1. Eligibility: open to all full-time regular faculty, including full-time adjunct faculty; visiting faculty with a contract for the following year may also apply; priority is given to tenure-track faculty during years two through five. Individuals holding endowed chairs or who have other forms of summer support (from either internal or external sources) of $4,000 or more should not apply.
   
   NOTE: TENURED FACULTY WHO HAVE RECEIVED HOPE COLLEGE SUMMER GRANTS (REGULAR, COOPERATIVE, INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL, CROSSROADS, TOWSLEY, etc.) FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR A THIRD CONSECUTIVE GRANT. TO BE ELIGIBLE, APPLICANTS MUST HAVE FILED A REPORT FOR THE MOST RECENT GRANT THEY RECEIVED.
   
   
2. Grant Period: up to eight weeks (alone or in combination with another grant; May Term has been excluded from the calcuations)
   
   
3. Maximum Grant: $4,000 (including other summer support from internal or external sources)
   1. Stipend: $450 per week ($3,600 maximum)
   2. Program Expenses: up to $400
      To cover expenses in excess of $400, individuals may request that money be transferred from the stipend line to the expenses line up to the maximum grant amount of $4,000. Such requests must be made by June 1, 2009.
      
      
4. Purposes for Grants:
   
   1. Individual or group research leading to publishable results
   2. Group projects involving several faculty members
   3. Creation of works of art
   4. Attendance at seminars in the performing arts
   5. Scholarship on teaching (research on the art and craft of teaching; not intended for regular course preparation)
   6. Participation in conferences, workshops or courses for the improvement of teaching and scholarship
   7. Exploration of the relationship between faith and learning
   8. Continuation of efforts to internationalize the curriculum

    

   Note: for grants involving cooperative faculty/student research see separate guidelines

    

5. Exclusions:
   1. These grants are not intended to support routine preparation for teaching new courses, which is assumed to be a contractual obligation of all faculty.
   2. Grant awards are contingent upon continued membership in the faculty during the following academic year; therefore, persons who resign from the faculty are ineligible to receive a grant.
      
      
6. Application Deadline: January 11, 2010
   

1. Complete the information requested on the application cover sheet. Answer all items (write "N/A" if it does not apply to your project).
   
2. On separate sheets, write a brief but comprehensive and clear description of the proposed work which includes (please use these headings in your proposal):
   1. Summary of the project, one page in length, in lay terms
   2. Background, including prior work by you and a concise record/listing of projects completed with faculty development monies in the previous 5 years. Each application must include a history of previous Hope College funding and how this funding was used. Be brief, but thorough.
   3. Goals and objectives of the project
   4. Significance of the project (relation to other scholars' work; importance to your professional development; benefit to the College, including the impact on students)
   5. Assessment: A statement of how to evaluate the success of your project

**Application length must not exceed 3-4 pages and must be at least 11 point font. Applications that do not meet this criteria will be returned**

3. Submit one copy of your application to the Office of the Provost and another copy to your Academic (Divisional) Dean.
   

1. Submit a report on how the objectives have been met: one copy to the Office of the Provost, one to your Academic Dean
   
   
2. Deadline: September 20, 2010

IV. ENDOWED GRANTS

1. The Mr. and Mrs. Christian Becker Faculty Development Award: first preference is given to faculty members in Economics and Business Administration.
   
   
2. Cole Faculty Development Fund: to be used for faculty enrichment and research within the Education Department.
   
   
3. The Jean Mason '45 Debbink Fund: supports faculty development in the Department of Nursing
   
   
4. The Marjorie den Uyl Summer Fellowship: limited to Music Department faculty who have taught at least two years at Hope; purpose is to enrich either performance or teaching ability; requires approval of the Chairperson of the Music Department (please ask your chair to submit a separate statement to the Provost).
   
   
5. The Simon den Uyl Summer Fellowship: awarded annually to a faculty member who has attained marked distinction in her/his academic career and who proposes a study of considerable scope with potential future benefit to the College; the recipient's name is engraved on a plaque in the Van Wylen Library.
   
   
6. The Anthony and Mae DePree Luidens ('12) Faculty Development Award: awarded annually to support the study of some aspect of the relation between the Church and contemporary society--with particular focus on national and global issues.
   
   
7. Norman and Ruth Peale Fund -- a student/faculty development fund for research in contemporary religious thought.
   
   
8. The Albertus Pieters Fund (Shoemaker): for self-renewal and study projects pertaining to teaching courses relating the sciences to the Christian faith; may be designated for faculty or students or to acquire library resources to accomplish this purpose.
   
   
9. The Julia Van Raalte Reimold Faculty Study Award: an award for a proposal for summer research and writing which best offers effective expression of those spiritual and cultural values which motivated the founder of Hope College, the Reverend Dr. Albertus C. Van Raalte, and which shows promise of resulting in scholarly or literary publication.
   
   
10. The John R. Soeter Endowed Fund for Faculty Development: A fund for faculty in the Natural Sciences Division.
    
    
11. The Miner and Dureth Bouma Stegenga Faculty Development Award: awarded annually to support the study of some aspect of the relation between the Church and contemporary society--with particular focus on state and regional issues.
    
    
12. The Third Reformed Church Faculty Development Fund: A fund established through the generosity of the Third Reformed Church in Holland. The income is to be used for faculty to continue their scholarly pursuits to further improve the academic excellence of Hope College. Preference is to be given to members of the Religion and Philosophy faculties in making this award.
    

Click here to fill out the Individual/Group/International Travel Grant Application Cover Sheet. This is a PDF containing interactive form fields. Check the "highlight fields" box in the upper right corner of the form to see the fields and use the tab key to move from one text field to the next. The form can be filled out online but you must print it for your dept. chair's signature.