The Mary Jo Small Staff Fellowship is an award that University of Iowa staff members may use to help defray costs of regional, national, or international meetings or workshops, training opportunities on and off-campus, and/or work release time to prepare publications.
ELIGIBILITY AND CRITERIA
- All Professional and Scientific and Merit staff members who hold a regular appointment of 50 percent or greater and have been currently employed for two or more consecutive years at the University (with no breaks in employment) by the application deadline, are eligible for the Mary Jo Small Staff Fellowship.
- Selection for the awards will be based upon documentation of recognized contributions which support the University's mission and goals
APPLICATION AND SELECTION PROCESS
- Complete the application providing the required information and submit to UI Learning & Development no later than July 1st of any given year. Selections will be announced the following August.
- Applications must be on time and properly completed. Applications may be self-initiated or submitted by a colleague. Submissions received after the deadline will be returned. Submissions not properly completed will be returned to the applicant for proper completion and must be resubmitted by the July 1 deadline to be considered.
- All recipients will be chosen by the selection committee chaired by the Learning & Development Coordinator and appointed by the Staff Council Committee on Committees. This committee will be composed of Merit and Merit Supervisory Exempt/Confidential, Faculty, and Professional and Scientific representatives including the current Secretary of Staff Council.
- Letters of support (not to exceed three) will greatly impact the selection process. Applications that do not request the maximum award of $1500.00 will be favored in order to fund the greatest number of applicants.