Grant Application Guidelines for Teaching Advancement Travel and Workshops Grants
The Teaching Advancement Board (TAB) provides two types of grants in support of teaching advancement activities important to the campus.
- Teaching Advancement Travel Grants assist individuals seeking to participate in a distant seminar or workshop that primarily aims to improve teaching.
- Teaching Advancement Workshop Grants are made to academic units (departments, schools, institutes or colleges) in support of on-campus workshops or institutes, promoting teaching innovation.
This announcement contains guidelines and deadlines for these programs applicable during the 2007-08 academic year. All awards are subject to the availability of funds.
The application forms for these programs may be downloaded by clicking on the appropriate line below:
- Teaching Advancement Travel Grant Application Form
- Teaching Advancement Workshop Grant Application Form
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Application Deadlines
Applications for these grant programs must be received in room 204 Swanlund Administration Building no later than 4:30 pm on the dates indicated below. Only one signed original copy is required. Applications for activities commencing less than three weeks after the deadline date will not be considered. The results are typically reported to the applicant approximately two weeks after the deadline date.
Application Deadlines (4:30 pm on dates indicated)
November 30, 2007
May 2, 2008
August 29, 2008
Applicant Eligibility and Award Limits
Travel awards are limited to full-time faculty members or lecturers with significant instructional involvement. In general, no individual may receive more than one travel grant in one year with foreign travel limited to one trip every other year. All travel outside the United States will be considered foreign travel. Applicants with current external grant support for teaching activities will not be considered. Awards will not be made for the same trip from both the TAB Travel Grant program and the Scholars' Travel Fund administered by the Campus Research Board.
Workshop awards are limited to degree-granting academic units. Each unit is limited to one award in a two-year period. A single award may apply to multiple events that are part of a cohesive developmental program. Workshop awards will ordinarily be limited to $2500 for those projects focusing on an individual department or institute and $7,500 for initiatives serving multiple academic units. The TAB may make exceptions for unusual proposals.
Travel Award Limits
Teaching Advancement Travel Grants, which are modeled after Scholars’ Travel Fund awards, include a standard amount based on two factors: the distance from Champaign-Urbana, and existing airfares. This standard amount is referred to as the Travel Award. In addition to the Travel Award, however, a Supplemental Expense Allotment may be awarded.
A list of the Travel Awards for various destinations is at http://www.research.uiuc.edu/stf/programinfo.asp#support. If the applicant's destination does not appear on this list, then the Travel Award will be calculated for the destination after submission of the application. Requests for support are not limited to the destinations listed; the list of destinations is for planning purposes only.
In addition the Travel Award, a Supplemental Expense Allotment may be awarded as well. If awarded, a lump sum is allotted based on the number of days that the conference is in session and attended by the applicant. The amount of the Supplemental Allotment is calculated on the basis of $100 per day, and actual expenses will be deducted from the total Supplemental Expense Allotment awarded. The maximum Supplemental Expense Allotment is $500.
Teaching Advancement Travel Grants may be used for airfare, reimbursement of automobile mileage, registration fees, taxis, trains, busses, subways, business telephone calls, business expenses, toll road charges, parking charges, meals, and lodging. Payment of association dues is not an allowable expense from the TAB Travel funds.
Reporting Requirements
Individuals and units receiving awards from these programs agree to provide a one-page written report on their travel of workshop, as appropriate, within 60 days of the event. The reports should be addressed to: TAB Award Reports, 204 Swanlund Administration Building, MC-304. Questions may be addressed to Peter Mortensen or TAB co-chairs Nan Goggin and Nicholas Petruzzi .
Grant Administration Information
Travel Grants. Upon return from approved travel, the departmental unit of the faculty member will complete the Travel Voucher and submit it to the Accounting Division for payment. The department will also send a copy of the Travel Voucher to the TAB office. When this is received, the TAB will initiate a budget transfer for an amount up to the amount of the faculty member's award to reimburse the department.
The faculty member and departmental units are responsible for making sure that all University policies for travel reimbursements are followed.
Workshop Grants. Grant funds will be transferred to the responsible academic unit.
Application Instructions
A separate application form must be submitted for each proposed trip or workshop. Application forms are attached to this announcement and available through the TAB office or may be downloaded electronically (www.provost.uiuc.edu/tab).