Faculty Fellowships

A number of Faculty Fellowships are available. The deadline for these fellowshops to be submitted to Depaqrtment Chair is September. The Kenny Fellowship is due to Department Chair on October 1. The Senior Fellowships are due to the Department Chair on February 8.

• Applicants should carefully review the descriptions of the various SPU faculty development awards before submitting an application for any category. Applicants are encouraged to contact Rebecca Conley, Director of Faculty Development (rconley@saintpeters.edu) for assistance as needed.
• Applications will be reviewed by individuals from different academic disciplines and therefore should be written for a wide audience, not for specialists in the applicant’s area of expertise.
• Projected outcomes of proposed projects should be as specific as possible. For example, if a journal article is a projected outcome, state the journal name if possible and whether or not the journal is peer-reviewed. If a book is the projected outcome, please indicate if a publisher has been identified. If a conference presentation is one of the projected outcomes, please state at which conference the work will be presented.
• You should turn in your application as a PDF or Word File.
• If additional pages are attached to the application form, they should be paginated and include the applicant’s name in the header.
• A CV is not required, except when applying for the Senior Research Professorship.

Faculty Fellowship– to assist faculty in the study and research requisite for their professional development. Faculty members become eligible to apply for semester awards in their second year of full-time service. These awards are available for two semesters at half salary, one semester at full salary, and a summer.

Kenny Fund (Summer) Fellowship– to support research and scholarship during the summer. Provides a stipend of $4,000. Recipients may not teach during Summer Sessions I and II.

Research Associate Fellowship– to begin or continue research projects that do not require the time available on a Faculty Fellowship. Research Associates receive one course release in the Fall and Spring semesters. Activities must be research-oriented. This fellowship is renewable if research is ongoing and measurable outcomes are produced.

Teaching Associate Fellowship– to prepare interdisciplinary electives. Applicants typically apply in pairs with the intention of designing and offering an interdisciplinary course. Two awards are typically available in each academic year. Each Teaching Associate receives one course release during the academic year.

James N. Loughran, S.J. Fellowship– The James N. Loughran, S.J. Mission Fellowship, named for the 21st President of Saint Peter’s University, is used to assist members of the Full-Time Faculty in study, research or development, of courses, projects, professional development conferences and workshops, that advance the Jesuit mission and Catholic identity of Saint Peter’s University. The single most important criterion for evaluating a proposal is its potential for strengthening the Jesuit mission and Catholic identity of Saint Peter’s University. Typically, one award is available in each academic year.

Senior Research Professorship– to assist phased retirement faculty to travel to scholarly conferences (up to $750) and for research expenses (up to $250). Proposals should include the goal of the research, time frame, and significance of the research to the applicant’s field. A vita and an application should be submitted to the chair by February 8; the chair’s report is due February 15.

All fellowship categories, except the Kenny Fund Fellowship, can be applied for using this Google Form. The Kenny application is available here.  Chairs must also file a report that accompanies any of the above application forms. This form can be found at this link.

Fellowship/Research Associate Progress/Outcomes (Final) Report and Renewal
Report after Completion of Faculty Award – Reports are due June 15th for all Fellowship Awards (except for Kenny Fellowship Reports- due September 15th). The report should be forwarded to the appropriate department chair and to the Office of Faculty Development. The form can be accessed as a Google Form.

Research Funds

There are three categories to apply for Research Funds: Funds for Travel to do Research and Funds for Faculty Attendance at Workshops. These are administrated through the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs and can be found at FRSP.