Mentoring Micro-Grants
With support from AdvanceVT and the Office of the Provost, the Mentoring Micro-Grant Program provides grants of up to $1,500 for pre-tenure faculty members to implement a mentoring project of their own design. Up to 10 grants will be awarded. The following are examples of projects that can be funded by Mentoring Micro-Grants:
- On-campus meetings of faculty organized around a particular subject or issue, e.g., research interests, effective teaching, tenure prep, work-life balance, writing projects;
- Off-campus meetings to visit a mentoring partner to learn or discuss a new research or teaching method;
- Editing services to proofread, fine tune, or edit a scholarly manuscript for submission;
- Coaching services to improve writing, productivity and/or time management skills;
- Travel expenses to co-present with a mentoring partner (or partners), and/or meet new or existing mentoring partners at a professional conference;
- Modest honoraria to bring a recognized scholar and/or teacher in your field to Virginia Tech for a departmental or interdisciplinary event, such as a seminar or workshop.
Additional activities may be approved at the discretion of the selection committee; however, grants may not be used for faculty salary, hardware, software, equipment, and/or capital improvements. All expenditures must be in accordance with Virginia Tech policies and procedures, and all funds must be expended in the current fiscal year (by June 30, 2010).
By applying for and accepting a grant, all grant recipients agree to:
- Participate in a brief meeting at the beginning of the grant period to discuss their project goals and activities.
- Provide a brief oral presentation on their project.
Please email your completed application by Monday, October 19, 2009, 5 PM (E.S.T.) to: advancevt@vt.edu. If you have any questions, please direct them to the same address. Your total application should not exceed 3 typewritten pages in 12-point font. No attachments will be read.
Use this form to submit a proposal.