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Fall 2023 Cycle for Butine Faculty Development Grants is Now Open

September 22, 2023

The Committee on Teaching and Scholarship is pleased to announce that the Fall 2023 cycle for Butine Faculty Development grants is now open. Full-time faculty, instructors, lecturers, and librarians (at assistant, associate, and senior ranks) are eligible to apply. All applicants must have an appointment for next year to be eligible.

Submit your completed Butine application to Teaching and Scholarship via Moodle and to your department chair and/or Dean by Friday, October 13.

If you plan to apply for a Fall 2023 Butine Grant, please take note of the following deadlines and workshop information below.

Fall 2023 Cycle7/8 of available $ awarded
Sept. 19Butine informational session (1 hr.) – see details below
Oct. 2Deadline for interim or completed Butine Post Reports
Oct. 13Deadline for Deans to submit responses to Faculty Post Reports
Oct. 13Deadline for Butine applications to be submitted to TAS and to Chair/Dean
Oct. 20Deadline for CAS Chairs to submit Butine Review form to Dean and TAS Chair
Oct. 27Deadline for Deans to submit letters to TAS Chair

Butine workshop: Sept. 19, 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.

*Zoom link: https://uportland.zoom.us/j/96251624974

*This session will be led by Terry Favero and Buck Taylor; This session will be recorded

The purpose of the workshop is to offer tips and insights on ‘best practices’ for Butine grant submissions. We also will answer your questions. Faculty new to the application process are encouraged to attend.

Please note that for those CAS faculty who received Fall 2022 or Spring 2023 Butine Awards, interim or completed reports are due to Teaching and Scholarship via Moodle by Monday, October 2, 2023.

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