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Program Description
The purpose of the Summer Stipend
Program is to enhance scholarly productivity by providing faculty with
unencumbered time and financial support to pursue their scholarly activity.
This may include initiating scholarly activity, continuing work on an
existing project, and/or bringing a scholarly project to conclusion. To
this end, the Summer Stipend Program focuses on supporting ongoing scholarly
activities. This program embraces all forms of scholarly inquiry, research,
and creative activity appropriate to the diverse disciplines that make up
the University.
Program Funding
$100,000 has been allocated from the
Research Development Fund and the University budget to support this program.
The Summer Stipend Program provides 50%
- 100% of a faculty member’s salary and fringe benefits during the 2008
Summer Session (June, July, August) for scholarly productivity. Concurrent
awards may be held with the Summer Stipend Program. The three-month stipend
amount will be based on the faculty member’s 9-month academic-year salary
and prorated according to the effort support by the Summer Stipend Program.
Funding for such expenditures as travel and equipment received from other
sources are not included in the calculations for a stipend. The amount of
the Summer Stipend, when combined with other awards, cannot equal more than
100% of a faculty member’s salary.
Eligibility
All full-time tenured or tenure-track
faculty at Texas Woman’s University are eligible to apply for a Summer
Stipend. The Summer Stipend shall be awarded with the expectation that the
faculty member will continue in service at the University for at least one
academic year following the Summer Stipend award period. Persons known to
be in the terminal year of their employment at TWU are not eligible to
apply.
Since the expectation is that faculty
will focus on their scholarly activities during the Summer Stipend award
period, every effort should be made to relieve faculty of such departmental
duties as teaching, advising, recruitment, and program supervision during
the summer session in which the award is received. A limited amount of
activity is possible but not recommended. While it is recognized that 100%
release may not be possible in some departments because of teaching needs,
applicants must devote at least 50% effort during the summer to scholarly
activities to be eligible for this program. The applicants must make the
case that they would be able to devote the time necessary to accomplish
their scholarly goals for the summer.
Application and Submission
Instructions
The application form is available by
clicking here. The fully signed
original application plus 9 stapled copies must be submitted to the Office
of Research & Sponsored Programs, Denton (ACT 2) no later than
Tuesday,
February 26, 2008 by 5:00 p.m. | 
