Professional Development Scholarship.

SPH staff members are encouraged to identify professional development opportunities that may be of interest to them and directly related to their job roles at SPH, subsequently discussing these opportunities with their immediate supervisor or manager. If these opportunities are not readily available at SPH or Boston University, staff members may apply for a professional development scholarship and request up to $1,000 in financial support towards a professional development opportunity.

To be considered, professional development opportunities must meet all minimum criteria as follows:

Directly relevant to staff members’ ability to perform tasks inherent to their current position
Directly related to increasing staff members’ knowledge, skills, or abilities in subject matter or technical areas relevant to the work performed directly by them or more broadly by their unit, team or department
Directly related to and consistent with our organizational mission and values

Request approvals are based on the criteria listed above and remain subject to the availability of funding. If you have questions on whether a course, training, conference or developmental experience qualifies under the criteria above, please contact the Associate Dean of Administration for assistance.

Name*
First Last
Email*
Department/Unit*
Current Position*
Name of the course or training experience*
Name of school, organization or institution providing the training*
Course Start Date*
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Course End Date*
MM slash DD slash YYYY
Amount Requested*
1. In 500 words or less, please describe how this opportunity will benefit your role at SPH.*
2. By receiving this scholarship, please describe how you will give back to the SPH community. How will you disseminate what you have learned and teach others?*
3. What other funding sources, grant or department funds, have you explored and/or applied for, that could financially support this professional development opportunity? Why or why not?*

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Professional Development Scholarship.