Faculty
The faculty travel allocation for eligible trips taken between September 1, 2009 and August 31, 2010: $1,250.
Who receives department travel funding: Funds received from the Dean's Office are normally divided evenly between each tenured and tenure-track faculty member, including any on leave but excluding those with professorships. If funds remain in the latter part of the year, lecturers who have been employed for multiple semesters may receive funding on a case by case basis.
Types of travel that are eligible for reimbursement:
* Presenting a paper at a conference
* Screening a film at a juried festival
* Fulfilling obligations as an elected officer of a scholarly or professional organization
* Conducting research that will lead to published or creative work
* Conducting pre-production, production, or post-production for a creative work
* Acting as a panel chair at a conference
* Acting as a judge at a festival, competition or other venue for creative work
* Attending a workshop, class or conference for professional development purposes
* Attending a market - including preparatory meetings with industry participants -- in order to secure funding or distribution for a creative work.
REMEMBER THE "60-DAY REIMBURSEMENT RULE":
Travel cannot be reimbursed more than 60 days after the last day of travel. In order to make the best and fairest use of ALL our travel funds:
-- Around March 15 of each year, RTF staff will ask each faculty member to make a definite commitment for the expenditure of any funds remaining from his/her $1,250 allocation. You will need to state your destination(s), purpose of the travel, and total amount needed.
-- Any funds which cannot be definitively committed on March 15 will be reallocated to other faculty, based on requests that Eric will solicit at that time. We hope that all faculty will be honest and fair, as other faculty will certainly be able to use any returned funds.
THE UNIVERSITY FACULTY TRAVEL GRANT AMOUNT HAS REMAINED AT $1,200 THIS YEAR. See University Travel Grants for more information.
See Reimbursement Procedures for details about steps to follow BEFORE going on a trip.