Application Guidelines for Teaching Advancement Travel Grants
The Teaching Advancement Board (TAB) provides Teaching Advancement Travel Grants to assist individuals seeking to participate in a distant seminar or workshop that primarily aims to improve or enhance teaching and learning outcomes.
This announcement contains guidelines and deadlines for this program applicable for travel during the 2012-2013 fiscal year. All awards are subject to the availability of funds.
Application Forms
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Application Deadlines
There are no deadlines for travel applications. They will be reviewed on a monthly basis. Only one signed original copy is required. Applications for travel commencing less than three weeks after the submission date will not be considered. The results are typically reported to the applicant approximately two weeks after the submission date.
Applicant Eligibility and Award Limits
Travel awards are limited to full-time faculty members or lecturers with significant instructional involvement. In general, no individual may receive more than one travel grant in any given fiscal year. All travel outside the United States will be considered foreign travel. Applicants with current external grant support for teaching activities will not be considered. Awards will not be made for the same trip from both the TAB Travel Grant program and the Scholars' Travel Fund administered by the Campus Research Board.
Travel Award Limits
Teaching Advancement Travel Grants, which are modeled after Scholars’ Travel Fund awards, include a standard amount based on the distance from Champaign-Urbana and existing airfares. This standard amount is referred to as the Travel Award. In addition to the Travel Award, however, a Supplemental Expense Allotment may be awarded.
A list of the Travel Awards for various destinations is at http://www.research.uiuc.edu/stf/programinfo.asp#support. If the applicant's destination does not appear on this list, then the Travel Award will be calculated for the destination after submission of the application. Requests for support are not limited to the destinations listed; the list of destinations is for planning purposes only.
In addition to the Travel Award, a Supplemental Expense Allotment may be awarded. If awarded, a lump sum is allotted based on the number of days that the conference is in session and attended by the applicant. The amount of the Supplemental Allotment is calculated on the basis of $100 per day, and actual expenses will be deducted from the total Supplemental Expense Allotment awarded. The maximum Supplemental Expense Allotment is $500.
Teaching Advancement Travel Grants may be used for airfare, reimbursement of automobile mileage, registration fees, taxis, trains, busses, subways, business telephone calls, business expenses, toll road charges, parking charges, meals, and lodging. Payment of association dues is not an allowable expense from the TAB Travel funds.
Grant Administration Information
Upon return from approved travel, the departmental unit of the faculty member will complete the Travel Voucher and submit it to the Accounting Division for payment. The department will also send a copy of the Travel Voucher to the TAB office. At the end of the semester the TAB will initiate a budget transfer for an amount up to the amount of the faculty member's award to reimburse the department. The faculty member and departmental units are responsible for making sure that all University policies for travel reimbursements are followed.
Application Instructions
A separate application form must be submitted for each proposed trip. An application form is attached to this announcement and available through the TAB office or may be downloaded electronically (Application Form). Questions may be addressed to Associate Provost Peter Mortensen or to TAB co-chairs Professor Kim Graber and Professor Sara Hook.