Faculty Professional Development Council
FPDC Grants
The PASSHE Faculty Professional Development Council 2025-26 Request for Proposals is now available. Board of Governors’ Policy establishes the purpose of the grant program: “to encourage continuous attention to the professional growth and development of System faculty as teaching scholars.”
Awards of up to $12,000 will be made in six project categories:
- faculty research
- student-faculty research
- student-faculty public service
- creative activity
- innovation in teaching
- career enhancement
Each University may submit up to 21 proposals. Each university requires draft proposals to be submitted for internal review. Millersville’s internal deadline will be November 24, 2025.
If you believe that you are interested in submitting to the 2025-26 FPDC grant cycle, because this is such a popular program among faculty and internal review is required, please notify OGSPR of your intention ASAP using this simple online form.
Please submit FPDC proposals to sponsored.programs@millersville.edu
Other important FPDC dates:
February 16, 2026: Final PASSHE deadline
April 20, 2026: FPDC committee deliberates award decisions
May 1, 2026: award decision notifications issued to universities
October 31, 2027: completion deadline for funded projects
November 30, 2027: final grant reports due
2025-26 FPDC Request for Proposals
2025-26 FPDC Application Scoring Rubric
If you have any questions, contact Jeffry Porter at 717.871.4829 or jeffry.porter@millersville.edu.