Faculty Handbook & Constitution - Lee University

_________________LEE UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOK & CONSTITUTION_________________These fellowships provide up to $30,000 for study or research, to be achieved withina twelve-month period, towards completion of a doctoral degree. Applicants should haveheld their current teaching position for at least two years, and must agree to return totheir home institution to teach for at least twice the term of the fellowship. The applicantmust arrange leave time for the fellowship, and the home institution is responsible for theapplicant’s fringe benefits during the fellowship term. The fellowship may be renewedonce, providing significant progress is evident, but proposals for second-year residencygrants receive low priority.Each applicant should submit an application form and a letter of intent of no longerthan two double-spaced pages no later than November 10 of the year prior to thefellowship period. This preliminary application must be followed with a formal applicationno later than January 15. This application must include:1. Project narrative, no longer than five double-spaced pages explaining theresearch project (i.e., dissertation) or plan for graduate study.2. Explanation of the importance of the project to the applicant and his/her homeinstitution.3. Proof of admission in the applicant’s selected graduate program, a plan of studydetailing completion of the degree within five years, and a transcript of doctoralwork already completed. Although study or research at one of the six regionalresearch universities—University of Kentucky, University of North Carolina,University of Tennessee, University of Virginia, Virginia Polytechnic Institute andState University, West Virginia University—is encouraged, work at any researchuniversity will be considered for a fellowship.4. Three letters of support: one from the applicant’s advisor/mentor at the universityselected, and two from any combination of the applicant’s academic dean,department chair and/or president at the home institution.5. Current curriculum vitae.6. Writing sample: a research summary statement, an article, book review, essay ordissertation chapter.Selection for a fellowship is based on a strong likelihood of the recipient’scompletion of the proposed doctoral work.Applications are considered by the ACA Fellowship Selection Committee at a meetingin February. The committee is composed of academic officers from ACA memberinstitutions and graduate deans at the six regional research institutions. Applications arenotified of the status of their proposal in March. The chief executive officer of the homeinstitution of successful applicants signs a Letter of Agreement for the term of thefellowship, outlining the disbursal and monitoring of fellowship funds by that school. Atthe end of the fellowship period, the home institution sends a statement to the ACAverifying that the full amount of the award was properly distributed to the fellowshiprecipient. Also, the home institution agrees in this Letter of Agreement to provide a fulltimeteaching assignment to the fellowship recipient for twice the term of the fellowship,i.e., two academic years for a one-year fellowship, when the fellowship period iscompleted.Successful applicants submit a signed Fellowship Agreement, provided by the ACA,enumerating conditions and terms of the award and procedural remedies should the ACAExecutive Board determine that the fellow is in default of the conditions or terms. Thefellow agrees to:1. cite any relevant academic department at the fellow’s research institution in anypublications emerging from the fellowship.6 - 22 Benefits of Faculty Service