Purpose

The purpose of the JACADA Professional Development Grants is to award recognition and financial support to individual members of the campus advising community who engage in professional development activities that will enhance the status of and demonstrate the value of the advising profession at IUPUI.

Funding and Project Details

• Preference will be given to full-time IUPUI employees.
• Applicant must have completed one year of continuous service at IUPUI by the proposal deadline.
• Applicant must be an active member of JACADA.
• Preference will be given to applicants who are presenting, hold a leadership role in the professional organization hosting the conference, and who are first-time attendees to a conference.
• The conference/event must occur no later than 12 months after the awarding of the grant.
• The conference/event may supplement or expand upon, but may not duplicate, any training currently available at IUPUI in any form or through any office.
• The conference/event must be demonstrated to relate to the applicant's current or future duties and responsibilities.
• Applicant may not have received a Professional Development Grant within the previous two-year period (the previous four application periods).
• This grant may be applied to conference/event registration costs only. This grant will not be used to cover travel expenses or membership fees.
• A maximum of $250 may be awarded.
• Grants are not transferable, may not be applied to a different professional development event/activity, and may not be applied to a different time period.

Submission of Applications

Applications should be submitted online no later than 11:59 p.m. by each deadline:

• December 1
• April 1

For any deadline that falls on Saturday or Sunday, the deadline will be the following Monday. Funding decisions will be made approximately four weeks after the deadline.

Each application must include the following (in this order):

• The application form.
• A 250-word maximum "description and explanation" of the conference/event, the organization offering the event, and the applicant's role at the conference. Applicant should also discuss the value of the conference/event to the applicant, to the applicant's department/unit, and to JACADA/IUPUI.
• A 150-word maximum "contributions" list of possible ways the applicant could share what they learned with the campus advising community after the conference/event.
• A budget for the event/activity, including any additional, relevant details the applicant thinks necessary for the committee.

Post-Award Requirements

Each grant awardee will:

• Work with the JACADA Professional Development Committee to set up a "contribution" to the IUPUI community within six months after the conference/event. This contribution could take on a variety of forms, such as a brown bag share-back session, program presentation, or another idea proposed by the awardee.
• You might be contacted by JACADA for possible feature on the organization's web page and in the newsletter.

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