The POD Network offers several grants and awards to provide funding and support for members of POD attempting to contribute new knowledge or tools to the field of instructional, faculty, and organizational development. Click on the links below to learn more.

Grants

Closed: Adjunct Faculty SIG Travel Grant:  

The 2024 Adjunct/Part-time Faculty Special Interest Group (SIG) POD Conference Scholarship seeks to increase participation in the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education (POD Network) from those who are currently either: 

      1. Adjunct/part-time faculty who want to become educational developers
      2. Adjunct/part-time faculty who are currently educational developers
      3. Educational developers who want to provide support for adjunct/part-time faculty
      4. Educational developers who currently provide support for adjunct/part-time faculty

Five (5) individuals will be provided a scholarship that includes POD Network membership and registration, and financial assistance for travel (for in-person) to attend the 2024 POD Network Conference which will be held in-person November 11-14, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. 

We recognize that all individuals have multiple and intersecting identities. In addition, adjunct faculty, also known as contingent or part-time faculty, are a diverse population consisting of those who teach part-time. Adjunct faculty are also diverse in that they may be professionals and/or retirees wanting to give back to future generations or a professional who teaches exclusively.

Please complete the application:  2024 POD Adjunct/Part-time Faculty SIG Scholarship Application by August 30, 2024. Due to time constraints, no late applications will be accepted

Application Guideline: Anonymous Review Process

In the spirit of objectivity and fairness, we ask that you anonymize your application; that is, make sure that neither your name nor that of your institution appear in the narrative responses of your application. You will, of course, indicate your name at the top of the form, but your substantive responses should be anonymized.

Awardees will be contacted by October 1, 2024.

Scholarship requirements:

This year, we will award five in-person (registration, membership, and $1800) scholarships. This funding is for financial assistance for the 2024 POD Network conference in Chicago, IL (November 10-14), including conference registration, travel to the conference, and POD Network membership for one year. Please plan to attend the Adjunct SIG meetings prior to and following the conference. Awardees will receive a follow-up survey after the conference and be asked to share their experience at the Adjunct SIG quarterly meeting following the conference.

In the case of projects funded by the POD Network, we request that the grantee acknowledge the POD Network in any publications, presentations, reports, or webpages about the initiative.  Please use the following statement: “This material is based upon work supported by the POD Network, 2024-2025.”  If you would like to use the POD Network logo along with this statement, please contact Gaye Webb, POD Administrative Manager, at [email protected].

For more information, contact Latisha Haag ([email protected]) or Cari Mathwig Ramseier ([email protected]), Co-Chairs of the Adjunct/Part-time Faculty SIG.

 

Closed: Graduate Student, Professional Student, and Postdoctoral Scholar Development (GPPD) Career Development Grant:

The GPPD will award up to 30 grants to graduate students, professional students, and postdocs to support their attendance at the annual POD conference, held November 11-14th in Chicago, IL. The grant covers all conference registration fees for in-person attendance as well as one year of POD membership dues. Awardees are invited to attend all GPPD hosted or related events or sessions at the conference. Those from institutions not historically represented at POD (e.g., HBCUs, Tribal Colleges, HSIs, MSIs) and/or from underrepresented identities are highly encouraged to apply! Please complete the application below and submit your CV for the final question. This year, we will also award up to five travel grants of up to $1,800 based on need; a separate application is not required for consideration.

Click here to access the application form

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Friday, September 6, 2024. Applicants will be notified of their status by September 20th.

PLEASE NOTE: Presenting at the conference is not a requirement to receive this award. Previous GPPD award winners are not eligible to reapply.

QUESTIONS?
Contact [email protected]

 

Closed: Donald H. Wulff Diversity Fellowships:. View information about the 2024 fellowship and the application process.

DEI Educational Development Mini-Grants: View information about the 2024 mini-grant process.

POD Network Research Grant Program

Start-up Grants

Awards

 

Previous Recipients

2023-24 Recipients