SUBJECT:

Call for Proposals - Faculty Career Development

CALL FOR PROPOSALS
1998-99 FACULTY CAREER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (FCDP) FOR ASSISTANT
PROFESSORS IN THE LADDER-RANKS AND ASSISTANT PROFESSORS IN RESIDENCE

PURPOSE:
To support junior faculty efforts in research or creative activities
in order to enhance progress towards the Associate Professor level.

ELIGIBILITY:
FCDP is open to all Assistant Professors in the Ladder-Ranks and
Assistant Professors In Residence. An awardee must be in junior
status when the transfer of award funds occurs.

DESCRIPTION:
A total of slightly over $100,000 has historically been provided by UC
Office of the President for this program which is administered at UCSD
by the Office of Academic Affirmative Action. Typically, proposals
request salary for one quarter of released time ($12,000-$18,000
depending on salary level) in order to concentrate efforts on
research or other creative activity. Other awards in the past have
also included support for >summer research, research
supplies/equipment, salary for a research assistant, and travel
expenses related to a research project.

SELECTION CRITERIA:
Applicants should be approaching consideration for advancement to
tenure, and regarded as highly promising and deserving of this
opportunity to enhance their research and scholarship record. In
addition, 1998-99 program awards will particularly focus on those who
can clearly demonstrate that extraordinary commitment(s) in other areas
has reduced the amount of time available for the research or other
creative activity required for successful advancement. These areas may
include, for example, student advising, teaching, curriculum
development, supervision of independent study or research students,
committee service, efforts to diversify the campus, and/or community
service in support of diversity. It is imperative that applicants and
department chairs adequately address these commitments, particularly
those pertaining to diversity.

APPLICATION MATERIALS:
Copies of the Guidelines for Proposal Submission, the Applicant
Summary Sheet, and the Chair's Evaluation Form have been mailed to all
Department Chairs and Business Managers (MSOs) and can be obtained
from these individuals in your department.

DEADLINE:
Proposals for 1998-99 FCDP awards must be submitted by January 31,
1998.

REVIEW:
Proposals will be reviewed by the Affirmative Action Committee of the
Academic Senate, and recommendations will be submitted to Senior Vice
Chancellor-Academic Affairs Marsha A. Chandler in March 1998. All who
submit proposals for 1998-99 funding will be notified of the results
early in April 1998.

CONTACT:
For further information, contact your Department Chair or Business
Manager (MSO), or you may contact Jon Welch, Director, Office of
Academic Affirmative Action at ext. 44497 or via e:mail at
welchj@ucsd.edu.

Marsha A. Chandler Senior Vice Chancellor- Academic Affairs