Travel Assistance Application Now Open

The online application is now available for Spring Travel Assistance. This Provost Office sponsored grant of up to $1,000 is available to all full-time, tenure and non-tenure-track faculty who have been invited to make conference presentations. Presentations must be research-centered and focused on a discipline and/or in teaching or pedagogy.

All requests must be submitted by 5 p.m. Friday, Jan. 31, and travel must take place between Feb. 1 and June 30. Applicants will need to provide proof of presentation acceptance as well as evidence that they are the senior contributor for the presentation. International travel requests will require additional justification.

Faculty members are eligible to receive one travel grant per year, July 1 to June 30. Preference will be given to applicants who have secured matching or contributing funds. If you are interested in applying for travel assistance, please complete the application available on the Office for Faculty Development and Enhancement website. You will receive an email confirmation that your application has been successfully submitted. If you have questions, please contact the Office for Faculty Development and Enhancement at facdev@uark.edu.

Contacts

Kathryn Ann Sloan, vice provost for faculty affairs
Academic Affairs
479-575-2152, facdev@uark.edu

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