Resources for Faculty

Resources for Faculty
Support

Faculty Research Awards - Conference Support

Funding for professional trips to conferences can be requested provided that the previous year’s balance and current year allocation of travel funds from the Dean for Academic Affairs are expected to be exhausted during the current academic year. If this condition is met, funds can be requested either to supplement a costly single trip or to support additional professional trips and proposals will be considered as funds are available.

A request for support to attend a conference must explicitly state the value of the conference to the applicant’s research program. Moreover, it is preferable that the applicant be giving a paper and/or be an organizer. A request for additional funding for conference travel may also be made when the applicant expects to carry on other research in conjunction with the professional trip. Proposals to fund professional trips to conferences must specify the number of days for which support is requested.

Applicants for conference support will be required to submit a description of the intended use of the Dean’s professional conference travel funds. At the end of the academic year, if a faculty member has not used their balance from the Dean’s travel funds, the unused funds will revert to the Faculty Research Fund in an amount not to exceed the size of the Faculty Research Fund grant.

Do not submit original receipts with proposals. Please hold them until an award is granted.