Guidelines for Arts & Sciences Faculty Research And ProfessionalDevelopment Fund (FR/PDF)

Eligibility - Tenured faculty within Arts and Sciences are eligible except: (1) Instructors; (2) Faculty with active Burke awards or start-up accounts; (3) Faculty holding endowed professorships. Instructors will continue to have access to professional travel and dissertation completion support up to $800 during the period in which they hold that rank.

Allocations - All eligible faculty are entitled to an annual FR/PDF allocation of $3,000. Any unspent portion of the individual FR/PDF may be carried forward for use into the next fiscal year up to a maximum of $3,000 (for a maximum total of $6,000 in any given year). Faculty may not borrow against future FR/PDF allocations.

Guidelines - In utilizing the allocations provided by this fund, individual faculty must adhere to all Dartmouth policies and procedures and must meet all Internal Revenue Service stipulations regarding appropriate expenses and required documentation. All expenses must be reimbursed within the fiscal year in which they are incurred. The money provided in this fund may not be used for faculty compensation of any kind.

These monies can be used to support several of the expenses associated with ongoing research and professional development activities. These include:

• Travel expenses for attendance at professional meetings or specific research travel. This category also may include local expenses such as rooms and meals and registration fees associated with professional meetings.
• Rental or purchase of computer and other capital equipment, hardware, software, and peripherals. Any equipment purchased using College money remains the property of Dartmouth College and may be disposed or sold only through Dartmouth College. Faculty may pool their FR/PDF funds for a project or joint purpose. Individuals also may elect to use this fund in combination with the Carson computer upgrade program money to purchase equipment.
• Publishing subventions
• Purchase of research-related supplies.
• Purchase of reprints, books, and duplicated or microfilmed materials needed for research.
• Research assistants, clerical or other support.

Access to Funds - The Chief Operations Officer for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences will administer the program. It will be monitored by the Dean of Faculty Office and, as appropriate, by the Committee on the Faculty. The accounting for the program takes place in the Fiscal Office of the Faculty of Arts & Sciences. The contact person in this office for this account is Christine Dell'Erba. Submit all properly completed and signed travel vouchers, request for payment forms, miscellaneous income payment vouchers etc., to Christine for reimbursement.