August 24,1998 Number 1838
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL
Office of the Provost		Campus Box 8000, 214 South Building Chapel Hill, NC 27599-8000 (919) 962-1091 FAX: (919) 962-2437
MEMORANDUM

        The University will accept applications this fall for Junior Faculty Development awards paid from endowment income from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Foundation, Inc. Fund. The awards, up to the amount of $5,000, are to be expended during the period beginning 1 January 1999 and ending 31 December 1999.

I. The following terms apply to the awards:

A.  Applicants must be full-time, salaried faculty members without tenure and must not have
    been proposed for tenure prior to the application deadline date, Friday, September 25, 1998.

B. Preference will be given first to persons holding the rank of Assistant Professor and then to
    persons holding the rank of  Associate Professor. Individuals holding fixed-term appointments
    will generally be considered as less competitive.

C. Applicants in the second, third, or fourth year of service at the time of their application will be
    given preference over first-time applicants with fewer than two or more than four years' service.

D.  No person who has previously received an award will be eligible for a second award.

E. Money from the award may not be used to provide release time from regular employment.
    For persons on nine months contracts, the money may be used to provide summer salary
    and fringe benefits; this source of funds will count as part of the one-third allowable for  faculty
    members on nine    months service. Summer salary will be subject to the usual deductions.
    Since the awards are required to cover fringe benefit costs, the entire amount of an award cannot
    be paid as salary.

F.  Funds from the awards may also be used for supplies, equipment, salaries of assistants,
     travel, or to assist with any other dimension of faculty development.

G. Under no circumstances will a faculty member on nine months service who uses the Junior
     Faculty Development Award for summer salary be allowed to teach Summer School or serve
     as an administrator in the Summer School during the summer in the year of the award.

III.  Applications should consist of:

A.  A letter to the Chair of the Committee on Faculty Research and Study Leaves

B.  A curriculum vitae

C.  A narrative description of one or two pages describing the project to be undertaken and -in no case should more than two such pages be submitted

D.  A proposed budget which cannot exceed $5,000. The budget should show the kinds of expenditures proposed, e.g., salary, fringe benefits, travel, equipment, etc.

E.  An indication of other funds (e.g., NEH Summer Fellowships, University Research Council awards, etc.) which will be used or which are available for the support of the project

F.  A letter of endorsement from the applicant's department or curriculum chair or, in the case of non- departmentalized schools, the Dean of the School.

The original and seven copies of the application must reach the Office of the Provost, CB #8000, 214 South Building   before 5:00 p.m. on Friday, September 25,1998. Applications presented after that time will not be considered by the Committee.

cc: Deans, Directors and Department Heads in
Academic Affairs and Health Affairs