Lecturers' Professional Development Grants

Lecturers' Professional Development Grants acknowledge the many contributions of RIT’s lecturers, senior lecturers, and principal lecturers, providing funding for professional development activities that involve teaching, development, and/or creative endeavors. Examples of appropriate expenditures include participation/presentation at conferences, national professional meetings, pedagogical programs, or travel required to access resources at other institutions. Lecturers, senior lecturers, or principal lecturers may apply for grants up to $2,000 and must meet all eligibility requirements as listed below.

Eligibility

  1. All full-time principal lecturers, senior lecturers, or lecturers with continuing appointment in Academic Affairs at RIT are eligible to apply, to be verified by the department head.
     
  2. Priority will be given to full-time lecturers, senior lecturers, or principal lecturers who have not received a Lecturers’ Professional Development grant in the past.
     
  3. Lecturers who have not completed previously awarded grant-funded projects or have not submitted an “Outcome Report” for a prior grant will not be eligible for a new grant-funded activity. 
     
  4. Faculty may not submit more than one grant application per academic year.
     
  5. Hospitality requests should not exceed 10% of total budget.
     
  6. Funding for software/hardware acquisition or other equipment, professional membership fees or licensure, certification, festival/screening fees, tuition, add-pay, faculty stipends, course release, or additional faculty salaries will not be considered.

Application Timeline

  • Call for Grant Proposals: Week of October 2, 2023
  • Grant Proposals Due: Monday, November 6, 2023, 11:59 pm. Late applications will not be considered.
  • Funding Decisions Announced: Approximately December 1
  • Final Grant "Outcome Report" Due: 30 days after completion of grant-funded project

Instructions/Application Materials

1. Review the sample application below prior to preparing your application. We strongly recommend that you complete the application in a Word document, then copy/paste into the Qualtrics form.
> Sample Application
> Online Application (Qualtrics)

2. Have your department head complete and sign the Department Head Verification Form (download file below). Grant applications without this form included as part of the application will not be considered.
Step 1: Download form.
Step 2: Prepare the form in its entirety.
Step 3: Submit to your department head for approval/signature.
Step 4: You or the department head should then email the completed/signed form to FCDS@rit.edu when you submit your application online via Qualtrics.

Grant Selection/Reporting Requirements

Proposals will be reviewed by a faculty selection committee, and recipients will be notified approximately December 1. If you are awarded a grant, you will receive instructions for accessing funds and reporting on the use of your grant in your award letter.

Grant recipients are asked to help disseminate their results by completing an Outcome Report (online) following the project completion. In this report, you will share the impact of this grant on your professional development, your teaching, and future success in your field.

Grant Recipients

Tom Dooley, CLA
Emma Duncan, SOIS
Rolf Hoeg, CAD
Larry Kiser, GCCIS
Tim Landschoot, KGCOE
Sam Malachowsky, GCCIS
Isabella Trindade, CAD

 

Kari Cameron, CLA
Ashley Nichols, CHST

Elena Sommers, CLA

Karen (Ren) vanMeenen, CLA

Tim Landschoot, KGCOE
Kate Leipold, KGCOE

Danny Maffia, NTID

Ana Havelka Mestrovic, RIT Croatia

Rick Lagiewski, SCB

Branko Mihaljević, RIT Croatia

Julie Napieralski

Elizabeth Reeves-O’Connor, CLA

Irma Abu-Jumah, CET
Jodie Crowley, CHST

Heather Grotke, CHST  

Luane Haggerty, NTID    

Ahmed Hamza, GCCIS

Julie Kolgjini, SOIS/ RIT Kosovo

Eric Kunsman, NTID

"Mick" Michael McQuaid, GCCIS

Erika Mesh, GCCIS

Carly Metcalfe, COS

Ahndraya Parlato CAD

Monika Polak, GCCIS

Peter Schmidt, RIT Croatia

Karen Tobin, NTID

Maja Vidovic, RIT Croatia

Martin Zagar, RIT Croatia

Grants not offered AY 2020-2021.

Lara Cardoso Goulart, CAD
Elisabetta D’Amanda, CLA

Ghazal Dehghani, KGCOE

Tom Dooley, CLA

Mike Johansson, CLA

Tim Landschoot, KGCOE

Kate Leipold, KGCOE

Sam Malachowsky, GCCIS

Evelina Miscin, RIT Croatia

Heidi Nickisher, CAD

Gahyun Park, GCCIS

Suzanne Peck, CAD

Gretchen Wainwright, CET

Melissa Warp, CAD

Munjal Yagnik, CAD

Rebecca Aloisio, CAD
Dawn Carter, COS
Jessamy Comer, CLA 
Sandi Connnelly, COS
Yasmine El-Glaly, COS
Thomas Hanney, SOIS
Petko Kitanov, COS
Eric Kunsman, NTID
Bernadette Lanciaux, COS
Michael McQuaid, GCCIS
Branko Mihaljevic, RIT Croatia
Jakob Patekar, RIT Croatia
Marissa Tirone, CAD
Cody Van de Mark, GCCIS
Karen vanMeenen, CLA

Fazal Abbas, COS
Jennifer Bailey, KGCOE
Erin Cascioli, GCCIS
Sandi Connelly, COS
Yahya Haidar, RIT Dubai
Petko Kitanov, COS
Marca Lam-Anderson, KGCOE
Kate Leipold, KGCOE
Amy McLaren (Williams), CAD
Angelina Maia, CHST
Milivoj Markovic, RIT Croatia - Zagreb
Rick Mislan, SCB
Heidi Nickisher, CAD
Ulrike Stroszeck, CLA
Aditya Yechan Gunja, COS

Yasmine El-Glaly, GCCIS
Daniel Krutz, GCCIS
Angelina Maia, CHST
Jeffrey L. Mills, COS
Heidi Nickisher, CAD
Ahndraya Parlato, CAD
Maja Vidovic, RIT Croatia 
Gretchen Wainwright, CET

Jennifer Bailey, KGCOE
Bill Brewer, CHST
Dawn Carter, COS
Daniel Krutz, GCCIS
Eric Kunsman, NTID
Rick Lagiewski, CET
Angelina Maia, CHST
Heidi Nickisher, CAD
Ulrike Stroszeck, CLA
Teresa Wolcott, CET

Jennifer Bailey, KGCOE
Dawn Carter, COS
Elizabeth Dicesare, COS
Michael Floeser, GCCIS
Lisa Greenwood, CET
Thomas Hanney, CMS
Aaron Kelstone, NTID
Lori Marra, CLA
Heidi Nickisher, CAD
Michael Riordan, CAD
Elena Sommers, CLA
Marissa Tirone, CAD

Jennifer Bailey, KGCOE
Kari Cameron, CLA
Birgit Coffey, COS
Lisa Greenwood, CET
Larisa Buhin Loncar, RIT Croatia
Daniel E. Krutz, GCCIS
Roy Melton, KGCOE
Jeffrey L. Mills, COS
Patricia Ann Poteat, CET
Ernest Roszkowski, NTID
Wilson De Lima Silva, CLA
Ulrike Stroszeck, CLA
Karen vanMeenen, CLA
Teresa Wolcott, CET