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Chronological Calendar of Internal College and University Competitions and Awards

Award

Deadline

Budgets in the schools and departments
(travel for faculty and grad. students to present work)

 

NO DEADLINES: AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT ACADEMIC YEAR UNTIL ALL FUNDS HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED

Budget in the Office of Research and Graduate Studies
(travel for faculty and grad. students to present work)

Global Travel Fund
(international travel for faculty to present work)

 

FALL

 

Penn State Alumni Society Alumni Interest Group
Achievement Award

 

noms. solicited in fall

OCTOBER

Distinguished Professorships

October 1

Team-Teaching Across the Disciplines
(Institute for the Arts and Humanities)

begin. of October

College Faculty Research Grants

mid-October

Individual Faculty Grant Program
(Institute for the Arts and Humanities)

mid-October

Distinguished Alumni Awards

mid-October

Tuition Grant-in-Aid

mid-October for spring semester

Evan Pugh Professorships

last third of October in odd-no. years

Eisenhower, Atherton, and Alumni Teaching Fellow
Teaching Awards

 

late October

NOVEMBER

 

Resident Scholars and Artists Programs
(Institute for the Arts and Humanities)

begin. of November

Graduate Assistant Award for Outstanding Teaching

begin. of November

Graduate Alumni Association Dissertation Awards

begin. of November

Graduate Faculty Teaching Award (Grad. Sch.)

begin. of November

Howard B. Palmer Faculty Mentoring Award

begin. of November

Funding of Interdisciplinary Groups
(Institute for the Arts and Humanities)

mid-November

Waddell Biggart Graduate Fellowships

mid-November

President's Award for Engagement with Students

 

late November

DECEMBER

 

Alumni Achievement Awards
(College of A and A—solicited in October)

December 1

Barash Award for Human Service

begin. of December

McKay Donkin Award

begin. of December

Award for Administrative Excellence

begin. of December

Staff Excellence Award

begin of December

Staff Support Award

begin. of December

Dr. James Robinson Equal Opportunity Award

begin. of December

Program Innovation Fund

December 1

Enhancement Funds for Summer Sessions

until December 1

W. LaMarr Kopp International Achievement Awards for Faculty, Staff, Grad. and Undergrad. Students

beginning of December

Faculty Scholar Medal for Outstanding Achievement

early December

Penn State Award for Faculty Outreach

mid-December

Honorary Alumni Awards

mid-December

Alumni Fellow Awards

 

mid-December

JANUARY

 

Graduate Exhibition (Performance Option, Visual Arts Exhibit, and Poster Exhibits)

early January

College Staff Award for Outstanding Service

end of January

College Faculty Award for Outstanding Teaching

end of January

President's Award for Excellence in Academic Integration

early January

Graham Endowed Fellowships

January to early April

Block-Grant Funds

January to early April

Bunton-Waller Graduate Awards Program

 

mid-Jan. to mid-April

FEBRUARY

 

Undergraduate Exhibition
(Performance Option and Poster Exhibits)

beginning of February

Frisbey International Student Award
(international undergrad. and grad. students)

beginning of February

Roy C. Buck Award

early February

University Graduate Fellowships

February 1 for units
February 15 for 114 Arts Bldg.

College Faculty Award for Outstanding Teaching

 

mid-February

SELECTION MADE IN SPRING

 

Outstanding Alumni Council Member Award

 

MARCH

 

Individual Faculty Grant Program
(Institute for the Arts and Humanities)

beginning of March

CELT's Fund for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (FELT)

mid-March

Graduate Student Summer Residency Program
(Institute for the Arts and Humanities)

mid-March

Academic Computing Fellowships

mid-March

Tuition Grant-in-Aid

mid-March for Summer

Summer Tuition Assistance Program for Graduate Teaching Assistants

before the end of March

Penn State Educational Office Professionals (PSEOP) Award

 

end of March

APRIL

 

College Incentives and Innovations Fund

April

Penn State Alumni Chapter Awards

end of April

National Service Week Project Award
(Penn State Alumni Association)

end of April

Affiliate Program Group Achievement Award

end of April

Alumni Interest Group Achievement Award

end of April

Penn State Alumni Society PRIDE Achievement Award

 

end of April

MAY

 

Program Innovation Fund

 

beginning of May

JUNE

 

Tuition Grant-in-Aid

mid-June for fall semester

 

Generally, deadlines for receipt of applications for funding external to Penn State occur in the fall of the year. There are some notable exceptions, however:

  • NEH Summer Stipends: Campus Competition at Penn State in early September to select two proposals to forward to Washington
  • NEH Faculty Fellowships: May 1
  • Faculty Fulbright grants: August 1 for the following academic year (e.g., August 1, 2004 for the 2005-06 academic year)