{"id":5454,"date":"2021-10-19T18:24:09","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T18:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/funding\/?page_id=5454"},"modified":"2026-09-05T22:32:45","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T22:32:45","slug":"the-w-p-jones-presidential-faculty-development-fund","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/funding\/find-funding\/the-w-p-jones-presidential-faculty-development-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"The W. P. Jones Presidential Faculty Development Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]The W. P. Jones Presidential Faculty Development Fund makes available small grants (usually up to $5,000) to support the scholarly activities of <strong>untenured tenure-track faculty members in the performing arts, humanities, and social sciences<\/strong>. The administration of this fund has been designated to the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.<\/p>\n<p>Funds are awarded in two annual solicitations in the fall and spring semesters. A small faculty committee chaired by Associate Dean Carlos Crespo will review the proposals. For any questions regarding this funding program, please contact the Assistant Dean of Research, Jacquie Johnson (<a class=\"c-link\" href=\"mailto:jxj773@case.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"mailto:jxj773@case.edu\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">jxj773@case.edu).<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Examples of the kinds of expenditures that are eligible for support include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>activities related to the development of innovative approaches to teaching or their application to<br \/>\nnew or existing courses and\/or development of new undergraduate courses;<\/li>\n<li>attendance at seminars for enhancing or re-orienting research and\/or teaching;<\/li>\n<li>travel to initiate or complete research projects;<\/li>\n<li>attendance at professional conferences and workshops for the presentation of research;<\/li>\n<li>purchase of research materials\u2013including specialized software;<\/li>\n<li>subvention of publication costs of books that have been accepted;<\/li>\n<li>payment to students assisting faculty in research activities; and,<\/li>\n<li>payment of partial summer stipends.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Expenditures that are not appropriate for funding under this program include<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>summer salary,<\/li>\n<li>funds to complete graduate requirements,<\/li>\n<li>funds to release a faculty member from teaching, or<\/li>\n<li>the purchase of computers or peripherals when they are to be used as normal office equipment (as distinguished from dedicated use in experimental procedures).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Application Due Dates&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h4|text_align:center&#8221;][vc_column_text]Fall Semester: Second Friday in September at 11:59pm<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>September 11, 2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Spring Semester: Second Friday in January at 11:59pm<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>January 8, 2027<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator][vc_btn title=&#8221;APPLY NOW&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; button_block=&#8221;true&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fcwru.infoready4.com%2F%23applicationGrid%2F2020745||target:%20_blank|&#8221;][vc_separator][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Link to Request for Proposals (RFP) and Application Instructions&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h4|text_align:center&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fcwru.app.box.com%2Ffolder%2F331004749437%3Fs%3Dihepplajp2pqpqft29omwx9ynygog7kr|||&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]The W. P. Jones Presidential Faculty Development Fund makes available small grants (usually up to $5,000) to support the scholarly activities of <strong>untenured tenure-track faculty members in the performing arts, humanities, and social sciences<\/strong>. The administration of this fund has been designated to the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.<\/p>\n<p>Funds are awarded in two annual solicitations in the fall and spring semesters. A small faculty committee chaired by Associate Dean Carlos Crespo will review the proposals. For any questions regarding this funding program, please contact the Assistant Dean of Research, Jacquie Johnson (<a class=\"c-link\" href=\"mailto:jxj773@case.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"mailto:jxj773@case.edu\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">jxj773@case.edu).<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/funding\/find-funding\/the-w-p-jones-presidential-faculty-development-fund\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading&#8230; <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The W. P. Jones Presidential Faculty Development Fund<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":285,"featured_media":0,"parent":1792,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"spay_email":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/funding\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5454"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/funding\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/funding\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/funding\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/285"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/funding\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5454"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/funding\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5897,"href":"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/funding\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5454\/revisions\/5897"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/funding\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/funding\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}