Initiatives Supported by EDIT
Grants awarded by EDIT cover costs incurred by LaGuardia faculty in designing and implementing professional development projects. These costs may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Travel expenses to conduct
and/or present research and scholarship (e.g., archives, museums, special
collections, conference presentations, and invited lectures)
- Travel expenses for attending (not presenting at) conferences,
workshops, or seminars that directly support a specific scholarship or
research project
- Travel costs specifically associated with faculty development research
(e.g., to enhance an academic department/program’s pedagogy or
professional development)
- Expenses personally incurred by faculty to conduct research and scholarship
(e.g., entrance fees for research sites, photocopying from archives
or special collections)
- Expenses personally incurred by faculty for projects that enhance their
professional growth and development (e.g., enhancing scholarship, academic
effectiveness, and/or research skills and competencies; or
enhancing artistic skills and competencies)
Additional Notes:
- Applications must clearly
demonstrate how professional development activities support faculty tenure and
promotion, and/or the College’s strategic plan. Include a
narrative description that identifies specific ways in which your activities
support tenure, promotion and/or the strategic plan.
- Per diem requests will be
granted only for conference presentations. Links for per diem rates are:
Domestic: https://www.gsa.gov/travel/plan-book/per-diem-rates/per-diem-rates-lookup
International:
https://aoprals.state.gov/content.asp?content_id=184&menu_id=81
- EDIT does not fund the
following: reassigned time, conference registration fees, organization
membership fees, purchase of equipment or other items such as (but not limited
to) photocopying, postage/shipping costs, stipends or services rendered by
someone other than the applicant.