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PURPOSE

The purpose of  Faculty Development Endowment (FDE) grants is to promote faculty development by supporting professional activity.  The bulk of the project is normally carried out over an eight-week period during the summer and can be extended throughout the following academic year. The grant provides an award of up to $5000, which may be used for faculty stipend and/or research-related expenses. Faculty must make clear in their proposal which type of expense they are requesting and in what amount.

Faculty members are encouraged to seek outside support to supplement an FDE grant.  If outside support is received, or another project is funded, a timeline and budget must be submitted to the FDC, indicating how the two grants dovetail.  If an FDE grant is awarded, the recipient is obligated to keep the Academic Affairs (Office for Faculty Development) informed of any additional award monies (from either internal or external sources) that are to be used concurrently in support of professional activities during the term of the FDE grant.

DEFINING FACULTY DEVELOPMENT

Faculty development refers to creative activity, research, scholarship, or related activities that result in tangible outcomes (i.e., publications, conference presentations, public performances).

Faculty members are encouraged to interpret ‘development’ broadly.  Innovative proposals (such as research initiated in a new sub-field, preparation of a major grant proposal, post-doctoral study directly related to scholarship) are welcomed.

Proposals for curriculum development or pedagogy are not eligible for FDE grants.  These should be submitted to the Educational Program Committee, which oversees Hill Grant support.

ELIGIBILITY

Normally, only tenured, tenure-track, and multiple-year contract faculty members are eligible; priority will be given to tenured and tenure-track faculty.  Faculty who hold endowed or rotational chairs are not eligible for FDE grants.

Probationary faculty must have completed the doctorate or appropriate terminal degree at the time of application. 

A faculty member will not be awarded grants in three consecutive years.  A faculty member may be awarded a grant either before or after a sabbatical leave, but not both.

In assessing eligibility, the Dean of the Faculty will take into consideration any additional external and internal funding that grant applicants will receive during the summer.

 

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Guidelines for the Use of Professional Support Funds Provided by Rhodes College

Professional support funds (“start-up funds”) provided by the Provost to full-time, continuing, members of the Faculty are meant to be discretionary funds, controlled by the recipient and used to further research and creative activities involved in the scholarship of the faculty member.

The following guidelines are established for the proper use of accounting for these funds.

1. The funds are expected to be expended within the time frame established when
awarded.  Remainder funds, if any, must be used within one year following the term of the grant.

2. Funds awarded may not be taken as stipend or compensation, nor may they be used for personal expenses.

3. Funds awarded maybe used for materials  - e.g. books, journal subscriptions, professional memberships, equipment in support of scholarship – and for services – e.g. student assistants, consultants.  Materials and services should be in the direct support of research or creativity activity projects in the plan for professional development of a faculty member. The employment of student assistants should be administered through the Human Resources Department of the college; provisions must be made to cover the necessary social security and withholding deductions.

4.Funds may be used for professional travel in support of relevant research and creativity. Examples of such needs include travel to professional conferences; travel to libraries, archives, laboratories, or performances (for purposes of information collection and study); and travel for purposes of professional collaboration or conducting interviews. Expenses to be covered may include reimbursement for transportation costs, registration and admission fees, and lodging costs.

5. Professional support funds may be used to purchase computers and peripheral devices subject to the following criteria for “scientific equipment.”

6. Professional support funds may be used to purchase scientific equipment subject to the following criteria:

  1. The purchases must be approved by the chairperson of the department of the faculty member. Orders for equipment are processed following standard College procedures for the purchase of scientific equipment and laboratory supplies.
  2.  A plan for the maintenance and upgrade of the equipment is agreed to in advance by the faculty member and the chairperson of the department.
  3. The equipment remains the property of Rhodes College unless the faculty member reimburses the College for the equipment, should he or she relocate to another institution and wish to take the equipment.

 

Rotational Chairs:

For more information about the history and significance of faculty fellowships, endowments, and memorials click here.

The James F. Ruffin Professorship of Art and Archaeology

Erin Harmon

The Elizabeth G. Daughdrill Chair in Fine Arts

Carole Blankenship

The Connie Abston Chair in Literature

Lori Garner

The Charles R. Glover Professorship in English Studies

Seth Rudy

The T.K. Young Professorship of English Literature

Rashna Richards

The Neville Frierson Bryan Chair in African-American Literature

Charles McKinney

The Irene B. and J. Walter McDonnell Chair in Greek and Roman Studies

Geoff Bakewell

The J. J. McComb Professorship of History

Etty Terem

The Albert Bruce Curry Professorship in Religious Studies

Steve Haynes

Millard Professor of Religion

Rhiannon Graybill

The R.A. Webb Professorship of Religious Studies  

Sarah Rollens

NEH Professorship

Bernadette McNary-Zak

The L. Palmer Brown Professorship of Interdisciplinary Humanities

Clara Pascual-Argente

Winton M. Blount Chair in Social Sciences

Katie White

The Ralph C. Hon Chair in Economics

VACANT

Stanley Buckman IS Professor

Jennifer Sciubba

The E.C. Ellett Professorship in Mathematics and Computer Science

Erin Bodine

The James H. Daughdrill, Jr. Chair in the Natural Sciences

Loretta Jackson Hayes

The James T. and Valeria B. Robertson Chair in Biological Sciences

David Kabelik

The Van Vleet Fellowship in Physics

Brent Hoffmesiter

The J. Lester Crain, Jr. Professorship in Physics

Ann Viano

Waller Chair of Population Health

Kendra Hotz

 

 

The Fulmer Chair for U.S. Presidential Studies in Political Science

Michael Nelson

Spence L. Wilson Chair in the Humanities

Jonathan Judaken

Irma O Sternberg Chair in History

Tim Huebner

The Virginia Ballou McGehee Professorship of Muslim-Christian Relations

 John Kaltner

The Plough Professorship of Field Studies

Elizabeth Thomas

Mertie Buckman IS Professor

Nikolaos Zahariadis

Joseph R. Hyde III Chair in Political Economy

Shameel Ahmad

The Robert D. McCallum Distinguished Professorship of Economics and Business

Nick McKinney

JS Seidman IS Fellow

VACANT

PK Seidman Professor

Steve Ceccoli

 

Faculty Awards:

Clarence Day Awards

Jameson Jones Award

Join a Writing, Reading, and Affinity Group:

As a form of professional development, our office provides funding and other resources to faculty who are seeking to support each other in their scholarly writing. We also purchase books for faculty who form reading groups related to faculty development. And, in an effort to promote diversity, equity and inclusion, our office encourages the creation of affinity groups interested in engagement, community-building and advocacy among those who share the same identity.  If you are interested in starting a writing, reading, or affinity group please reach out to: ___________

To learn more about one of our existing affinity groups, please email the listed contact person.

Black Faculty:  Contact: McKinney

Black Women Faculty: Contact: Bloomfield, Djonko-Moore, Marchand,  Stoddard

Women Faculty: Contact: Loprete, K. Weeks, White

Faculty Parents: Contact: Djonko-Moore, Rogers

Women Dept. and Program Chairs: Contact: Finlayson, White

Phase 3: Late Career Faculty: Contact: Hayne
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