Faculty Resources

Department Documents

• Travel funding request
• Research, software, equipment request
• Department tenure and promotion document (update requested)
• Department policies document (currently being updated)
• ACB 309 Request

College Resources

• College faculty resources page

University faculty resources page

• University faculty resources page
• Faculty handbook
• Book adoption page
• Faculty annual evaluation page

Grants and Funding

External Funding 

• •  Grant applications for external funding opportunities are overseen by the University. The granting process begins with a submission to the CAYUSE system. The Department Chair, Dean, and any other participating offices on campus must approve the entire funding file before the application can be submitted. 
  • Please send an email to the Department Chair and college Dean at least 1 week prior to CAYUSE submission, providing a brief overview of the grant (cutting and pasting from the grant application is fine) and an expected submission date. This allows the chair and dean to be fully prepared to approve the proposal in a timely manner.
  •  A buy out of a faculty member’s teaching load is dependent on the amount of funding a project receives. A buyout indicates the department and university have enough resource in the award to pay to protect faculty time for the funded project, and those monies will go toward the payment of an adjunct to cover the course(s) for a funded faculty member.  

 Internal Funding 

• •  The Graduate School, the College of Communication and Fine Arts, and the Department of Communication and Film all have potential funding resource opportunities for faculty.  
  •  The Graduate School releases a range of opportunities each academic cycle that provide opportunities to win financial awards and require involvement with other partners on campus.  
  •  The CCFA has a program of seed grants that is announced on a varying schedule, typically with non-prescriptive flexibility. Find more information on the college web site: https://www.memphis.edu/ccfa/resources/resources-faculty-internal-grants.php
  • Professional Development Assignments (PDAs) are available through the college. More information can be found on the college web site: https://www.memphis.edu/ccfa/resources/resources-faculty-professional-development-assignment.php
  •  The Department of Communication and Film supports small research funding requests on an individual rolling basis, depending on the financial availability. Requests can be submitted through the departmental website (https://www.cognitoforms.com/UofMDeptOfComm/ResearchSoftwareEquipmentRequestFormnonFVPFunds ) and are reviewed by the Chair. 
  • The Department of Communication and Film supports research travel funding requests on an individual rolling basis, depending on the financial availability. Requests can be submitted through the departmental website (https://www.cognitoforms.com/UofMDeptOfComm/RequestForTravelSupport ) and are reviewed by the Chair.