The VanOort Scholarship and Professional Development Fund

Individual full-time in-unit faculty and full-time staff may make requests for funds that support their scholarship and/or professional development. Faculty on sabbatical or professional development leave are not eligible while on leave.

One request per employee per academic year for up to $2000 can be requested. 

Requests are processed on a rolling basis. Please provide a minimum of least 6 weeks to process your request. The earlier the better. If you do not have that much time, please contact Laura Frost in the Dean’s office to describe the circumstances.

• Travel to present at conferences, attend professional development workshops, or scholarly pursuits
• Expenses related to instrumentation training, continuing education course(s), or certification(s)
• Expenses related to publication or production of scholarly materials
• Expenses to enhance classroom teaching capabilities
• Other activities may be considered that we have not thought of yet, please make the case.

• Small equipment or lab supplies
• Computer hardware and software (specialized software for research purposes may be considered)
• Departmental activities
• Annual memberships
• Travel to attend meetings to gain knowledge and network only
• Student travel/research
• Faculty or student stipends/salaries

Decisions will be made by the Dean’s office in consultation with your supervisor and are based on the availability of funds and completeness and quality of application. Please be as descriptive as possible on the application.

Yes. Within two weeks of reimbursement/purchase/return from travel, provide a one-page reflection on your experience and the value that it has added to the professional development of you personally, your department, the college and the institution. To grow the current and future funding of this program, please also provide at least one photograph demonstrating the completion of your activity. If you have questions about this based on your activity, contact Laura Frost in the Dean’s office. 

Please submit report to Itzel Perez Villarreal at iperezvillarreal@fgcu.edu.

• Short Activity statement (200 char. Max.) 
• Activity Description (500 word max.)
• Impact Statement (250 word max.)
• Budget Justification (250 word max.)
• Date funding is needed
• Uploads of receipts or abstract acceptance, or other relevant documents

Contact Laura Frost in the Dean’s office if you have any questions.