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Guidelines for New Groups and Requests for Renewed Funding

NEW GROUPS: The broad purpose of the faculty seminars is to bring faculty from all five campuses together to exchange ideas, read works-in-progress, and on occasion to host a guest speaker. Their formats vary with the needs and interests of each group as does the frequency of meetings. Seminars are funded for the academic year on a year to year basis.

To be eligible for funding as a Five College seminar, the group should include members from all five colleges, but three-and four-college seminars are possible.

Guest speakers should constitute an occasional rather than regular feature.
Seminar funds may not be used to cover the cost of meals for members but may pay for meals of guest speakers (including five college faculty) and for light refreshments at meetings.

Applications must be made in writing and are due in the Five College office on or before March 1. (A small reserve of late-starter funds is available for those who submit a request after this deadline.)

Include the following information in the letter of application:

Name of Seminar
Name(s) and phone number(s) of the person(s) responsible for administering the seminar.
Description of the organization and purpose of the seminar.
Number of meetings anticipated and a list of faculty who have agreed to participate.
A budget of projected expenditures for activities proposed (i.e., costs for duplication and notices, expenses for speakers, and meeting refreshments).

Proposals should be clearly labeled and addressed to "Faculty Seminar Program," attention of Nate Therien, Five College Center for delivery through inter-campus mail Via Messenger Service, or for hand-delivery to 97 Spring Street, Amherst, MA 01002. For further information call: (413) 256-8316.

RENEWED FUNDING:
I. Applications for renewed funding for an existing seminar should:

Identify the seminar and the person(s) responsible for it, with address(es) and phone number(s).
Describe the general organization and purpose of the seminar and its continuing value to members.
List activities and expenditures in the current academic year, including those planned for the spring, as well as average meeting attendance.
Outline plans for the coming academic year.
Provide a budget for anticipated activities and expenses (i.e. costs of duplicating notices and papers; expenses of speakers; refreshments for meetings--since meeting space is readily available at the members' campuses, as a general rule, no provision is made for room-rental fees).
List names of those members who regularly (rather than occasionally) attend.

II. Seminar chairs are reminded of the general guidelines governing all activities and expenditures:

To be funded by Five Colleges, Incorporated, a seminar should include members from all five colleges, but four-or even three-college seminars may be eligible.
To retain the emphasis on members' research, speakers from outside the Valley generally constitute an occasional rather than regular feature of the seminar.
Seminar funds may not be used to cover the cost of meals for member participants; however, they may pay for meals of guest speakers (including five college faculty) and for light refreshments at meetings.

Letters requesting renewal should be clearly labeled "Faculty Seminar Program," attention of Nate Therien, Five College Center for delivery through inter-campus mail Via Messenger Service, or for hand-delivery to 97 Spring Street, Amherst, MA 01002. For further information call: (413) 256-8316.

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