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Description

John Lantz Senior Fellowships for Research or Advanced Study provide funds to extend regularly-scheduled sabbatical leaves to a full academic year at full pay. Recipients whose research or study interests require extensive travel or other unusual costs may elect to receive funds up to $15,000 in lieu of the leave extension.

These fellowships have been provided from an endowment established by an anonymous donor, who recognized the central role played by the faculty in developing the excellence of the university. The donor was especially desirous of supporting faculty research or advanced study in a way that would strengthen the kind of teaching that produces people of genuine understanding.

The fellowships are to be used by senior faculty to continue developing their abilities as teachers through further research or study. Applicants, therefore, should have demonstrated unusual skill and enthusiasm as teachers, should show that the proposed projects will strengthen their specific abilities and should indicate clearly the project's long-term impact on their respective departments and the university.

The University Enrichment Committee (UEC) will review all applications and select fellowship recipients. Because this committee will include persons from diverse disciplines, non-technical language should be employed by applicants in describing the project and by referees in assessing the project's significance to the discipline and to the university's educational program.

Faculty engaged in sabbatical projects that involve travel outside the United States will need to register their travel at least four weeks prior to departure. Information on how to register travel and request approval for travel to high-risk areas is available on the University’s Travel Advisory site. University funding for projects that involve international travel will not be released until the travel is registered.

Eligibility

To be considered for a John Lantz Senior Fellowship, you must be tenured (or in the tenure evaluation year), eligible for a sabbatical leave during the next academic year, and recognized for outstanding teaching, professional growth and service to the university. Faculty who received a Pre-tenure Sabbatical Fellowship within the previous six years are not eligible for a Lantz Fellowship. Faculty who previously received a John Lantz Sabbatical Fellowship are eligible to apply for another and the inherent quality of the application is the primary determining consideration in the selection process. However, among competing applications of equal quality, preference is given to faculty who have not previously received a John Lantz Sabbatical Fellowship. Faculty who have previously received two Lantz Fellowships are unlikely to be funded for a third award in direct succession to the prior funded leaves.

Application

Application for a John Lantz Senior Fellowship is completed via an online form and shall include:

  1. A description of the project, including anticipated outcomes. The summary of your proposal may be used in publicizing sabbatical projects.
  2. A written statement of professional goals (maximum five single-spaced pages), which should include the following:
    1. A clear explanation of the direct relationship between the sabbatical project and your developing role as a teacher and to your service to the department and the university. If you plan to be at another university or research institution as a part of the sabbatical, a letter of agreement regarding the assignment must be included.
    2. A description of how the sabbatical project will further your professional goals for the next three to five years and the contribution the sabbatical project will make to your teaching, professional growth, and university service.
    3. Evidence of teaching excellence.
  3. Chair Support Form. Please ask your chair or program director to submit their Support Form assessing the value of the proposed activity to you, the department, and the university.
  4. Colleague Support Forms. Please have two colleagues comment on your accomplishments as a teacher and scholar, on your service to and impact upon the university, and on the strength of the proposed project. Please note that one of these two colleagues can be your chair or program director. A Colleague Support Form from a chair or program director would be in addition to, rather than instead of, the Chair Support Form listed above.
  5. A budget. If funds are requested in lieu of a leave extension, prepare an itemized budget with explanatory notes.
  6. If you have received a Lantz Fellowship previously, please include a brief description of what was accomplished with the support of that award.
  7. For research that involves the use of human participants or animals, please be aware that appropriate approval must be obtained before beginning research. Please consult IRB or IACUC approval processes information available on the university’s website for details.

Deadline

Applications must be submitted by 11:59 pm on September 10 of the year preceding that in which the sabbatical leave is to be taken. If the application due date falls on a Saturday or Sunday, the application is due by 11:59 pm the Monday immediately following the due date. Decisions will be communicated on or before December 8.

Reporting

Upon completion of your sabbatical and fellowship year, due no later than August 31 of the year during which your leave was taken, please submit a written report that outlines in detail what you accomplished during the year in terms of achieving the goals and objectives you outlined in the original application and that provides a general accounting of expenditures, if any funds were a part of the award. The report should be submitted to the department chair to provide the chair an opportunity to view the report before forwarding it. The chair will forward the report to the Provost.

Special Conditions

If you receive a John Lantz Senior Fellowship for Research or Advanced Study, you agree to return to the university for a period of at least one year following the conclusion of the fellowship, or to repay the university all funds received during the period of the fellowship. Compensation received from another institution is subject to the same rules under sabbatical leaves.

A professional leave funded in whole or in part by the university is designed to provide the time necessary for the individual faculty member to pursue intellectual growth and development within their field. Consequently, such a leave is not to be used for other employment.