Faculty Teaching Travel Grant (FTTG) Program

Faculty Teaching Travel Grant (FTTG) Program is sponsored by Office for Teaching & Learning - Wayne State University. This opportunity supports mission-aligned projects and measurable outcomes.

Faculty Teaching Travel Grant - Office for Teaching & Learning - Wayne State University Faculty Teaching Travel Grant Please note: As of April 13, 2026, funds for this fiscal year have been allocated.

The Faculty Teaching Travel Grant (FTTG) Program is designed to help Wayne State University's faculty members participate in or present at conferences, workshops, and other professional development activities that expose them to the latest pedagogical research on effective teaching and support the university's teaching mission.

Eligibility and application types Full-time faculty members (Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, Instructor, Professor of Teaching, Associate Professor of Teaching, Assistant Professor of Teaching, and Research/Clinical Faculty with teaching responsibilities) and Part-Time Faculty are eligible.

The FTTG program may provide up to $1200, which can be used for transportation costs (airfare, railroad tickets, or driving mileage allowance, as appropriate), hotel and conference registration fees, meals, and other expenses permitted under the university's travel policy.

The FTTG Program is also designed to provide financial support for professional travel that cannot be funded from other sources, such as departmental budgets or grants that do not include funding for such purposes. To ensure this grant can support as many faculty as possible, individuals will be eligible for only one disbursement per fiscal year. Please note: As of April 13, 2026, funds for this fiscal year have been allocated.

There are two (2) types of FTTG applications.

Travel type #1 – Presenting your work on teaching & learning at a conference or event (Maximum $1200, no department or college match required) The faculty member plans to present (or show or perform, as appropriate) evidence-based Scholarship of Teaching and Learning work (SoTL), as it relates to the teaching and learning of Wayne State University students, at a professional conference or similar setting.

(More information about the SoTL can be found at: www. issotl. com ).

Travel type #2 – Attending a teaching & learning conference or event (Maximum $800, 1:2 department or college match required / up to $800 for a $400 match from the department or college) The faculty member plans to travel to a higher education teaching-learning conference, workshop, or teaching development activity in order to learn and develop as a faculty educator.

To begin the application process, you should have an updated profile in TravelWayne prior to requesting a Faculty Teaching Travel Grant. Funds may be used for foreign or domestic travel. To apply, download the editable PDF application form .

After the form is downloaded and edited, save it to your computer, then send it to faculty. travel@wayne. edu at least six weeks before the proposed travel.

All applications must have the subject line: "Faculty Teaching Development Travel Grants." Recipients will be notified of their application status within 4 weeks. All funds must be spent and the reimbursement paperwork filed by September 1 of the fiscal year in which they were awarded; otherwise, the unit will be responsible for payment.

Failure to submit reimbursement paperwork before the end of the fiscal year will render faculty ineligible for funds in the following fiscal year. Travel type #1 application (Maximum $1200, no department or college match required) Complete the Faculty Teaching Travel Grant Application .

Faculty are strongly encouraged to consider departmental, college, and the university teaching mission and objectives in their description and to describe how their individual goals and objectives align with institutional objectives and challenges. Provide official documentation that the work has been accepted for presentation.

A brief budget and justification for the travel expenses, including a list of any other funding sources to help support the travel. Travel type #2 application (Maximum $800, 1:2 department or college match required / up to $800 for a $400 match from the department or college) Complete the Faculty Teaching Travel Grant Application .

Faculty are strongly encouraged to consider departmental, college, and the university teaching mission and objectives in their description and to describe how their individual goals and objectives align with institutional objectives and challenges. A copy of the proposed detailed budget and justification for the travel expenses, including a list of any other funding sources to help support the travel.

A statement from the faculty member's chair or dean guaranteeing partial support for the activity. We have provided a follow-up summary template for you to download and use.