Bedichek-Orman Grants
Funding for Professional Development
Overview
Bedichek-Orman Grants are designated to assist full-time and part-time faculty to fund professional development endeavors such as membership in professional organizations, conference attendance, and workshop participation. Award recipients can be awarded up to $500.
By HCC, For HCC
Bedichek-Orman grants are awarded from the Bedichek-Orman Operating Fund. The Bedichek-Orman Operating Fund is an ongoing program of the HCC Faculty Association in partnership with the HCC Foundation. The fund is truly unique in that faculty help raise funds for professional development by participating in an annual auction as donors, bidders, or both and/or by donating funds to the Bedichek-Orman Operating Fund during the Annual Faculty Campaign.
Qualifications
Any full-time faculty who have exhausted the $2,000 of professional development funding provided by HCC, and all adjunct faculty are eligible to apply for a Bedichek-Orman Grant within the Academic Calendar Year. See HCC Travel Guidelines, within myHCC, as a source for information. Receipts are required when requesting reimbursement.
Faculty Members who participate in the Annual Bedichek-Orman Auction as a volunteer and donate or purchase items at the auction could be selected as a “Preferred Recipient” in the application process.
If you are awarded a grant and fail to accept the offer after ten business days of being notified, you will forfeit your award and will be ineligible to reapply during the same term.
Deadlines
Bedichek-Orman grant applications will be accepted on a rolling basis.
Requests for reimbursement must be submitted no later than 10 days after completion of the professional development endeavor. Recipients are required to submit their receipts for reimbursement requests as soon as possible. Receipts are required when requesting reimbursement.
Policies and Procedures
Guidelines for Professional Development Grants
The requested activity must be shown to be of benefit to the professional life of the individual.
A benefit, either directly or indirectly, should also accrue to HCC. This could take the form of improving the individual’s ability to do his or her job in a more successful way, the development of teaching materials, and/or sharing what has been learned with colleagues.
Grant Accountability
Grant recipients must pay out of pocket initially and then request reimbursement. Requests for reimbursement should be made within 10 days of completion of the approved professional development. The procedure for submitting payment requests will be included in the notification email sent to successful applicants. Receipts are required when requesting reimbursement.
Grant recipients will also be required to participate in the Bedichek-Orman Auction event (held the 1st Friday in November) the October following their professional development as a workgroup volunteer and donate or purchase items at the auction.
Disbursement of Grant Funds
Applications must be thorough and complete; no funds shall be disbursed to anyone whose application is incomplete. Disbursement of funds shall be the responsibility of the HCC Foundation upon the recommendation of the Bedichek-Orman Grant Chairperson. Please allow up to 30 days to process.