A&S Council support for meeting and conference travel will be distributed to regular rank faculty, and non-regular rank non-union faculty (see online application button below). Union faculty members should apply for support through the Non-Regular Rank Union Faculty Professional Development Fund.
- Faculty may request a maximum reimbursement of $1,000 per fiscal year (July through June 30) to support no more than two trips (foreign or domestic) to enable attendance at a professional meeting or conferences to do one of the following:
- participate as a discussant on a panel
- present a paper
- present a keynote or invited lecture
- receive an award
- serve as an elected or appointed officer of the sponsoring organization
Eligibility Requirements
- All regular rank and non-regular rank NON-UNION Duke faculty with primary appointments in departments or programs in Trinity College of Arts and Sciences. Union faculty members should apply through the Non-Regular Rank Union Faculty Professional Development Fund.
- Emeritus faculty are also eligible.
Amount Description
- The maximum award in the A&S Council Facuty Research Grant program is $5,000. You may request any amount up to this maximum, as appropriate to budgetary requirements of your project.
- Carry-over of grant funds to the next fiscal year is permitted only in exceptional circumstances, which must be requested in writing.
- Grant funds may not be transferred to any other research project.
- Expenditures on the grant are limited to those items on the original application budget and may be reviewed.