NOTE:
1. Your application will emailed to your Department Chair and Divisional Dean. While their approval for the grant application is not required, they will be provided opportunity to offer feedback to the committee regarding the grant application.
2. Grants are issued with the understanding that:
○ You will complete the accounting forms and submit a reconciled budget and narrative report at the end of the grant period.
○ If any of these grant monies are used for travel, please follow the travel reimbursement guidelines for Faculty Development Grants.
○ Funds may not be distributed as payroll (including students and Wheaton College employees). Funds also may not be used to fund a course release or replacement. Requirements for paying staff salaries in international locations are beyond our institutional capacity to administer, and this should not be included in the grant proposal or report.
○ Funds will be used according to the categories in the budget proposal submitted for this grant.
○ Funds will be used for the grant recipient's own project expenses, and not cover costs incurred by accompanying family members (e.g.meals or larger accomodations).
3. Most grants expenses will be facilitated via Wheaton College purchasing card. Awardees must account for expenses within 30 days of completion of the project or before July 1 for expenses before June 30 of the fiscal year. Specific instructions will be provided if awarded.
4. Occasionally activity outlined in the proposal changes based on events being cancelled or other unforeseen circumstances. Consultation and approval from the HNGR Director (for the Stott Grant) is required before spending should there be any deviations from the activity proposed.