Teaching Excellence Committee
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The Teaching Excellence Committe (TEC) supports and promotes faculty excellence and faculty development in the areas of teaching and productive scholarship. The committee
TAPS Grants
The purpose of the USC Upstate Teaching and Productive Scholarship (TAPS) Fund is to promote good scholarship including original research projects, programs that support curriculum development, and travel for presentation of scholarship. Funded projects will support the scholarship process with the goal of formal presentation and/or publication, improve pedagogy and curriculum development to contribute to the USC Upstate mission, and/or enable major service projects which require application of scholarly and/or professional knowledge. A list of recent recipients of TAPS grants can be found here.
TAPS Grant Criteria (Approved by Faculty-Senate, March 2009)
- Successful proposals include a narrative with clear organization, cohesion, and a clearly-defined statement of purpose, goals, and objectives.
- Successful proposals support institutional and/or unit goals and objectives.
- Successful proposals demonstrate the proposed project's potential to contribute to the individual's professional development and/or scholarly/creative agenda.
- Successful proposals demonstrate the significance and/or potential of the proposed project to contribute to the field, the knowledge domain, and/or society.
The guidelines and forms for TAPS submissions can be found at the bottom of this page. Please submit your signed cover sheet and application materials to the Faculty Senate Committee Assistant, Renee O'Brien, Academic Affairs, Administration 224.
NOTE: All recipients of TAPS grants are required to submit a completed final report form to the TEC chair (electronic is fine) and an electronic copy to Renee O'Brien (Faculty Senate Committee Assistant) within 30 days of the recipient’s return from a trip. For recipients of TAPS grants who fail to do so or who fail to notify the committee of cancellation of a trip within 30 days after the scheduled trip, the unreported amount will be deducted from the maximum amount the recipient will be eligible to receive in the next fiscal year. Appeals to the Teaching Excellence Committee will be decided based on their merits.
TAPS Deadlines
Deadlines for submitting applications are 4:00pm on the following dates. Committee meets one week after the monthly deadline, Fridays at 1pm in HEC 2031.
- July 13, 2009
- August 21, 2009
- September 18, 2009
- October 16, 2009
- November 13, 2009
- December 11, 2009
- January 15, 2010
- February 19, 2010
- March 19, 2010
- April 16, 2010
- May 21, 2010
- June 18, 2010
TEC Committee 2009-2010
Please contact Dr. Lynette Gibson, TEC Chair, or your unit representative for questions about TAPS grants or other TEC issues.
Guidelines and Forms (NOTE: Forms have been updated for the 2009-2010 academic year. Please use the most recent application and report forms.)
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