The College administration has set aside faculty development money to be disbursed to faculty who submit quality proposals to enhance their development as teachers and innovators. While the established Faculty Development Grants Committee for Traditional Scholarship and Research (TS/R) emphasizes personal scholarship intended for external professional dissemination, the Faculty Development Grants Committee for Teaching Innovation, Pedagogy and Assessment (TIPA) emphasizes activities that will primarily result in innovations intended for dissemination to the Fort Lewis College community.
The intent of this money is to initiate projects that result in a sustainable, long-term change to a program or to the long-term professional development of a faculty member with respect to teaching innovation, pedagogy, and/or assessment. This fund is not intended to be the source of continuous or ongoing funding for any project or activity. Proposals for one-time events or activities that do not have a longer-term development impact will not be funded.
Equipment that is purchased using faculty develop grant funds is the property of FLC and must be returned to the instructor's Department Chair (or equivalent) for reallocation in the case that the instructor leaves FLC.
Please note that the TIPA and TS/R committees will not fund salaries for faculty or students, although the Foundation may.
Hardware purchased with FDG or Foundation funding does not become part of the college refresh program
Completely aside from FDG and Foundation funding criteria, all software purchases need to meet institutional requirements as outlined by IT and Academic Affairs.
In order to consider funding for purchase software for instructional or research use, FDG and the FLC Foundation need confirmation that this software purchase meets those requirements; this step needs to be completed prior to FDG/Foundation review of your proposal.
Please follow the steps below: