LHU Faculty Professional Development Committee

Annual Campus Grant

The Annual Campus Grant provides funding for faculty members greater opportunities for professional development in a variety of categories. Annual Campus Grants, which can include requests for up to $1,500, are accepted three times a year - early in the fall semester, late in the fall semester, and during the spring semester. Deadlines can be found on the FPDC Main Page .

Lock Haven University's Annual Campus Grants are designed to provide funds for scholarly research, the creative and performing arts, the improvement of teaching and learning, and faculty enhancement. The faculty enhancement category is relatively new and some examples of activities which might qualify in this category are: to attend short courses or extended workshops which will lead to enrichment of courses or development of course material; travel to libraries or specialized research facilities to gather information for generating/revising lecture and/or laboratory material; and utilization of an external consultant to work with faculty on improving particular areas in curriculum.

Please note that this is not intended to fund attendance at conferences or short/pre-conference workshops that would be funded by Travel Grants . The dollar maximum for the Annual Grants is $1,500 per proposal. These grants are open to all full-time tenure-track faculty. A copy of the Request for Proposals can be obtained by clicking on the RFP link below or by contacting the FPDC chair.

We encourage you to have your proposal pre-screened by a member of the Faculty Professional Development Committee prior to the deadline. A list of committee members, as well as contact information, can be found by clicking on the FPDC Members link to the left. The annual grants are competitive and only proposals that follow the guidelines will be considered for funding.

Final reports are required for the LHU Annual Campus Grants. Specific report requirements are given in the RFP, which can be found by clicking on the link below. All recipients of LHU Faculty Professional Development Grants must acknowledge "LHU Faculty Professional Development funds" as a source of funding in any published work supported by these funds.

If you have any additional questions about applying for Faculty Professional Development funds, please contact one of the members of the committee.

For a copy of the Annual Campus Grant Request for Proposals (RFP), please click here . The RFP contains a link to the Annual Campus Grant application, which can also be found here . Applications that do not follow the appropriate format, found in the Annual Campus Grant Application, will be returned.