Faculty Professional Development funds provided by the College are available to HCC full-time faculty members each year. If you are interested in applying for funds to support your professional development activity, please fill out the Application for Faculty Development Funding and submit to any Faculty Development Committee member. The deadline for application submission for the Spring 2008 semester is March 7.

Plese email Jerry Cerny, Faculty Development Coordinator, if you know of awards, grants and other opportunities that you want shared with the HCC Faculty.

Two "in-house" Faculty Development Grant Writing Workshop were recently held here at HCC. Here is some information that may help you in your grant seeking endeavors.

1) Check out the following websites for information on grant giving foundations;

http://fdncenter.org/
http://www.hcf-hawaii.org/
http://www.cof.org/

2) Check out the following websites for excellent tutorials on grant proposal development;

http://www.npguides.org/
http://www.epa.gov/seahome/grants/src/title.htm
http://fdncenter.org/learn/shortcourse/prop1.html

3) Check out the following to find out about grant opportunities and register to receive weekly emails alerting you to grant opportunities based on key words you supply them;

http://www.cos.com

4) The Hawaii Community Services Foundation conducts $55 one-day grant writing workshops. Give Jennifer Creed, HCSF, a call at 529-0453, to find out the date and location of their next workshop and register if you choose.

5) The John Templeton Foundation offers to encourage a fresh appreciation of the critical importance for all peoples and cultures — of the moral and spiritual dimensions of life. The mission of the Templeton Fundation is to serve as a philanthropic catalyst for scientific discovery on what scientists and philosophers call the ‘Big Questions.’ Ranging from questions about the laws of nature to the nature of creativity and consciousness, the Foundation’s philanthropic vision is derived from Sir John’s resolute belief that rigorous research and cutting-edge scholarship is at the very heart of new discoveries and human progress.

The John Templeton Foundation has made up to $3 million available for research grants to stimulate and sponsor new research insights directly pertinent to the 'great debate' over purpose in the context of the emergence of increasing biological complexity. Areas of research supported include:

1. Chemistry, "fine tuning" in biocentricity, emergent order and the origin and existence of life
2. Evolution directionality and convergence
3. Archeological and anthropological research in human evolution and the origins and early developments of purpose-seeking and spirituality or religiosity.

The Faculty Development Committee will be offering information workshops on grant opportunities with the John Templeton Foundation soon.