Travel Funds

Travel Fund Policy

The UAF Faculty Senate, upon recommendation of the Faculty Development, Improvement & Assessment Committee, approved the following Faculty Development Travel Fund Policy.

The travel policy will set clear due dates for when travel requests can be submitted, information that should be included in the request, and general guidelines by which requests will be reviewed by a Faculty Travel Committee.

Every effort will be made to provide ASSISTANCE for faculty who wish to attend professional meetings, conferences, and/or workshops, that address teaching and/or current institutional issues (e.g. assessment, advising) that specifically focus on individual growth and professional development. The term travel has been extended to include attendance and participation in an online conference. Priority will be given to requests from junior faculty without tenure, but worthy requests from all faculty will be considered. Full-time community and rural campus faculty are encouraged to apply.

Please note that you must use the funds you are awarded for travel to the conference that you apply for in your proposal.

The faculty travel committee (the Director of the Office of Faculty Development, two members of the Faculty Senate faculty development committee, and two members of United Academics) will examine requests and make recommendations for funding.

The deadline for requests for funds for travel from February 1, 2010 to August 31 will be 3 pm, Friday, January 22, 2010.

Award of Faculty Development travel requests is contingent upon availability of funding. Grants are normally a maximum of $750. Much of the travel funding originates from United Academics presidential buyout funds agreed to through the Collective Bargaining Agreement. The Office of Faculty Development appreciates this gesture from UNAC to assist its members in professional development. UAFT does not provide matching funds so awards are limited to $400 for UAFT members.

To apply for a travel award, provide the following on a ONE-PAGE Word document:

  • the direct connection between the conference or training selected and your developmental objectives and the impact on your unit, and UAF.
  • The name/title/date and place of the conference or training.
  • An itemized, tentative budget including airfare, hotel, transportation, registration, per diem, etc.
  • Your academic status. i.e. new faculty, second year faculty, tenured or untenured, Assistant/ Assoc/Full professor, etc.
  • Please indicate if you are a member of United Academics or UAFT. THIS IS MOST IMPORTANT!

Please submit proposals via email to: facdev@uaf.edu