APPLICATION FOR “EXCELLENCE THROUGH ENGAGEMENT” SABBATICAL LEAVE

Funded by the Lilly Endowment, Inc.

For Leaves Taken During 2007-2008

 

This sabbatical opportunity is for full-time, tenured faculty to pursue scholarship and engagement activities in one or more of the four domains of scholarship: (a) teaching, (b) engagement, (c) discovery, or (d) integration.*  Applications that do not integrate one or a combination of these domains will not be considered. These leaves are awarded on a competitive basis and supplement the existing University sabbatical program.

 

Examples of possible sabbatical projects might include, but are not limited to:  Economic and Workforce Development Projects, Multi- and Cross-Disciplinary Inquiry, Development of Innovative Teaching Techniques, Integrating Technology into the Delivery of the Curriculum, K-12 Curricular Reform Projects (Mathematics Teaching, Teaching of Composition), On-line Teaching and Learning, and Regional Culture and Tourism Projects.

 

The application package is due to the Office of the Provost by November 6, 2006.  Faculty members may apply to both the University sabbatical leave program and the Excellence through Engagement sabbatical program, but are eligible to receive only one sabbatical for the academic year.

 

 

Name of Applicant _____________________________  College________________________________

 

 

Academic Title ________________________________     Department ____________________________

 

 

Effective date of initial appointment as a full-time member of the faculty of USI _______

 

 

Have you had prior sabbatical leaves?   Yes ______       No ______

 

If so, when?   _____                  _____               _____

(Please attach your final report for your last sabbatical leave)

 

Periods of leave of absence other than sabbatical leave:            With Pay                Without Pay

                                                                                    __________________     _________________

 

Period of proposed leave: Check below the period you are requesting:

 

_____   Fall 2007 semester at full pay                                         _____   Spring 2008 semester at full pay

 

_____   Full year (2007-08) at half pay

 

                       

Recommendation of department chairman who has forwarded application with statement attached concerning impact on schedule adjustments, additional staff or other expenditures:

 

 

_______________________________________    Date _____________

 

Recommendation of dean who has forwarded application with any appropriate remarks concerning impact on budgeting or scheduling:

 

 

_______________________________________    Date _____________

 

 

 

1.       Give a brief description of how your project relates to one of the four domains of scholarship.  Include a    description of how you will carry out the project.

 

 

 

 

2.       Explain where the work will be done.  Normally, this will be done at a location other than on the USI campus.  If not, give a detailed justification. 

 

 

 

 

3.       Have arrangements been made at sites to be visited?  Please include letters of invitation from agencies, organizations, companies, colleges, laboratories, libraries or other organizations and sources of funding.

 

 

 

 

4.       Has this proposal been reviewed by the Institutional Review Board?

 

              Human Subjects                                      

   ____    Yes        If Yes:  Exemption Number ____________ or IRB approval date ____________

 

   ____    No           (Not Applicable)        

 

 

5.       Recipients of an “Excellence through Engagement” sabbatical leave are eligible for scholarship support during the leave period of up to $2,500 to help defray the costs of their project.  If you are requesting this support, please attach a detailed budget with an explanation of the importance to your project.  Requests may include travel, equipment, software, or other items essential to support the sabbatical request.  Any equipment or software purchased with these funds becomes University property.

 

 

      6.   Please attach a current curriculum vita.

 

 

I agree that if I accept regular employment for pay during the period of leave that such earnings will be deducted from expected university income with said deductions not exceeding expected income.  I also agree to return to the University of Southern Indiana for at least one academic year following the completion of leave.  I have reviewed and agree to abide by the leave conditions as outlined in the Faculty Handbook.  I understand that the appropriate committees will review this application and priority will be given to applications that best meet the goals stated in the opening paragraph of this application form.  My approved plan will not be changed without written consent of all approving parties.  I will file a report on the completion of my sabbatical leave and ensure that a copy is on file with the Provost’s Office.  Further, I will conduct a university-wide colloquium on the results of my sabbatical work during the academic year immediately following the period of sabbatical leave.

 

 

Signature _______________________________                                 Date _____________________________

 

 

 


* The four domains of scholarship are best described in Ernest Boyer’s Scholarship Reconsidered:  Priorities of the Professoriate (1990).  See also Charles E. Glassick, et al., Scholarship Assessed:  Evaluation of the Professoriate (1997).