CLAS Policy

The Old Gold Summer Fellowship Program is a developmental program for probationary tenure-track assistant and associate professors with nine-month appointments. The award must be taken during the first two years of tenure-track appointment at The University of Iowa. Details of eligibility are usually described in the faculty offer letter.

The College requires that the faculty member submit to the DEO a two-page proposal for teaching and/or research development during the fellowship period. The DEO must review the proposal and endorse it by signing it and forwarding it to the Dean. Two copies of the proposal and an abbreviated CV must be forwarded to the Dean for approval. Application forms, deadlines and additional directions for applying are available on the Faculty Development page of the Provost’s web site. Applications for an Old Gold Summer Fellowship are ordinarily due to the DEO in late November or early December of each year, for transmission to the Dean’s Office in late December or Early January.

This award provides recipients with funding for summer work on an approved project, which may center on research activities, creative work, or instructional development. Each summer fellowship is expected to result in at least one project for publication, exhibit, performance, or instructional use. Awards are a fixed $6,000, split in the following manner:

• a salary stipend of $3,000 (from which taxes and fringe benefits will be deducted),
• tax-exempt funds of $3,000 that may be used to support, travel, equipment, or other research or instructional development needs.

Within two months of the conclusion of the award period, the Old Gold Awardee must submit a brief report (1-2 pages) to the DEO, with a copy to the CLAS Dean's Office, describing the activities and outcomes of the project.