FACET provides tools and opportunities to expand faculty grant-funded research, scholarship, and creative activity.
FACET provides tools and opportunities to expand faculty grant-funded research, scholarship, and creative activity.
In their research and grant-writing, faculty may sometimes wish to incorporate new methods, new analytical techniques, and new software. Whether quantitative, qualitative or mixed methods, FACET can match you with methodological experts on campus who are available for consulting.
Contact the FACET Research FellowCurious about how you spend your time? Wondering how much of your work is spent in teaching, scholarship and service? Sign up for a time allocation study, and FACET fellows will guide you through a two week review, ending with an overview assessment.
Contact FACET for more informationThis program provides selected faculty members of various rank with opportunities to infuse diversity and inclusion into existing curriculum, create models to improve classroom dynamics in support of social justice, or identify strategies to enhance institutional practices.
Diversity & Inclusion Faculty Fellows Program
Interested in applying for a DIFF? Meet with a former DIFF for application tips and review. Email facet AT_TOWSON.
The FACET Research and Teaching Fellowships programs provide full-time faculty members with opportunities to lead campus-wide initiatives in their respective areas of expertise and help to shape faculty professional development programs throughout TU.
Interested in applying for a Fulbright? Meet with a former Fulbright Fellow for application tips and review. Email facet AT_TOWSON.
OER are free learning materials that are written for the purpose of being shared publicly with no compensation for the creator. FACET periodically offers grants to faculty for exploration or adoption/adaptation of OER for their classes. In addition to grants, recipients receive support and mentoring by the TU OER Community of Practice (CoP).
The Office of Sponsored Programs and Research grows, manages and protects the Towson University sponsored programs portfolio.
The program’s purpose is to advance faculty research, with guidance from a nationally known scholar in the faculty member’s area of study. At least three awards will be given to tenure-track Assistant Professors or Librarians I and II, who have been at Towson four years or fewer. All academic disciplines are welcome.
Periodically, faculty have the opportunity to meet with a panel who can help you develop and advance your project idea to potential funders. During this meeting, you will talk with representatives from BTU, OSPR, FACET, Office of Civic Engagement and Social Responsibility, SET, and University Advancement. For more information, please contact Assistant Provost Patricia Westerman, Ph.D. (pwesterman AT_TOWSON and x4-6068)
The School of Emerging Technologies (SET) supports teams of interdisciplinary faculty in the early phases of collaborative projects relating to emerging technology with Seed Funding grants.
Need an internal grant application review? Ask the FACET Research Fellow!
The Office of Sponsored Programs and Research (OSPR) grows, manages and protects the Towson University sponsored programs portfolio.
Faculty are invited to apply for a workshop (organized by FACET, OSPR, and SET) to take place from January through March that will help them to develop their existing, unfunded grant proposals into more competitive, external grants. For proposals that have multiple PIs, the team may select to have one or several individuals participate. Through periodic sessions with OSPR staff and peer mentors, faculty will work on the content and structure of their work to better match their applications to program scopes and reviewer expectations. After a January kick-off session, faculty will pair off with mentors, and meet periodically with OSPR staff. There will be a culminating event in March.
Applicants should complete the online application by 11:59 PM on December 1, 2022 including the funding announcement and unfunded proposal that will be their focus during the workshop period, with reviews if available.
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) is the systematic study of teaching and learning to improve student success and retention. TU faculty have published in the following SoTL journals:
American Secondary Education
Applied Instructional Design, Journal of
Astronomy Education Journal
Astronomy Education Review
Astronomy & Earth Sciences Education, Journal of
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education
The American Biology Teacher
CBE - Life Sciences Education
College Science Teaching, Journal of
Communication Teacher
Chemical Education, Journal of
Criminal Justice Education, Journal of
Higher Education
Instructional Science
International Journal of STEM Education
Journalism & Mass Communication Educator
Mathematics and the Arts, Journal of
The Mathematics Enthusiast
Michigan Journal of Service Learning
Microbiology Education
Microbiology and Biology Education, Journal of
Research in Science Education
Teaching of Psychology
Physical Review Physics Education Research
Physics Education Research (PER)
The Physics Teacher
Research in Higher Education
Science Educator
Science Education and Technology, Journal of
The Science Teacher
Science Teacher Education, Journal of
Sport, Education and Society
Statistics and Data Science Education, Journal of
STEM Education Research, Journal of
Teaching and Learning in Communication Sciences and Disorders
The Office of Sponsored Programs and Research assists Towson University researchers in complying with federal regulations regarding human subjects, animal subjects, biological safety and international research.
Towson University follows a unique review process. Visit the Process Overview and Research & Review Categories pages for more information on current processes, procedures, and deadlines.
Make an appointment with the Director of the Public Communication Center to hone your conference presentation or public lecture skills.
FACET provides large-format poster printing services to support faculty scholarly research.
The Data Studio on the main floor of Albert S. Cook Library contains four individual workstations and one group station in order to aid TU students, faculty, and staff in mapping, data analysis, and data visualization projects.
Many software titles are available to faculty, staff and students for free or at a discounted cost. This applies to both TU-owned and personal computers.
List of mapping software provided by Cook Library.
This lib guide details what different academic journals and professional associations say about community engagement.