Funding Requests
Applicant Guidelines for 2011-2012
Effective November 1, 2011, and for the remainder of the 2011/12 academic year, applications are only being accepted for Student Travel Requests (presenters only), or for student travel grants covered by the Mentoring Project Fund ($400 cap per student).
The Mentoring Resources Committee is responsible for evaluating proposals and distributing grant funds to member of the Wilkes community. All applications and reports can be completed and submitted online. Links are at the bottom of this page.
All proposed projects selected for funding will support the University’s mentoring culture. Requests for funding will be considered from University departments and officially sanctioned campus organizations. Mentoring activities are those that enhance relationships to foster engagement, better learning, and opportunity for success. The Mentoring Resources Committee is most interested in funding initiatives that 1) focus on the developmental needs of the individual; 2) build better learning relationships; and 3) create seamless support systems.
The Committee encourages University departments and campus organizations to submit proposals for projects that expand or create new opportunities for mentoring at Wilkes. Priority projects will include those that use grant funding for the greatest impact on improving the quality of student life and learning at Wilkes.
Funding Programs
There are two funding options for applicants, the Mentoring Project Fund and Student Travel Grant for Presenters. Please review the Mentoring Project Fund FAQs for information on limits to funding for students attending, put not presenting, at a conference or meeting.
Student Travel Grant for Presenters:
- For grants up to $1000 to students who will be presenting at a conference or meeting on academic research done in collaboration with a faculty mentor.
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For any one academic conference/meeting, a limit of $3000 will be awarded, whether the awards support mentoring project grants or student travel grants for conference presentation with faculty mentor.
- Requests are reviewed on a rolling basis throughout the academic year.
- Requests should be submitted at least three (3) weeks prior to when the funds are required; funds cannot be awarded for events that have already taken place.
- Student Travel grant applications must be authored by the student who will use the funds.
- Students are eligible for only one student travel grant per year.
- A brief follow-up report is required.
Mentoring Project Fund:
- Proposals will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Individual faculty mentors are encouraged to submit requests for summer project funding by April 15.
- Based on volume of applicants, it may be necessary to cap the number grants that will be awarded to any one department or campus organization in a semester.
- A stipend to a member of the faculty supervising a summer scholarly, creative, or research project (non credit) is limited to $1000 per student supervised, with an annual maximum stipend of $2000. A fringe rate of 8.75% should be applied to faculty stipend request. No one faculty member will be awarded more than $6000 per year for student salaries.
- Maximum student support for summer undergraduate research, scholarly, or creative project (non credit) carried out under the supervision of a faculty member will be $3000 per year for up to 12 weeks. Three wage rates have been established for students. The freshman and sophomore rate is $8.00 per hour (375 hours). The junior and senior rate is $10.00 per hour (300 hours) and the rate for post-grad is $12.00 (250 hours). 7.65% (FICA) must be applied to wage requests for all students who are not taking a summer academic course that confers at least 3 credits.
- A $400 cap will apply to all requests for student travel to meetings or conferences when the student is not presenting.
- No funds can be provided for trips or activities related to academic course work.
- A brief follow-up report is required.
The Mentoring Resources Committee will not fund:
- Capital improvement projects or capital equipment
- Activities or items already funded in the operating budget or basic operating requirements of existing programs
- Scholarships to individual students
- Activities related to academic course work
- The purchase of computers or peripheral equipment
- Funding for faculty/student social engagements. The Task Force has provided funding to each unit dean to subsidize these events.
Members of the Mentoring Resources Committee for 2011-12 are: Paul Adams, Ed Foote, Anne Pelak, Debbie Tindell, and Brian Whitman.
Use the links below to access funding-related forms.
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