Eligibility Faculty and Students


The Board of Trustees of the Charles Phelps Taft Memorial Fund has approved funding for McMicken eligible faculty from and students majoring in the following McMicken College of Arts and Sciences departments: Anthropology, Economics, English and Comparative Literature, German Studies, History, Mathematical Sciences, Philosophy, Political Science, Romance Languages and Literatures, and Sociology.

Taft support for faculty is intended for faculty who have a long-term research affiliation with the University, the College of Arts & Sciences, and the designated ten Taft disciplines. As the University of Cincinnati allows a variety of faculty appointments, this policy is articulated as follows:

a. Tenure Track Faculty:  Tenure-track faculty as defined in the current UC-AAUP contract who are members of the McMicken College of Arts & Sciences are eligible for Taft funding if they are members of a Taft department, or if they hold terminal advanced degrees in one of the areas listed above as approved by the trustees. Membership in either the McMicken College of Arts & Sciences or a Taft department shall be determined by the faculty member's primary bargaining unit appointment.

b. Part-time and Non-Tenure Track Faculty:  Part-time and non-tenure track faculty are not eligible for Taft funding.

c. Emeritus Faculty:  Emeritus faculty who remain active within the University community are eligible to apply, but may be given a lower priority.

Eligibility for awards that provide faculty salary or release time (e.g. Research Fellowships, Proposal Preparation Awards, Competitive Faculty Fellowships) is restricted to tenure-track faculty as defined in 2 (a). Faculty who receive awards that provide faculty salary or release time shall be subject to the following restrictions:

a. Except by permission of the Taft Faculty Board, recipients shall not accept additional remuneration during the period beyond that paid them by the University and any prizes or awards that may be given to them.

b. Except where an earlier retirement is approved by the Administration, recipients are obligated to return to the University for at least one academic year immediately following the period of leave.

 

Contact information:
2625 Clifton Avenue
PO Box 210369
Cincinnati, OH 45221-0369
Mail Location: 0369
Phone: 513.556.0675
Fax: 513.558.7136
Email Taft Secretary at taftcenter@uc.edu.
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