Faculty Strategic Conference Funding Policy and Procedures

To establish the guidelines and process for college sponsored attendance at selected strategic research conferences and professional association meetings that promote Glenn College faculty scholarship in mainstream public affairs venues.

Glenn College tenure track faculty (those with the Glenn College as their TIU).

Policy
The College will provide up to $1,500 per conference for travel, lodging, meals, and conference registration fees to faculty members presenting research at one of the following conferences:

• Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM)
• Public Management Research Association Conference (PMRA)
• American Society of Public Administration (ASPA)
• American Political Science Association Meetings (APSA)
• Midwest Political Science Association Meetings (MWPSA)
• Association for Research on Nonprofit and Voluntary Associations Meetings (ARNOVA)
• Academy of Management (Public and Nonprofit division) Meetings (AOM)
• Association for Budgeting and Financial Management (ABFM)
• Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA)

Airfare and conference registration fees can be pre-paid using these funds. All other approved incurred expenses will be provided to the faculty member in the form of a reimbursement upon receipt of the appropriate documentation required by university policy. In the case of a faculty co-authoring a paper with a Glenn college doctoral student, only one of these can be funded for conference travel out of the faculty conference travel fund. Any amount over $1,500 per conference must be paid from the faculty member’s ISA or another external funding source.

Procedures

To initiate a request to use the college strategic conference fund, please complete the Travel & Procurement Request Form. Indicate on the form if your ISA or another funding source will be used for expenses in excess of $1,500. Through this form, requests will route to the Associate Dean for Faculty and Research for review and approval. All Workday entries, associated emails, and approval documentation will be maintained by the College per University retention guidelines.

All conference fund and ISA expenditures must follow University and College purchasing guidelines. Processes and guidelines can be found on the University Business & Finance web page.

Faculty members requesting funding to present research or facilitate a workshop at one of these conferences are guaranteed approval for at least one trip in an academic year. Faculty members are eligible for a second reimbursement in the same academic year based on review and approval of the Associate Dean for Faculty and Research and availability of budgeted conference travel funds.

Timelines
These funds are only available during the academic year in which they are approved. Authorization to spend these funds cannot be carried over from one conference to another nor from one year to the next. Funds cannot be accumulated over multiple years.

Stephanie Moulton
Professor and Associate Dean for Faculty and Research
614-247-8161
moulton.23@osu.edu

Kim Young
Chief Administrative Officer, Senior Lecturer
young.1807@osu.edu

Last updated: 8/26/2024