Supporting Teaching Faculty & Research
Explore funding opportunities that support research, writing, and other scholarly activities. Harpur College offers guidance on both internal and external funding sources, including competitive grants, fellowships, and research stipends. We assist faculty across all disciplines in identifying appropriate funding opportunities, developing strong proposals, and navigating post-award requirements.
For more information, contact Beau DiNapoli: dinapoli@binghamton.edu.
Harpur Research & Scholarly Funding
Awards available for Harpur faculty only
- Harpur College Dean's Teaching Release Award
The Dean's Teaching Release Award is offered to pre-tenure faculty members in Harpur College to help promote their prospects for tenure and promotion at Binghamton University. Awardees are exempted from major teaching obligations but retain full faculty status, salary, and rights, thereby allowing them to concentrate on a significant scholarly or creative project.
Eligible pre-tenure faculty must work with their department chair to ensure that these course reductions support their scholarly development as well as accommodate their department's curriculum. Please click below for more information and to access the request for teaching release award application.
- Harpur College Faculty Research and Subvention Fund Program
Harpur College Faculty Research and Subvention Fund Program supports Harpur faculty-led research projects, creative endeavors, and scholarly activities. Proposals will be reviewed on the basis of their potential to establish new projects and to contribute to faculty career advancement.
This program also includes support for "subvention" proposals.
- Visiting Speaker Fund
The Visiting Speaker Fund helps Harpur departments and programs bring in outside speakers who will offer scholarly, artistic, or intellectual merit to the University community. Any faculty member may submit a request signed by their department chair or program director.
- Harpur College Dean’s Conference Funding
This award is intended to support on-campus and department-hosted regional/national conferences. The award can provide a portion of the costs necessary to host a conference or workshop.
- Harpur College Collaborative Grant
The Harpur College Dean's Office is pleased to announce a competitive funding opportunity designed to catalyze cross-departmental collaborations across our diverse academic divisions.
- Harpur College Faculty Development Endowment
The goal of this internal grants program is to promote the scholarly, creative, and artistic activities of Harpur faculty. Priority is given to proposals for new projects or for projects that represent a new direction within an existing project. Priority is also given to projects that are likely to lead to external foundation or government funding.
- Federal Funding Updates
Harpur College Dean’s Office is closely monitoring updates from federal agency partners regarding policy changes and evaluating their potential impact on federally sponsored projects during this period of transition. Important updates for the research community will be shared here as they become available.
Proposals & Awards
Before incorporating new federal directives or changing policy into your proposals or current awards please consult your assigned Grant and Contract Administrator in the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) to ensure the proper course of action.
Federal sponsor proposal review timelines may be extended due to pauses on federal funding. It is recommended to reconfirm deadlines and check for any changes to the proposal requirements or guidelines. Our understanding is that the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) is continuing to submit to federal agency submission systems as they are available.
Work on existing awards may require changes to comply with recent executive orders. Please contact the Office of Grants Management with specific questions.
Please reach out to harpurresearch@binghamton.edu for any additional questions.
- Annual Harpur College Teaching Award
Harpur College students nominate up to two Harpur instructors whose classes they found especially meaningful, challenging, and enjoyable.
- Harter Family Mentoring Award
Harter Family Mentoring Prize recognizes faculty members whose commitments to their students’ intellectual and creative development goes beyond the classroom.
- Graduate Mentoring Award
The Harpur Graduate Mentoring Award is awarded to faculty members who have made an exemplary contribution to the intellectual and professional development of graduate students, recognizing especially those who have have been substantively involved in fostering institutional opportunities to advance graduate scholarly inquiry, communicative expertise, or other forms of professional development.
Academic Honesty
Faculty procedures for academic honesty violations
- Instructions for Faculty Dealing with Student Academic Dishonesty
Instructions for Harpur College teaching faculty on classifying violations, using the Admission of Dishonesty Form, referring Category II cases, participating in hearings, and understanding possible outcomes.
Academic Affairs Support
Policies and forms related to working and teaching in Harpur College
- Incomplete Grade Policy
Incomplete Grade Contract Form - Harpur College Guidelines for Undergraduate Teaching Assistantships (UTA)
Eligibility
- To be eligible for a UTA position, a student must be a junior or senior (have earned at least 57 credits).
- To serve as a UTA, a student must be in good academic standing with a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0.
- Faculty may request exceptions to these requirements from the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies.
Undergraduate Teaching Assistants should follow the rules/guidelines established by the faculty instructor of the course. The information and suggestions presented here are intended to supplement the specific instructions you have already received. Make sure you clearly understand your duties and responsibilities. If you have questions, ask for clarification from your faculty instructor.
General Policies
- Harpur students may take no more than 8 credits of teaching practica.
- UTAs should be selected prior to the semester in which they will teach.
- UTAs should have taken and excelled in the course (or its equivalent) that they will be teaching.
- UTAs should be in good academic standing.
- UTA training will be provided by the supervising department or instructor.
- Duties and responsibilities of the UTA should be clearly spelled out by the department or instructor, including the need to keep student records, including grades, confidential.
- Evaluations of the UTA should be conducted regularly by the department or instructor.
- UTAs should not receive stipends and credit compensation in the same semester.
- UTA grading should be limited to objective material; UTAs should not be determining grades.
Interacting with Students
- Take the time to learn the names of your students.
- If you are expected to hold office hours, make sure students know where and when to find you. Let students know they are welcome and that office hours are open to anyone.
- Be as approachable and helpful as possible when helping students, but don't hesitate to admit you can't answer a question. There's nothing wrong with saying you will find out and get back to them. If you can't help them with an academic question, refer them to the faculty instructor.
- Remember to keep in mind the diversity of students attending Binghamton. Students vary in cultural or national background, level of academic ability, and level of maturity. Be sensitive to these differences in your interactions with students.
Addressing Problems
- If you are interacting with a student troubled by a serious academic or personal problem, talk it over with the instructor of the course. Do not attempt to deal with it on your own. Refer the student to the instructor or to Harpur Academic Advising.
- If you suspect a student of cheating on a test or plagiarizing a paper, immediately report it to the faculty instructor.
- If you feel pressured by a student to reveal the questions on a test, immediately speak with the faculty instructor.
- If a student with a non-academic problem approaches you for help, please talk with the faculty instructor to find appropriate resources.
- Harpur College Permanant Course Proposal
Course Proposal Form - Harpur College Faculty and Student Achievement Submission
Faculty and Student Achievement Submission Form - Harpur College Fabrication Lab (FabLab)
The Harpur College Fabrication Lab (FabLab) is a facility that offers shop support for instructional laboratories and for faculty conducting research who need technical services.
Harpur College Cluster Hires
- Cluster Hires for Harpur College
Harpur College has launched three cluster hires focused on key thematic and programmatic areas the college aims to strengthen. Each cluster brings together a cohort of new faculty who will help build lasting networks of scholarly collaboration, mentorship and program development, while connecting with existing interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary initiatives. This approach fosters a strong sense of community, encourages collaboration across departments, and supports long-term faculty retention. While united by shared interests, each position is housed in a specific department, with joint appointments considered when appropriate.
Web & Branding Standards for Department Faculty
Web and branding standards for Harpur faculty
- Web Content & Branding Standards for Department Faculty
The Dean's Office of Harpur College has curated a collection of valuable resources, including web content guidelines, to help Harpur College faculty and staff maintain a cohesive and consistent look across all Harpur College materials and marketing efforts.
- How to Update Your Harpur College Faculty Profile
Please take a look at your profile page and determine if your page adequately represents your academic activity and if any of the content needs updating.