Grants and Fellowships

Internal Funding

EMORY KIMBROUGH OXFORD EXHANGE
FELLOWSHIP ENDOWMENT

The Kimbrough Fund provides modest funds for Washington and Lee faculty spending their sabbatical at University College, Oxford University. These funds help to defray travel and living expenses while abroad.

HEWLETT MELLON and Class of '62 AWARDS (FOR FULL-YEAR LEAVES)

Up to three (or possibly four, if there are sufficient funds) internal $20,000 grants will be available to tenured faculty in support of year-long sabbatical leaves under the following conditions:

1. Funds will come from the Class of '62 and Hewlett-Mellon Special; two recipients a year will be designated "Class of '62 Fellow" and the other(s) "Hewlett-Mellon Fellow."

2. Applications should be made along with leave proposals (same deadline) to the Advisory Committee; announcement of the possibility of these grants should be made at the same time leave applications are solicited.

3. The Advisory Committee will decide among the applicants according to the following criteria:
a. merit, first and foremost
b. a bias towards more recently-tenured faculty, particularly those undertaking their first sabbatical leave
c. applicants must actively seek outside funding for a full year's leave, and copies of these grant applications (and particularly the outside letter of support) must be submitted along with the application for W&L funds
d. there is a preference for scholarly over pedagogical research

4. Conditions for grants:
a. leaves must be for a full year
b. leaves must be approved by the Advisory Committee, President and Board
c. arrangements must be made through the department head to handle courses of person on leave
d. a public lecture on the research completed must be given sometime during the year following the sabbatical leave

5. Awards will be announced to the faculty after they have been accepted and leaves approved.

MELLON TRAJECTORIES GRANTS

The Mellon Foundation has agreed to fund for three years (2005-08) a proposal from Washington and Lee titled “Career Trajectories Across the Professorate.” The proposal indicated that we have recently provided enhanced support for tenure-track Assistant Professors, most notably by providing a pre-tenure paid leave program, and asked for funding from Mellon now to provide an enhancement of support for tenured Associate Professors. The granted funds will establish a fund to increase support from the University from 50% to 80% of salary for a designated number of full year sabbaticals annually. Faculty are expected to compete in the fellowship and grant arena to raise the remaining 20% of salary. As a bonus for the competitive excellence shown by becoming the recipient of a sabbatical award, there will be an addition to the current summer stipend of $2,400 (through the Glenn Grant program) of $1,770 per faculty member. It is assumed the additional research time will be used to pursue the same research topic as that approved for the sabbatical, and will be used during the summer immediately prior to or immediately following the sabbatical year.

Applications should be made along with leave proposals (same deadline) to the Advisory Committee. An eligible candidate will be seeking a full-year leave, and the leave must be approved by the Advisory Committee, President and the Board. Arrangements must be made through the department head to handle courses of person on leave. Applications should be submitted first to the relevant academic dean (College, Williams School) who will forward them to the Advisory Committee

The Advisory Committee will decide among the applicants based upon merit, and the applicant’s efforts in seeking outside funding to support the remaining costs of the leave. Awards will be announced to the faculty after they have been accepted and leaves approved.

JOHN M. GLENN GRANT-IN-AID PROGRAM

This program supports faculty research and scholarship during the summer months. Each year the President's Advisory Committee awards Glenn Grants to approved projects leading to a scholarly or artistic product, textbook or paper on pedagogy. Since projects supported by Glenn Grants are typically carried out during the summer months, each project should be a complete, workable unit or a well-defined portion of a research program. All full-time faculty members may apply.

GLENN GRANT PUBLICATION FUND

This fund assists faculty members in meeting the costs of publishing a book or assists in covering page costs for the publication of articles in research journals. If a Publication Fund grant results in the publication of a book, any royalties up to the amount of the grant must be returned to the Glenn Grant Fund.

CLASS OF '63 SCHOLARS-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM

The funds from this endowment enable the University to bring two or three outstanding individuals to campus each year for no less than three days each. The Class of '63 Scholars are selected by the academic deans from nominations submitted by the faculty.

CLASS OF '65 ENDOWMENT FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING

This endowment supports excellence in the undergraduate teaching program at Washington and Lee. Faculty are invited annually to submit project proposals which establish or broaden the faculty member's preparation to teach a particular course or set of courses, provide for the purchase of resources to strengthen the course(s), and/or add a new dimension to the students' experience. Proposals should address projects costing $1,500-$6,000 and will be selected by the President's Advisory Committee. No more than four projects will be funded in any one year.