The Award Process
The Vice Provost for Academic Affairs is responsible for the oversight of the Faculty Productivity Award [loan] program. Departments or individual faculty members (tenure track) are eligible for interest-free loans through this fund which was originally established by a FIPSE grant. The fund source has become a revolving fund: loans are applied for, reviewed by a committee of faculty, and approved by the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs; as the loan is repaid, the fund is rejuvenated and additional loans are awarded.
The purpose of the fund is to enhance instructional opportunities for faculty and departments. A variety of projects have been funded in the past, but the most common requests are from faculty for assistance in the purchase of computers, related equipment and software to improve faculty productivity.
At least once each year, the Vice Provost sends out a reminder to Deans, Directors, and Department Heads with a copy of the application materials to be distributed to interested faculty. Applications are forwarded to Academic Affairs for distribution to the review committee. The following continue to serve on this committee:
John Buckhouse, College of Agricultural Sciences
Leslie Burns, Apparel, Interiors, Housing, and Merchandising
Bob Frank, English
Previously, Ruth Stiehl, Education, Kenneth Beals, Anthropology; Leroy Hammon, Business Affairs; Mimi Orzech, Pre-College Programs; and Kinsey Green, College of Home Economics & Education, served on the committee. The above three faculty agreed to continue to review the applications and to make recommendations to the Associate Provost.
