Grants Overview
This website provides requests for proposals (RFP) for the grant programs available to tenured or tenure-track faculty members at Shippensburg University (SU). Each year the SU Foundation, Provost's Office, and College Deans provide funds to support faculty professional development. Currently, CETL supports three different grant programs:
Travel Grant: Supports faculty travel to conferences for presentations, conference organizing, or required attendance for national officers.
Faculty Training and Continuing Education (FTCE): Supports efforts to improve pedagogy, teaching, or scholarship through attendance at workshops or other innovative approaches.
PASSHE and SU Faculty Professional Development Council (FPDC): Supports faculty professional development including, but not limited, to: (1) research, (2) public service, (3) creative and performing arts, (4) Innovation in Teaching, (5) Individual and career enhancement, and (6) Development of an extramural grant proposal.
Annual Reports
Click and download CETL Annual Reports (pdf):
- Annual Report 2013-2014
- Annual Report 2014-2015
- Annual Report 2015-2016
- Annual Report 2016-2017
- Annual Report 2017-2018
- Annual Report 2019-2020
Important Updates for 2021-22 Academic Year
- New Shippensburg University Travel Request Form
- Mileage reimbursement is $0.56 per mile
- As of the start of the 2021-22 Academic Year, travel is not restricted for pandemic reasons. This policy may change if conditions worsen.
- To request a travel advance, applications cannot be submitted at the deadline prior to travel, they must be submitted at the previous deadline
- The SU Travel Request Form may be signed with e-signatures. After obtaining applicant and department chair signatures, email the form to both the dean and their administrative assistant.
- Travel grant only: Conference publication fees are now an allowable expense
- Itemized meal receipts are not required. Faculty should only claim their actual costs (up to the per diem rate) for the destination city, minus meals included in the registration fees
- Faculty Training and Continuing Education Award limit: to be determined
- Travel Grant Award Limit: to be determined
- All post award paperwork must be submitted to CJ Ezell in the CETL Office, located in within the Office of Professional, Continuing, and Distance Educations (PCDE), HH 117 (cjezel@ship.edu)
Important Reminders:
- Travel Grant and Faculty Training and Continuing Education grant programs will be accepted via the online application
- For technical support with your application, please contact: Institute for Public Service and Sponsored Programs at x1251
- For questions regarding your application, please contact: CFESTgrants@ship.edu
- Summer travel (May-September 2022): Faculty must apply for CFEST Travel and FTCE grants by the May 1, 2022 deadline Special Exemption: Evidence of acceptance is not required for faculty applying for travel in late summer / early fall
- If you are traveling internationally, then the President must sign the Travel Request Form and complete the Foreign Travel Disclosure Form
- If a travel advance or registration prepayment is requested, then the CFEST Travel Grant Application must be submitted by the monthly deadline at least one-month prior to the month of travel (Examples: Travel in November must be submitted by the October deadline. Travel in February must be submitted by the December deadline.)
- Final reports are accepted online via the CFEST website
Grant Application Important Dates
Travel and FTCE Grant Program |
How to Apply: |
October 1, 2021 November 1, 2021 December 1, 2021 February 1, 2022 March 1, 2022 April 1, 2022 May 2, 2022 |
The Travel and FTCE grant competitions for the 2021-22 academic year will open soon. Grant applications due by 11:59 pm EST |
FPDC Grant Program Application Deadline |
How to Apply: |
Grant Writing Workshop: Nov, 2021 |
Grant applications due by 11:59 pm Submit proposals via InfoReady (PDF format): https://ship.infoready4.com/ |
Grants Administration Committee 2021 - 2022
Committee Member | Department | Phone | |
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Paul Taylor, |
Mathematics | x1705 | CFESTGrants@ship.edu |
Nicole Hill | Dean of Education and Human Services | x1373 | nrhill@ship.edu |
John Kooti | Dean of Business | x1435 | jgkooti@ship.edu |
Lesley Brown | Dean of Arts and Sciences | x1151 | jhmike@ship.edu |
Melissa McNelis | Human Communications Studies | x1720 | mjmcnelis@ship.edu |
Grant Innerst | Mathematics | x1468 | glinnerst@ship.edu |
Andrea Barrick | Social Work & Gerontology | x1271 | asbarrick@ship.edu |
Amir Amini Sedeh | Management & Marketing | x1623 | aaminisedeh@ship.edu |
Matt Shupp | Counseling | x1676 | mrshupp@ship.edu |
Arelys Madero | Criminal Justice | x1773 | anmadero@ship.edu |
Christopher Wonders | Institute for Public Service and Sponsored Programs | x1251 | cawonders@ship.edu |
Ex-Officio Member: |
CETL Grants Administration Mission
The CETL Grants Administration supports the professional development of Shippensburg University tenure-track and tenured faculty via awarding intramural grants and assisting faculty to develop competitive grant-writing skills. CETL Grants Administration encourages faculty to participate in conferences, training opportunities, research, public service, creative and performing arts, and development of curricula and instructional techniques as part of their ongoing development as teacher-scholars. CETL strives to support Shippensburg University’s commitment to student learning by supporting the faculty professional development necessary to maintain and enhance the quality of teaching and learning on this campus