Travel Grants

Any faculty member who has been teaching consistently each semester for the past two years at USD and will be teaching the following semester is eligible. Additionally, tenure-track and tenured faculty are eligible, including those with fewer than 2 years at USD or who have been teaching inconsistently in recent semesters. Priority is given to faculty who have not been funded by this grant in the past three years.

You may apply to attend any of the following pre-approved conferences, or you may suggest your own pedagogical conference or course. In the application, you will be provided a space to make your suggestion. 

Pre-Approved Conferences

• Lilly Conferences (National, East & West) - Highly Recommended!
• The Teaching Professor Conferences & Workshops
• AAC&U Working Conferences on Academic Renewal
• AAC&U Annual Conference
• Professional and Organizational Development in Higher Education Network Joint Conference with HBCU Faculty Development Network
• Annual Conference on Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education (NCORE)
• SoTL Commons Conference
• ISSOTL Annual conference on the scholarship in teaching and learning
• IARSLCE Annual Conference
• Assessment Regional Conference
• EDUCAUSE
• ACE annual meeting
• National Resource Center conferences

This year, the CEE will fund up to a maximum of $500 per person. The applications are on a rolling basis for which the CEE will review every 1st of the month. In the event there are funds remaining, the CEE will consider additional requests.

If you are selected to receive a CEE Travel Grant, after you attend the conference or course, the CEE will reach out to you to plan for how you will disseminate what you've learned with USD community members. Some examples of the kinds of activities we recommend are taking a hike in the canyon, coffee meet up, etc., in order to build relationships with colleagues while sharing the pedagogical information you've gleaned. However, due to COVID-19 and being confined to Zoom, some alternative activities are to facilitate a Community of Practice or Faculty Reading Circle. If you have any other creative ideas on disseminating information during this time, we are open to what you suggest!

To apply for a CEE Travel Grant, please fill out this Google Form which asks for your name, name and cost of conference/course, a brief description of what the conference/course is offering, and how you plan to share the information gleaned in collaboration with the CEE.