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Sources of Funding for Faculty and Student Activities
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Academic Programs Office
Speakers Fund
A limited amount of money is available on a first come, first served basis to bring guest lecturers to speak in a particular class. The amount of the honorarium usually available per guest is $100. Contact Ellen Guyer, Dean of Academic Programs, via email (guyer@macalester.edu) with the speaker’s name, date and time of visit, and the title of the course. Each visitor will need to complete a Payment Authorization for Service form prior to receiving the stipend. This form is available from the Academic Programs Office or on the website of the Macalester Business Office.
Student Research and Travel Fund
Students selected to present a paper at a professional meeting may request up to $300 to offset their travel costs. Students should follow the procedures described in the Student handbook under Student Travel policy and submit that documentation to the Academic Programs Office for first approval.
First Year Course Support
Faculty teaching a first year course may access $100 to support an activity related to the course. Contact Brenda Piatz (6036) to request this money.
Center for Scholarship and Teaching
The CST has limited funds to support the development of faculty expertise in teaching and scholarship. The CST will not fund expenses related to individual research agendas, or teaching courses. Appropriate requests for CST money might include faculty development reading groups, the creation and implementation of faculty development sessions (discussions or workshops) to be run through the CST, or collaborations in departmental or interdepartmental pairs or groups on special projects. Projects funded in the past include sending a department member to a conference on teaching in the discipline; a faculty reading group on the liberal arts; the development of teaching workshops for non-tenure track faculty; and departmental discussions on the curriculum in the major.
The CST also provides support for faculty development through the following grant programs:
ACM FaCE program
Bush programs
Presidential Initiative on Curriculum Renewal
Freeman Program
See the CST website for more details at http://www.macalester.edu/cst/funding.html
Office of the Associate Provost
Wallace Research and Travel Grants
Faculty may apply for funding for the support of travel of an international nature from the Wallace Travel Grants. The Wallace Research Grants support general research expenses including domestic travel. Applications are due twice a year on the first Monday in November and the last Monday in February. A more detailed description of the use of the funds and the application procedures are available in the Associate Provost’s office.
Leonard Fund
Funds are available to reimburse faculty for expenses incurred for food and non-alcoholic beverages when entertaining students in faculty homes. A more detailed description of the use of the funds and the application procedures are available in the Associate Provost’s office.
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