Faculty Development Committee

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2026 - 2027 Update

Beginning on June 1, 2026, faculty will be able to submit a proposal for the new 'FDC Grant' using this form on the FDC Grants page. The grant will be for a maximum amount of $1,000 per faculty member and junior faculty members will be prioritized following the protocol defined on that page.

Sabbatical proposals will follow the typical format and maintain the submittal deadline of September 1. All sabbaticals should be emailed to fdc@wilkes.edu email link as well as to the FDC Chairperson.

About the Committee

The Faculty Development Committee is an internal grants committee comprised of full-time faculty members. The members serve from September to May and meet monthly. The committee is currently accepting proposals for a $1,000 FDC Grant.

The committee is also charged with assessing and ranking sabbatical requests and providing the Provost with the results. The Provost makes a final determination on the outcome of each request.

General Proposal Information

The FDC invites faculty members to submit proposals for the academic year 2026-2027.

Proposal Type	Objective	Maximum Award	Deadline
FDC Grant	Research or travel	$1,000	Rolling basis
Sabbatical	Leave for scholarship	per request	September 1

The rolling deadline for FDC Grant proposals is 1 week prior to the next FDC monthly meeting.

Sabbaticals should be submitted to fdc@wilkes.edu email link and to the email of the FDC chairperson.

Meeting Schedule

2026 - 2027

Sept. 8, 2026
Oct 13, 2026
Nov. 10, 2026
Dec. 8, 2026
Jan. 12, 2027
Feb. 9, 2027
March 9, 2027
April 13, 2027
May 11, 2027

Reimbursement Information

Please email a completed and signed travel reimbursement request (.xlsx) to annmarie.popson@wilkes.edu email link. Grant reimbursement must be within 30 days of the end of the conference or 30 days of the receipt of the grant.

All receipts for food and beverages must be itemized, or no reimbursement will be given.
Alcoholic beverages do not qualify for reimbursement.
Each faculty member can only be awarded one grant every alternate year.
In a fiscal year, submissions to attend conferences for oral/poster presentations or for research funding by junior faculty (identified as untenured tenure track faculty or non-tenure-track faculty of practice in their first three years of service) will be reviewed and awarded on a monthly basis.
In a fiscal year, submissions by faculty that are accompanying students to a conference will be reviewed and awarded on a monthly basis.
In a fiscal year, submissions to attend conferences for oral/poster presentations or for research funding by senior faculty or non-tenure track faculty in service at Wilkes in their fourth year or more will be reviewed, but awards will be held to the end of the fiscal year and awarded only if additional funding is available. The committee will discern which requests are prioritized and awards will follow that protocol.
Awards will not be made for networking events, online courses, attendance at conferences without presentations, attendance at conferences without student mentorship roles, or service roles at conferences.