Professional Development

General Resources

"Mentors and Colleagues: A Guide for Junior Faculty and their Mentors" - Carnegie Mellon Mentoring Series.
"Fostering a Mentoring Culture: A Guide for Department Heads" - Carnegie Mellon Mentoring Series.
"From Mentor to Mentoring Networks: Mentoring in the New Academy" - Mary Dean Sorcinelli and Jung Yun (Change, November/December 2007).

Faculty Annual Review

Faculty Travel

University Funds Administered by the Office of Academic Affairs

A small pool of funds for faculty professional development and travel is maintained in the Office of Academic Affairs to support faculty development in areas that are not defined by any one academic discipline. Examples include general education, innovative teaching, diversity and inclusion, undergraduate research, assessment, and leadership development. Faculty can apply for such funding by submitting a proposal to the associate provost for faculty development. Proposals should describe the opportunity for which funding is sought and include a proposed budget.

Funding for faculty travel is available in the College of Arts and Sciences, the duPont-Ball Library, the School of Business Administration and the School of Music.

University travel policies is administered by the Office of Finance.

Support for Research

Support for Scholarship and Creative Arts

Opportunities at Stetson University

Funding for professional development opportunities is contingent on approval in each budget year by the University Budget Committee. Any changes to information below will be posted on-line on this web page.

Summer Grants

Information packet (includes application and specific deadlines)

Sabbatical Leaves

Information packet (includes application and specific deadlines)

Willa Dean Lowery Fund to Support Research in the Natural Sciences

Applications are invited for funding from the Willa Dean Lowery Fund to support faculty research in the biological and physical sciences at Stetson University. Faculty in the departments of biology, chemistry, environmental science, integrative health science and physics are eligible to apply. The fund will distribute $10,000 to a project or projects selected for support this year (through summer 2013). Requests can range from a minimum of $2,000 to the full $10,000. The application deadline is January 18, 2013. Applications should be submitted to pdc@stetson.edu. For additional information, see the information and application links below.

» Information and Application