Faculty Development Committee

Members for '24-'25 Academic Year

Dan Roberts, PhD

FDC Chair

Professor of Mathematics

Jim Simeone, PhD

FDC Vice-Chair

Sally A. Firestone Professor in Peace & Social Justice Professor of Political Science

Amy Coles, PhD

ex-officio

Dean of Curricular & Faculty Development

Leigh Moon

Assistant Professor of Accounting

Edgar Lehr, PhD

Robert W. Harrington Endowed Professor of Biology

Gabe Spalding

B. Charles & Joyce Eichhorn Ames Professor of Physics

August 23	ASD, CD, CPD, & GIP grant applications due to the Thorpe Center (first review period).
September 20	First round of ID grant applications due to the Thorpe Center. (Normal deadlines are the 20th of each month [or the first weekday thereafter] from September through March of each academic year.)
October 2	Faculty reading group proposal due (Fall semester) Faculty Scholarship Circle Proposals due (Fall semester)
October 16	ASD, CD, and CPD grant applications due to the Thorpe Center (second review period). Sabbatical Leave and Pre-Tenure Leave applications for leaves that will occur in the 2025–26 academic year due to the applicant's supervisor.
November 1	Sabbatical Leave and Pre-Tenure Leave applications for leaves that will occur in 2025–26 academic year due to FDC (FDC@iwu.edu). Reports on all ASD grants received or leaves taken in 2024–25 due to the Thorpe Center. (NOTE: If a grant is still in progress as of November 1, applicants should submit a progress report.)
November 28	Applications to the Technos Foundation to be submitted to the International Office.

February 1	Faculty Reading Group Proposal Due (Spring semester) Faculty Scholarship Circle proposals (Spring semester)
February 15	ASD and CPD grant applications due to the Thorpe Center (third review period).
April 1	Request to Defer Sabbatical Leave applications due to the Thorpe Center. (April 1st or the first weekday after)
April 22	Faculty Scholarship Proposals due (summer)
July 5	Last day to submit expense vouchers or reimbursement requests to the Thorpe Center for payment from the 2024–25 fiscal year.