faculty financial services

The Tozier Fund

Dr. Charles H. Tozier specified that the income from this fund shall "be used for the support of visual education in the sciences, with special consideration to be given to the geological, mineralogical, and geographical sciences, and with the hope that support may also be given from time to time to work in the Department of Landscape Architecture in the School of Design as well as that of other scientific departments of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences that evince interest in visual aids to instruction." 

Requests for funds will be reviewed in accordance with the following guidelines:

  • The maximum award is $6,000 over any three-year period.  Both junior and senior faculty are encouraged to apply.
  • Applications are strongly encouraged to submit requests for matching funds and grants that make use of the Faculty Aide Program, student work-study program, and graduate students, rather than more costly alternatives.
  • The Fund is ordinarily unable to provide support for faculty salaries.
  • The Fund does not provide support for conference travel.
  • Requests for computer funding/replacement are generally not approved.
  • The application form for the Tozier Fund can be found here or from the drop-down forms menu.

In accordance with standard University practice, nonexpendable materials purchased with funds assigned through this process revert to the appropriate division of the University when the work for which the grant is made is completed and/or when the faculty member leaves the University.  Any equipment purchased with these funds should remain with the department.  Microfilms, photocopies, or any books purchased because they were not available in our libraries should be deposited with the appropriate division of the University Library.

Larger awards are sometimes made in support of a departmental program or activity.  A letter of endorsement must accompany such applications from the department chair or laboratory director.

Applications for the award are accepted twice a year. The Finance Office must receive the application in early October for January awards and early March for July grants.