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Funds for instruction, research, public service projects and conference costs are available through the UW-L Foundation.
Funds for instruction, research and public service projects are available for July 1, 2015 – June 30, 2016, through a Foundation Small Grant.
Any member of the university community may apply for a small grant for a wide variety of projects. Grant information, application forms and a list of awards for the 2014 -15 year are available online. The deadline to apply is Friday, March 27.
The Small Grants Program is made possible through donations to the foundation’s unrestricted fund mainly by alumni, local businesses, matching gifts from companies and other friends of the university. A committee of foundation representatives and university faculty and academic staff review the applications and make funding recommendations to the foundation.
Carol Dobrunz Endowment Travel Award
This fund supports conference costs for non-tenured faculty or instructional academic staff without an indefinite appointment. Carol Dobrunz established the fund in 2005. She died in 2013 and left a $100,000 estate gift to expand the fund.
The UW-L Foundation will award six, $1000 grants for 2015-16.
To be eligible, the conference must occur between July 1, 2015 and June 30, 2016.
The recipient must meet the following criteria:
must be employed at UW-L with at least a 75 percent appointment;
must be either a non-tenured faculty member or a member of instructional academic staff without an indefinite appointment;
must be attending a national conference within her/his discipline;
may not have previously received this award.
Grant information and the application form are available online.
Applications are due Friday, March 27.
The award goes toward registration, travel (including meals) and housing costs only. A committee determines the amount of each annual award. It will not exceed $1,000. Since it was established, the fund has provided two, $1,000 grants.
For more information about small grants or the Carol Dobrunz Endowment Travel Award, contact Committee Chair Karla Stanek at kstanek@uwlax.edu.
In her estate, Dobrunz also left $100,000 to establish a scholarship fund.