Any member of the UW Colleges
Mathematics Department, including emeritus faculty, may apply for funds
for professional activities. Requests
can be submitted to any member of the committee.
Procedures for applicants submitting a request:
1.
Submit a proposal
for only one activity per semester. The
activity must occur before June 14 in order to qualify for funding during the
first, second or third rounds described below.
2.
Describe the
nature of the activity, the total amount of money to be spent and exactly how
the money will be spent.
3.
List all sources
of funding including any campus professional development funds.
4.
List all of their
activities for amounts funded by this committee
for the two academic year period prior to the date of the proposal.
5.
Submit the
proposal by the deadline described below to all members of the committee as
well as the department chair.
6.
Once an activity
is completed, submit a Travel Expense Report or Payments to Individuals form to
their local business office requesting reimbursement from the campus
professional development fund. If the
campus fund is not appropriate to the activity some other funding agency should
be researched.
7.
Once step 6 is
completed, the applicant should submit a second Travel Expense Report or
Payments to Individuals form to their local business office requesting
reimbursement from this committee’s budget for expenses not covered by the
campus. This must be done before June
14. The applicant may submit both forms simultaneously if the amount to be
funded by the campus has already been determined.
8.
In submitting the
second Travel Expense Report or Payments to Individuals form the applicant
should not request a revised amount more than 50% greater than the amount in
the original proposal.
9.
Submit the
proposal by the deadline described below to all members of the committee as
well as the department chair.
10.
Once an activity
is completed, submit a Travel Expense Report or Payments to Individuals form to
their local business office requesting reimbursement from the campus
professional development fund. If the
campus fund is not appropriate to the activity some other funding agency should
be researched.
11.
Once step 6 is
completed, the applicant should submit a second Travel Expense Report or
Payments to Individuals form to their local business office requesting
reimbursement from this committee’s budget for expenses not covered by the
campus. This must be done before June 14.
The applicant may submit both forms simultaneously if the amount to be funded
by the campus has already been determined.
12.
In submitting the
second Travel Expense Report or Payments to Individuals form the applicant
should not request a revised amount more than 50% greater than the amount in
the original proposal.
Procedures for the determination of funding by the
committee:
The committee will fund
activities that benefit the greatest number of department members and the
larger needs of the department. These
include (but not necessarily limited to)
There will be three rounds of
submissions, the first two devoted to requests from department members who are
currently teaching and the last devoted to requests from emeritus faculty.
Requests from department members (ranked faculty and IAS) who are currently
teaching will take priority over requests from emeritus faculty. The deadline for each round appears
below. The first round will not encumber
more than one-half of the committee’s budget. If an applicant’s request is not granted
during the first round, then the committee will consider the proposal during
the second round. The deadline for the second round will usually include
submissions whose charges to the fund will not be experienced until the
following years budget cycle. The second round will
not encumber more than 30% of the anticipated amount from the next years budget for these submissions. If any money remains after requests from the first two rounds are
funded, then the committee will consider requests for funding from emeritus
faculty.
The committee will use the
following guidelines in granting requests for funding:
The committee will approve an
amount based on the applicant’s estimated budget and the current balance in the
committee’s budget. Priority will be given to applicants who show evidence of
attempts to obtain funding from their local campus. As a determining factor in deciding which
requests to grant, the committee will give preference to those applicants it
has not funded during the two year period prior to the date of the activity.
The committee will keep
accurate records of the number of proposals, type of proposal, the number of
proposals funded and the total amount of money expended. The committee will make these figures
available to the department executive committee at the end of each academic
year.
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