The Center for Faculty Development & Advancement’s (CFDA) Tenured Faculty Professional Development Fund augments tenured faculty members’ existing sources of professional development funding. Support is provided by the CU Denver Office of Faculty Affairs and the Office of the Provost.
This fund facilitates participation in opportunities that support the faculty members’ career growth in the category of research and creative activities. Examples include but are not limited to:
Note: This fund is restricted to tenured faculty on the ["Downtown"] Denver Campus.
Pre-tenure faculty can apply to the CFDA’s Early Career Professional Development Grant. Instructional, Research, and Clinical (IRC) faculty can apply to the CFDA’s IRC Faculty Professional Development Fund. Thus, with the addition of the Tenured Faculty Professional Development Fund, all CU Denver faculty are eligible for small professional development funding through the CFDA.
Applicants may request up to $1000 from the Tenured Faculty Professional Development Fund. Applicants may receive money from this fund once per academic year.
Faculty members who received financial support from the Tenured Faculty Professional Development Fund in the previous academic year must wait until Round 2 to apply.
The CFDA Tenured Faculty Research & Creative Activities Grant offers a total of $20,000 in funding per year. There will be two rounds of applications and funding during each academic year.
Academic Year 2025 Deadlines:
Round 1 Deadline: January 17, 2025, 5:00pm. A total of $10,000 will be awarded in Round 1.
Round 2 Deadline: February 28, 2025, 5:00pm. A total of $10,000 plus any funds remaining from Round 1 will be awarded in Round 2.
Notes:
An equal match is typically required. Matching funds may come from the applicant’s department, college, professional organization, or a grant.
Matching requirement is waived for the cases where the faculty member does not have professional development (PD) funds available for the academic year from school or department sources, or from grants.
Preference will be given to cases in which:
The CFDA will maintain a group of rostered, tenured faculty members who have received funding from the Tenured Faculty Professional Development Fund in the previous year. During each round of funding, applications will be vetted and selected for funding by one member of this list plus the CFDA Director.
View lists of past recipients of the Tenured Faculty Professional Development Fund. Select an academic year: