Butine Award Applications

Call for Spring Butine Proposals: Deadline Feb. 7

January 31, 2020

The Committee on Teaching and Scholarship invites all eligible faculty to submit proposals to receive funding from the Arthur Butine Faculty Development Fund. We are excited to announce that, in efforts to improve accessibility, clarity, and efficiency, we have created new and improved online application forms, along with screen reader friendly Word versions of the applications. Faculty are welcome to use either version. There is also a new Instructions for Butine Applications document to help ensure complete applications.

The deadline for submission and to the applicant’s dean and chair (if CAS), is no later than noon on Friday, February 7, 2020. Please note that applicants must discuss their Butine proposals with their respective deans (and chairs, for CAS applicants) prior to submitting applications for consideration. Please contact Hannah Highlander (TAS@up.edu) with questions or for further information.

Submit Butine Proposals Through Moodle

August 28, 2015

The Committee on Teaching and Scholarship invites all regular faculty to submit proposals to receive funding from the Arthur Butine Faculty Development Fund. Faculty can download Butine application materials, review selection criteria, and consult the timeline for applications by visiting https://www.up.edu/academicsenate/tas/.

Submission of post-Butine reports, new Butine applications, and all supporting letters are now done through the Teaching and Scholarship Moodle site at this link. The deadline for submission through Moodle and the applicants’ respective department chairs (if CAS) and deans is no later than noon on Friday, October 2, 2015. Please note also that applicants must discuss their Butine proposals with their respective deans prior to submitting applications for consideration.

The Committee on Teaching and Scholarship will host two workshops to review the Butine application process on Monday, September 7, 4-5 p.m., and Thursday, September 10, 11 a.m.-noon, both in the Engineering Conference Room (Shiley 232).

A final reminder: All interim or completed project reports of previously funded proposals are due to the Teaching and Scholarship Committee through Moodle, as well as the appropriate deans, no later than Thursday, October 1. Report forms can be downloaded from the website listed above.

Please contact Aaron Wootton, TAS chair, at tas@up.edu for further information.

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