Professional development

2009-2010 CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND (PDF)
FOR UC BERKELEY/UC SAN FRANCISCO LECTURERS

Applications are now being requested for the 2009-2010 round of PDF grant funding.

The Professional Development Fund Pool is open to all Unit 18 non-Senate faculty (lecturers and other instructors covered by the Unit 18 contract) with teaching appointments on the UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco campuses in summer 2009, fall 2009 and/or spring 2010. Grants of from $500 to $8000 are available for teaching, research, and scholarship.

Please note the following dates in your calendar:

Thursday, February 11, 2010, 5:30-7:30 pm. You are invited to attend a reception for the 2008-2009 PDF grant winners in the Ethnic Studies Library in Stephens Hall at UC Berkeley. We encourage new applicants to come and talk to committee members and former grant winners about the program.

By Michelle Squitieri, Field Representative, UC-AFT Local 1474

This article attempts to clarify the complexities of the Lecturers' Professional Development Funding program, is a collaborative effort between the University administration (which funds and oversees the program), UC-AFT (which bargained for it, ensures compliance with the MOU, and helps publicize it), and the Professional Development Funding Committee (which establishes and revises procedures and allocates the funds, subject to approval by University administrators).