In order to support professional development of Northern Essex Community College faculty and staff, funds are available for conference attendance, research and books. All applications are reviewed and approved by a sub-committee of the Faculty and Staff Development Committee. All awards are published in a year-end report which is available for review by contacting the Office of Faculty & Staff Development.

Please read the guidelines carefully.

Any full-time or part-time employee may apply for funds. In order to provide a quick turn-around time for funding review, we require the following:

Guidelines:

• IMPORTANT: Due to the increased demand for funds, there is now a cap of $1300.00 per person for the academic year. The cap includes any funds that you may be awarded this fiscal year through professional development funds.
  
  
  
• IMPORTANT: You can only submit one short form per fiscal year. If the total of your purchase exceeds more than $100.00, you can only be reimbursed up to $100.00.
  
  
  
• All applications must be typed. You can type the information in on the appropriate application and print out a copy or you may request a hard copy by contacting Christine DeRosa at extension 3960 or via e-mail at cderosa@necc.mass.edu.
  
  
• Please note: The application you fill out online is NOT submitted electronically to the Office of Faculty & Staff Development. You MUST print out the application that you fill out online and it must be signed by your supervisor, then forwarded to the OFSD no later than 4:00 p.m. on the deadline date.
  


• All information must be completed in order to be considered or it will be returned to you for further completion. If you wish, you may attach brochures or descriptive materials with the original application.
  
  
• All conferences, events, workshops, symposia, etc., must take place within the current fiscal year in order for reimbursement. Also, any purchases must be made within the current fiscal year in order to apply for and receive reimbursement.



• The project description should be clear and complete. Again, incomplete applications will be returned.
  
  
• Please submit an original application, plus six (6) copies, for a total of seven (7) copies.
  
  
• Please note the deadline is 4:00 p.m. on the due date. Your completed application must be received by the OFSD by this time and day. In order to maintain the guidelines to applying for funding, we must enforce the deadline dates.
  

The following items are non-allowable expenses, and therefore, are not covered through staff development funding:

• NEW (as of 9/25/09): memberships
• equipment
• printing and publishing costs
• attendance at annual conference/meetings/similar activities when it is an ongoing expectation of the position
• meals
• postage and telephone costs
• purchases that do not pertain directly to your job duties at the College
• departmental supplies (software, books, etc.) for an entire department
  

The Professional Development Funding Committee will review requests within ten (10) working days of the deadline date and make recommendations. Applicants will receive a letter from the Office of Faculty and Staff Development regarding the request within one week of the committee's funding meeting. Individuals receiving award letters will need to submit receipts to Marie Burchell in the Business Office (B-201). Receipts must be received within six (6) weeks of your activity or we will not be able to guarantee funding.

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