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UA Faculty, AY24 Faculty Initiative Fund RFP is now open!

AY 24 RFP found here:
Submission form found here: (1 submission per eligible faculty):

All proposals in response to this RFP are due to the Office of Academics, Students & Research by midnight November 5, 2023. The review period will then commence, and end by December 13, 2023, with awards announced by December 22, 2023. All applications must be submitted via  Google Forms or by emailing a PDF to the Office of Academics, Students & Research Office (sldayton2@alaska.edu). All submissions will receive an email confirmation of receipt within two business days. Disbursement of project funds may begin on January 8, 2024.

Please note that for the purposes of FIF applications postdocs are eligible to apply.

Faculty Initiative Fund Website

If anyone missed the March 8th Discussion with Dr. Reichman on Shared Governance and Academic Freedom, here is The Link with the Passcode: I8E?uru%

Henry Reichman is Professor Emeritus of history at California State University, East Bay. The author of two recent books, Understanding Academic Freedom (https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2021/12/17/author-discusses-his-new-book-academic-freedom)

and The Future of Academic Freedom (https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/04/09/henry-reichman-discusses-his-new-book-future-academic-freedom )

He served as chair of the Association of American University Professors' Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure from 2012 to 2021.