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SUPPORT BY CUPFA FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

This document provides information on the support for Professional Development that CUPFA provides. There are Forms available for that purpose.

NEWS

GUIDELINES FOR THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS

  1. The Committee will endeavour to fund as many applicants as possible, within the following guidelines.
  2. The purpose of the Professional Development Fund is to support part-time faculty in their own professional and academic development. It, therefore, cannot be used to support normal departmental costs and responsibilities (e.g., to pay for visiting speakers, classroom supplies, teaching materials, or curriculum and programme development).
  3. Applicants may request funding for only one project at each distribution (please note that a request for travel money to three conferences on the same theme is considered to be 3 different projects, a request for money for three different art installations is considered to be 3 different projects, etc.). The exception to this is that one may also apply for an inexpensive (i.e., $150.00 or less) local workshop or conference etc.
  4. Monies awarded for a project which is not carried out cannot be transferred to another project without a written request to the Committee. This request should be submitted well in advance of the expiration date of the awarded grant. This request may be considered between the dates of the meetings scheduled to review applications, but may have to wait until that meeting to be reviewed (i.e., at the next possible round). Five copies of such a request should be submitted to the Chair of the Professional Development Committee, c/o the CUPFA office.
  5. In an effort to distribute monies to as many CUPFA members as possible, the Committee will give a lower priority to, and may have to exclude altogether, applicants who have received funding in the same academic year, those who have received funding in the last academic year, and will likely not fund those who have received funding for two consecutive academic years (with the possible exception in #3 above). These decisions may be influenced by the availability of funds and the number and quality of new applications.
  6. The Committee will not fund retroactively: the activity for which funds are requested must take place after the deadline at which the application was made. In the case of conference presentations, if the proof of acceptance of the paper is not yet available, the applicant should indicate this in his/her application, and forward the proof of acceptance as soon as it becomes available.
  7. The Committee will take into account the use made by the applicant of any previous grant, and will evaluate the quality of his/her report. If the report was not submitted on time, the applicant will automatically be denied a new grant.
  8. In the case of conferences, the Committee will give priority to those presenting a paper or giving a workshop, but will also fund attendance. Simple attendance may be funded at a percentage of the total costs; presentation of a paper will receive full funding.
  9. Since Article 9 of the Collective Agreement includes course development as part of the duties of part-time faculty, the Committee will not fund course development. However, the Committee considers as eligible many activities which enhance teaching and contribute directly to course development (such as participating in workshops, conducting research, etc.).
  10. The fund is not intended to be a source of doctoral fellowships. The Committee will not fund tuition fees for postgraduate study, nor will it grant a stipend for work on a Ph.D thesis. It may be possible, however, to fund some support for expenses related to thesis research, such as, the costs of printing and binding a thesis.
  11. The Committee will not normally fund projects whose principle purpose is the creation of a money making property for the applicant.
  12. The Committee will not provide funds for capital equipment (e.g., a computer), for payments to a publisher to publish a book, or to pay the applicant for his/her time.
  13. Article 17 of the Collective Agreement remains the authority; these guidelines interpret it, but do not take precedence over it.

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