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VCCS Professional Development Grants: Enhance Your Skills Through Mini-Grants

The VCCS Professional Development Grants Program offers opportunities for faculty, including adjuncts, to secure funding for various professional development projects. Eligible applicants can submit proposals for PD grants or Mini-Grants to enhance instructional, discipline, career, or organizational development. The application requires a detailed plan, including methodology, outcomes, evaluation, budget, and collaboration between multiple VCCS colleges. Competitive grants prioritize projects addressing critical needs, aiming to improve student and institutional outcomes. For guidance and submission details, visit the VCCS website.

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VCCS Professional Development Grants: Enhance Your Skills Through Mini-Grants

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  1. VCCS Paul Lee Professional Development Grants Program Professional Development Grants Workshop Mini-Grants

  2. VCCS Grants • Professional Development Grant • Discipline development • Instructional development • Career development • Organizational development • Workshop Mini-Grant Program • Group activities for PD • Improving communication within VCCS • Projects involving 2+ VCCS colleges

  3. PD Grants • All faculty are eligible including adjuncts. • Application includes purpose, METHODOLOGY, outcomes, EVALUATION, collaboration, budget, contributions, and dissemination of results. • Grants are ranked for scholarship, feasibility and proposed benefit to VCCS, students, and college • VCCS identified areas of critical needs are funded first.

  4. Summer 2008 Funding CyclePD Grants Applications: N = 34 Funded: N = 21 (62%) Not Funded: N = 13 (38%) Disqualified: N = 7 (21%) Other not funded: N = 6 (18%)

  5. PD Grant Rejection Reasons Disqualified • College mentioned (6) • Wrong grant • Double application Other Reasons • Course already exists • More background research needed • Inappropriate evaluation plan • Non-viable project • Not PD-related

  6. Summer 2008 Funding CycleWorkshop Mini-Grants Applications: N = 8 Funded: N = 4 (50%) Not Funded: N = 4 (50%)

  7. WMG Not-Funded Reasons • Only one college involved • Vague / incomplete info (speakers, agenda, evaluation plan) • Duplicate application

  8. Tips for Success • For PD Grants, only identify your college or yourself on the cover page. • Complete all fields on the application. • Clearly state your purpose, methodology, budget, and outcomes. • Work with College office of Institutional Effectiveness to develop a robust evaluation plan. • Submit only one PD and one Mini-Grant application per semester.

  9. For more information including samples, forms, FAQs and instructions, go to http://www.vccs.edu/FacultyStaff/ProfessionalDevelopment/Grants/

  10. Grant Awards • You’ll receive email notification and instructions to contact your college business office for transfer of funds. • Submit a final report by the deadline. • VCCS grant-funded projects are property of VCCS.

  11. Need Help? • Contact your college’s VCCS Professional Development Committee representative • Contact Nan Ottenritter • Visit http://www.vccs.edu/FacultyStaff/ProfessionalDevelopment/Grants/tabid/386/Default.aspx

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