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| Timeline for 2023-24(For FDAs effective beginning summer 2024)Date(s) | Responsible party | Action |
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September 5 | EVPP Faculty Affairs | Application site opens | October 3, 5 pm | Application site closes | October 6 | COE Faculty Affairs | Deadline: Confirm eligibility of applicants and communicate to EVPP Faculty Affairs | October 6-9 | Department chairs | Receive notification of applicants; review and rank applicants | October 10-November 9 | COE FDA committee | Review applications | November 9 | Deadline: Meet and forward recommendations to Dean | November 10-17 | Dean | Review recommendations and applications | November 17 | Deadline: Forward recommendations to EVPP Faculty Affairs | December 18 | EVPP Faculty Affairs | Notify awardees | February 20 | Faculty awardees | Deadline: Submit acceptance forms to COE Faculty Affairs | February 27 | COE Faculty Affairs | Deadline: Forward acceptance forms to EVPP Faculty Affairs |
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| Overview - Faculty Development Award (FDA)The Provost's Faculty Development Award program is open to all ranks of benefits-eligible professional-track faculty in the lecturer, instruction, practice, research, clinical faculty title series. It provides up to $10,000 to support the professional development opportunities and activities of each awardee. The $10,000 award can go toward summer salary, or can be split between summer salary and an operational account to be used by faculty member for purposes of research or professional development. Award funds can be used to support development opportunities across up to two academic years. The number of FDAs to be awarded per year is limited, and faculty to receive FDAs will be selected through a review process outlined on this page, on tab "How to apply" > subsection "COE application process." GuidelinesUT Austin guidelinesCollege of Education guidelines- See EVPP: Faculty Development Award > "College and School FDA Guidelines" in right-hand side bar > "College of Education." Guidelines include:
- Formation of committee
- Application materials
- Criteria for selection
- Budget and timing
- Eligibility
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| EligibilityFaculty are encouraged to confirm their eligibility by carefully reviewing (1) the "Eligibility" section of EVPP: Faculty Development Award, (2) UT FDA Guidelines for the appropriate Academic Year, and (3) this Wiki page prior to applying. Eligibility will be confirmed by COE Faculty Affairs prior to review. Note that staff members are not eligible for FDA (example: a staff member who teaches a summer course). To be eligible to apply for an FDA, a professional-track faculty member must meet all of the following criteria: - Hold the rank of senior lecturer, distinguished senior lecturer, or assistant, associate or full professor in the relevant professional-track title series (i.e., clinical, instruction, practice, research).
- Have served as a benefits-eligible professional-track faculty member at UT Austin in at least one of the fall and spring terms during at least six different academic years, both before the first FDA, and in between FDAs
- Have served as a benefits-eligible professional-track faculty member at UT Austin in at least one of the fall and spring terms during each of two consecutive academic years immediately preceding the start of the summer of the FDA.
- Have met or exceeded expectations in their annual review during at least three of the most recent academic years in benefits-eligible service at UT Austin preceding the application for the FDA.
- All criteria outlined in UT-FDA guidelines.
Examples of timing for FDASource: 2023-24 UT FDA Guidelines FINAL.pdf
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| How to apply1. Review eligibilityBefore applying, please carefully review the "Eligibility" tab on this page. 2. COE application processResponsible party | Step | Action |
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Applicant | 1 | a) Discuss the timing of the proposed FDA with their department chair. For timing options, see section 1 of COE FDA Timing and Eligibility Checklist. b) Review all University and College eligibility requirements for the award. | 2 | Initiate and route COE FDA Timing and Eligibility Checklist: a) Complete items I-IV of "Applicant completes" section and sign. b) Department chair completes and signs the appropriate section of the form. c) Applicant forwards form to COE-FacultyAffairs@austin.utexas.edu for review and completion. | COE Faculty Affairs | 3 | Review COE FDA Timing and Eligibility Checklist, complete, and return to applicant. (Applicant will include completed form in their application materials.) | Applicant | 4 | Submit application including all requested materials through the Provost's online system prior to the deadline. Note that extensions to the stated deadline will not be granted. Applications must include all of the following documentation: 3 incomplete All materials required by the Provost’s Office, as described at EVPP: Faculty Development Award for Professional-Track Faculty, and 4 incomplete Completed COE FDA Timing and Eligibility Checklist | Provost's Office | 5 | Online application system closes. | COE Faculty Affairs and Provost's Office | 6 | Review each applicant's materials and confirms their eligibility in the application system. | Department chair | 7 | Receives an email notification that applicants are awaiting their review. Only materials from eligible applicants will be made available. | 8 | Review applications online and makes recommendations. | COE FDL committee | 9 | Review applications based on APS and COE policies, and sends recommendations to Dean. | Dean | 10 | Reviews applications based on COE FDA committee recommendations, and forwards final recommendations to Provost's Office | Provost's Office | 11 | Reviews Dean's recommendations and makes final decisions according to CSU allotment. Notifies applicants of their decision. |
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title | Processes - awardees |
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| Processes for awardeesTo accept the FDA1) The Provost's Office will notify awardees via email just prior to the winter break. Notification emails will include an attachment: page 1 will be the award letter, and page 2 will be an Acceptance Form. 2) Recipient should sign the Acceptance Form and return to COE-FacultyAffairs@austin.utexas.edu. Please note the deadline to return the form, stated on the form itself. 3) COE Faculty Affairs will obtain the Senior Associate Dean's signature, record relevant award info, and add the fully-signed form to the faculty member's Dean's Office personnel file on Box. 4) COE Faculty Affairs will forward the fully-signed form to the Provost's Office, and will cc the recipient's department Chair and Administrative Manager. Upon completion of the FDAThe faculty member must submit a report documenting the following: - Activities and products
- Impact of the FDA on their professional development
- Accounting of all grants supplemental to the FDA
Failure to submit the report by the deadline will make the faculty member ineligible to receive another future FDA. |
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| Information for administrative staffFundingThe Provost's Office will transfer funds to COE for processing according to CSU guidelines. For FDAs taken as an operational account, the Dean's Office will transfer the funds to a departmental account. Workday processingIn COE, FDAs taken as summer salary will be processed by the faculty member's primary department as a summer Additional Job (non-teaching) in Workday, funded by an account designated by the Dean's Office. Upload a copy of the signed FDA acceptance form to the Workday Business Process, and in the comments, add "Approved FDA." APS will record FDAs in the faculty member's Workday profile. Go to "Academic" > "Current Appointments." In the "Identifier" column, look for FD (Faculty Development). "Track Type" will be FDA (Faculty Development Award). |
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