Kutztown Funding Opportunities for Faculty Research and Professional Development

Various funds are available to support faculty participating in scholarly/creative activities or engaging in continuous improvement in educational practices. In addition to funding available at a department or college level, there are four primary sources at the level of the larger Academic Affairs division.

  • Provost’s Supplemental Travel Fund

    The Provost’s Supplemental Travel Fund is intended to provide an additional resource for enabling the presentation of scholarly and creative works at peer-reviewed conferences, festivals, and competitions. All full-time tenure-track and tenured faculty are eligible to apply, and awards will begin this fiscal year, retroactively to July 1, 2026.

    Funding through this program is limited to $1,000 per faculty member per fiscal year. This total may be utilized over a maximum of two events per year. This "last-dollar" program will supplement funding currently available through the Professional Development Committee (PDC) and other sources. The funding letter from the PDC will be submitted as part of the application for this supplemental fund. Applicants must also seek funding available at the department and college levels (or unit and department, as appropriate) and signatures of the chair/director and dean/manager are required in the application process.

    This program is limited to presentation of peer-reviewed conference papers, juried creative exhibitions, juried media festival presentations, and similar peer-evaluated presentations of completed work. If a presented work is co-authored, each eligible KU faculty author may apply for travel funding through this process.

    Generally, funds must be expended by June 30th, and applications can be made prospective or retroactive to the travel. Exceptions may be made on a case-by-case basis for travel occurring in the summer months.

    Following the professional travel, awardees must submit conference papers, exhibition catalogs or images, media, etc. to the Provost’s office within six weeks of travel in order to remain eligible in the three fiscal years following the award.  

    Faculty members can complete the application for funding by visiting the online forms page faculty/staff tab and clicking on the Academic Affairs tile.

  • Provost’s Excellence in Teaching Professional Development Grant

    TBD.

  • Professional Development Committee Funds

    Professional Development Committee Funds  – Funding for pedagogical enhancement activities, individual study related to professional responsibilities, instructional materials, and travel assistance for professional and scholarly activity.

  • Research Committee Grants

    Research Committee Grants – Funding for research in any field of study