August 25, 2008
APSAC revises professional development grant application
The Administrative and Professional Staff Advisory Committee approved revisions to its professional development grant application at its Aug. 13 meeting.
The application is now available at www.purdue.edu/apsac.
The Professional Development Subcommittee revised the application to make it more user-friendly and to clarify the application process. The changes include:
-- Applicants will submit a departmental authorization form instead of forms 17 and 33A.
-- The application will be posted on the APSAC Web site six weeks before the deadline instead of four weeks to give applicants more time to complete forms and obtain required signatures.
-- The maximum award amount has been increased from $500 to $750.
-- The application form now includes a box for applicants to indicate that they have requested departmental funding and that it is not available.
-- Administrative and professional staff on the West Lafayette campus and its affiliated Extension Offices are eligible to apply.
Grants generally fund professional education; attendance at lectures, confer- ences and seminars; or tuition assistance for academic classes.
The deadline is 5 p.m. Oct. 1 for the fall cycle.
More details are available at www.purdue.edu/apsac.