UNR Med Faculty Development Funding Program

FY25 Faculty development funding program

The UNR Med Faculty Development Funding (FDF) Program was conceived and implemented under the leadership of Dean Thomas L. Schwenk to inspire and provide professional development opportunities to all employed academic and administrative faculty members, through a competitive online application process.

Since 2012, the FDF Program offers funding resources to employed academic and administrative faculty members who hold an FTE of 0.5 or greater at UNR Med, for travel to present scholarly work, collaborative projects with a peer or peer institution for the purpose of enhanced programming, and to obtain professional training. Research project funding is not available through this program.

Please complete and submit the online application linked below for funding consideration.

• Award Application

Program criteria

• Applications considered for employed academic and administrative faculty members with an FTE 0.5 or greater.
• Chairs and directors must provide written support for submitted applications. This document is required as an attachment in the online application, and must indicate available matching funds.
• Online applications must include a brief statement outlining proposed activities and how they will contribute to the applicant’s professional development, the school/institution, and the community.
• Online proposals must include a detailed budget. 
• Administrative assistants must be designated in the online application and are responsible for managing funded expenses in Workday, as well as submitting a final expense report.
• Expenses associated with approved funding must be reconciled in Workday by May 31^st of the fiscal year funded.
• Expenses may not exceed approved funding; overages must be reimbursed.
• Individual annual subscriptions and hosting charges are not allowable expenses.
• Funded recipients are required to submit a one-page summary, post-project, describing the value contributed to their professional development, and the community, through approved funding.
  • Did the project go as expected?
  • Were there unintended or unexpected outcomes or benefits?
  • How will the experience lead to implementation moving forward?
• Note: Applications accepted for events/projects occurring within the current fiscal year; funding for events occurring after June 1^st must come from other sources. 

Additional funding opportunities available at UNR

The Office of Research & Innovation offers internal funding awards to academic faculty members who hold an FTE of 0.5 or greater, within UNR. Travel grants are competitively awarded to academic faculty members who are planning to travel to present scholarly work as a senior author or specifically traveling to interact with a funding sponsor for the purpose of enhancing funding potential. Please take advantage of these additional funding opportunities.

For more information or assistance in locating resources, please contact Debra Glogovac in the Office for Faculty.