Professional Development Fund

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The SAC PD Application

The 2024-2025 SAC PD Fund application opened on July 1, 2024. The PD Committee meets on the fourth Monday of every month to review applications. Please plan requests accordingly.

The application usually takes approximately 20 minutes to complete. All professional development activities must be completed by June 30 of the same fiscal year awarded. For consideration, please request funds as soon as possible.

This program is designed to support in-depth, job-specific, and domain-specific professional development opportunities for UNO staff that are not currently available through other programs or unit funding.

The program is designed to fund a broad array of professional development opportunities for staff across the campus, especially those in departments with limited unit funding.

• Read the full SAC Professional Development Fund Guidelines
• Read the FAQs for the SAC Professional Development Fund
• See ideas for Office/Service Opportunities

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Eligibility

To be eligible, a staff member:

• 50% FTE or benefits-eligible employees classified as Office/Service, Managerial/Professional, or
  Non-academic Administrators. This includes NU employees housed at UNO who spend over 50% of
  their work time for UNO.
• Employee must be past the initial UNO probationary period (first 180 days) in their employment
  with the University and in current good standing with the University (i.e not under any written
  disciplinary action within the last 12 months).
• Past awardees applying for funds must have completed the past award’s final reporting
  requirement.
• Each employee can only be awarded one professional development grant per academic year.

Ways to use the SAC Professional Development Fund

• Conference costs (registration fee, lodging, non-local transportation)
• Certification test prep classes and exam costs
• CBA Executive and Professional Development Courses (formerly NBDC courses)
• Tuition for local community college courses for a specific job skill
• Webinars
• Self-paced classes
• Other job-related or domain-specific opportunities not available to UNO staff through other means

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Staff members are also encouraged to contact the SAC Professional Development Committee by email at sacpdfund@unomaha.edu