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Dean’s Professional Development Grant

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Purpose

This program provides funding to support professional development opportunities that enhance faculty effectiveness in leadership, teaching, research, or creative activity. These grants are intended to support engagement with external learning experiences that foster cultural connection, collaborative development, or applied skill-building.

Eligibility

Open to all full-time faculty in the College of Fine Arts. Applicants may submit proposals to multiple CFA internal grant programs but may only receive one internal grant per fiscal year (June 1–May 31), excluding the Programming Grant Supporting Community Connections.

Award

Grants of up to $2,000 are available to reimburse professional development expenses. Awards exceeding this amount may be considered at the discretion of the Dean. Eligible expenses may include but are not limited to:

  • Travel (airfare, hotel, mileage, per diem). All travel request approvals, reimbursements, and expenses must comply with College of Fine Arts and TCU travel policies. Travel and reimbursements will be processed through Concur. Please verify with your chair or director for anticipated travel requests and approvals.
  • Conference or workshop registration (in-person or virtual). Reimbursement requests must follow TCU reimbursement procedures and can only include expenses incurred the applicable fiscal year. All other purchases must follow departmental, college, and TCU purchasing guidelines, policies, and procedures

Application Materials

A complete application includes:

  • College of Fine Arts Grants Cover Sheet
  • Project proposal (maximum 3 pages, double-spaced), including:
    • Description of the professional development opportunity
    • How the experience will benefit your teaching, research, or creative activity
    • Impact on students, your department/school, and/or the College
    • How the project utilizes resources beyond what is regularly available at TCU
    • Justification for the budgeted expenses 
  • Itemized budget
  • Updated CV in TCU format

Application Procedure

Email the complete application as a single PDF to Tracy Rohrer in the Dean’s Office at t.rohrer@tcu.edu.

Deadlines:

  • Last Monday in August (for projects within the current fiscal year)
  • Second Monday in November (for projects within the current fiscal year)
  • First Monday in April (for projects beginning in the next fiscal year) 

Post-Award Requirements

  • A final project report must be submitted within 30 days of the project’s conclusion to the Dean’s Office (t.rohrer@tcu.edu), department/school Chair/Director, and Dr. Charles Freeman, Director of Research and Creative Scholarship Initiatives (charles.freeman@tcu.edu).
  • All expenses and reimbursement forms must be submitted within 30 days of the project’s completion and no later than the third Monday in May to ensure timely processing.
  • Any changes to the approved budget or project scope must be reviewed and approved by the Director of Research and Creative Scholarship Initiatives.