the faculty/staff in their fields, whether through furthering knowledge or in the creation of new works through research; and the Release Time Awards, to enable faculty members to obtain release time to pursue research and/or create new works.

The Instructional Incentive Awards Program is a competitive grant program administered by the Office of Faculty Development. It is available to all full time teaching faculty. Both individual and group proposals are welcome. The purpose of these awards is to encourage and facilitate new course development and for current course renewal. Awards may be used to free up the time necessary to engage in such efforts. They may also be used to purchase appropriate supplies, materials, software, etc. that would directly assist in new course development and/or in new course renewal. Instructional Incentive Awards may not be used for travel and travel related expenses. Awards of up to $500 are available. Notification of the program occurs in the Spring Semester. Funding commences as of July 1 of the award year.

The Fredonia College Foundation Faculty Fellowship Program is a competitive grant program which has been funded by the Fredonia College Foundation and administered by the Office of Faculty Development. Subject to funding, it is available to all full-time employees at Fredonia State University College who have instructional responsibilities. This would include all teaching faculty as well as those librarians and professionals who have teaching responsibilities. The fellowships and grants provide support for: expenses involved in course design or redesign, course ware development, training in new technologies, techniques and strategies associated with teaching and learning, travel to appropriate teaching and learning conferences in a discipline, and/or for software or small items of equipment. Applicants may request up to $2,500 as a stipend for the summer or to provide release time during the fall term. In addition, expenses for training, development, and/or required equipment and software may range up to a maximum of $1,500. The total request must not exceed $4,000. Applications are accepted in the Spring Semester for work to be done during the summer and/or the Fall Semester.

The Amy Elizabeth Everett Awards Program is available to tenure track faculty in the Departments of Economics, History, Political Science, Sociology and Anthropology. The program is funded by a grant to the Fredonia College Foundation from Professor Emeritus Jack Everett, Political Science. The program follows the guidelines of the joint-labor management Professional Development Awards (see below). It is administered through the Office of the Dean for Natural and Social Sciences. In recent years, one award has been made of about $500. Applications are typically sought in June.

The Carnahan Jackson Humanities Fund was established by David H. Carnahan and the Carnahan Jackson Foundation of Jamestown, New York in the Fredonia Foundation in 1993. The intent of the gift is to support events that enrich the cultural life of the university and include some opportunity for community involvement. The funded activities should have their major impact on the campus and in the Chautauqua County Western New York area. It is essential that any activity funded by the Carnahan Jackson Humanities Fund have a significant element of community involvement, community participation, or public performance. Proposals for activities or events which involve or benefit more than one college constituency (i.e., cross disciplinary, or benefiting both faculty and students, will be favored over those that do not). Proposals should be addressed to the Carnahan Jackson Humanities Fund Committee, Fredonia College Foundation, Foundation House, 272 Central Avenue.

Labor/Management Programs

There are a number of contractually based awards programs. A full description of the programs can be found at the UUP website http://www.uupinfo.org/. Two major programs of interest to our faculty and professional staff are the Individual Development Awards Program and the Dr. Nuala McGann Drescher Affirmative Action/Diversity Leave Program.

The Individual Development Awards Program is administered by a campus joint labor management Professional Development Committee. It is designed to support a variety of professional development activities by employees in the UUP Bargaining Unit. The maximum amount that can be awarded to an applicant for an activity under the program is $1,000. Awards may support travel and related expenses, registration fees for conferences or workshops, research support, equipment lease or purchase, consumable supplies, non consumable supplies, etc.

The Dr. Nuala McGann Drescher Affirmative Action/Diversity Leave Program is "intended to enhance employment opportunities for minorities, women, persons with disabilities and Vietnam era veterans ... by assisting them to prepare for permanent or continuing appointments within State University of New York. Applicants must be ... full-time, non-tenured term employees who have received at least one term renewal, or who have prior service credit in a position eligible for permanent or continuing appointment." The program requires (and supports) "at least one semester and up to one year of full time leave" and "must be completed prior to applicants' review for permanent or continuing appointment." The program supports research, preparation of manuscripts or other publications, invention or innovation in professional, scientific or technical areas, curriculum development, grant proposal development, etc.