Type III awards are intended to help faculty members attend conferences, educational / training workshops or programs without presenting or performing significant leadership responsibilities in the organization sponsoring the meeting.
Guidelines
- Proposals should be submitted using the Type III Proposal Submission Form external website. The form will request specific information including the meeting or program that will be attended, what will be done, and a confirmation of the registration.
- To assist the committee in making its decisions, each proposal should include a brief
description of how the activity addresses the assessment criteria listed below.
- The significance of the proposal. How it will contribute to the intellectual and professional development of the applicant and advance scholarship in the applicant's field?
- Value of the proposed activity to Wilkes students. How will the proposed activity benefit Wilkes students, either during its execution or upon the applicant's return to Wilkes?
- Value of the proposed activity to the applicant's department. This may include the relationship of the project/activity to the mission of the department, academic unit, and of the accreditation bodies. Also state how the proposed activity will strengthen your discipline at Wilkes.
- Value of the proposed activity to Wilkes University overall. Specifically address the mission of Wilkes University, and how and where this project / activity relates to that mission. Also, state how the expertise acquired will benefit the academic community.
- The following will be requested in the submission form:
- Documentation of acceptance in the meeting or training program.
- Documentation of airfares, registration fees, and other expenses. Include a detailed,
itemized project budget to include, where applicable, registration fees, travel expenses,
and other items. Include as "other funding" resources from departmental development
funds and other university or external funds. A sample budget format follows.
Supplies (itemize) $xxx.xx Total, Supplies xxx.xx $xxx.xx Travel to XX (by air, car (mileage), bus, train, etc.) $xxx.xx Meals, ## $xxx.xx Total, Travel Expenses $xxx.xx Other (itemize) $xxx.xx Total, Other $xxx.xx Total Costs of Project / Activity $xxx.xx Less Other Funding: Departmental Contribution $xxx.xx Other funds (itemize) $xxx.xx Total Funding Received / Sought $xxx.xx Amount of This Request $xxx.xx
- Once the applicant is notified that the grant has been awarded, the awardee must deliver original receipts and a completed and signed travel reimbursement request to Ann Marie Popson.