Professional Development Pool. A Professional Development Pool will be created as follows: a) On April 1st of each year, for each full-time Member the amount of $2,500 will be placed in the Professional Development Pool. b) The Professional Development Pool is a consolidated account solely for the use of full-time Member for all expenses related to scholarly advancement, including travel expenses, attendance at conferences, and travel and related expenses for research activities. c) To be eligible for consideration for pool monies, each full-time Member will be required to submit an annual professional development/research plan and application for funds from the pool by February 15th for review by a panel consisting of the Deans of each Faculty, the Associate Vice-President Research and Faculty Affairs and three Faculty Members, with a minimum of one Faculty Member from each of the Faculties, as appointed by the Faculty Association. The panel will decide which applications will be approved, reduced, or rejected. d) An individual Member may combine approved funds from his Personal Professional Development Fund with approved funds from the Professional Development Pool. e) Reimbursement of claimed expenses will be made for expenses consistent with the approved application for Professional Development Pool funds and in accordance with the University Policy on Travel and Business-Related Expenses #FN 2.05.
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Professional Development Pool. A Professional Development Pool will be created as follows:
a) On April 1st of each year, for each full-time Faculty Member the amount of $2,500 will be placed in the Professional Development Pool.
b) The Professional Development Pool is a consolidated account solely for the use of full-full- time Member Faculty for all expenses related to scholarly advancement, including travel expenses, attendance at conferences, and travel and related expenses for research activities.
c) To be eligible for consideration for pool monies, each full-time Faculty Member will be required to submit an annual professional development/research plan and application for funds from the pool by February 15th for review by a panel consisting of the Deans of each Faculty, the Associate Vice-President Research and Faculty Affairs (Research) and three Faculty Members, with a minimum of one Faculty Member from each of the Faculties, as appointed by the Faculty Association. The panel will decide which applications will be approved, reduced, or rejected.
d) An individual Faculty Member may combine approved funds from his Personal Professional Development Fund with approved funds from the Professional Development Pool.
e) Reimbursement of claimed expenses will be made for expenses consistent with the approved application for Professional Development Pool funds and in accordance with the University Policy on Travel and Business-Related Expenses #FN 2.05.
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Sources: Collective Agreement