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The Daniel F. Breeden Endowment for Faculty Enhancement at Auburn University The Daniel F. Breeden Endowment for Faculty Enhancement is an endowment to promote innovative teaching projects initiated by faculty. The purpose of the Breeden Faculty Enhancement Endowment is to encourage faculty to pursue deep professional interests. The fund is a permament endowment administered by the Auburn University Foundation. Faculty awarded Breeden Faculty Enhancement funds will be selected based on proposals submitted to the Teaching Effectiveness Committee. Awards of up to $2,000 for academic year 2006-2007 will be made for one-year projects beginning in the summer or fall semester 2006. Tenured/tenure-track faculty from all disciplines or faculty from the clinician title series with appointments continuing through the academic year are eligible.  Although graduate students or instructors may be hired to work on the projects, funds may not be used to support the writing of dissertations or theses.  Funds may be used to enhance courses or programs, enrich the core curriculum, provide field experience or hands-on experience for students, pay for travel for research or presentations on teaching, purchase books, develop workshops, or underwrite almost any activity germane to teaching. Specific information and application forms are available from the Biggio Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning web site (www.auburn.edu/biggio) or directly from the Biggio Center, 4011 RBD Library.  Completed applications must be received in the Biggio Center by 4:45 p.m. on March 1, 2006. It is strongly advised applications be delivered by hand if they are completed close to the deadline. Applications will be reviewed by members of the University Senate Teaching Effectiveness Committee. Applicants will be notified within four to five weeks, and funds will be available first day of summer term. Click link to the application should be:  http://www.auburn.edu/academic/other/biggio/grants/breeden2005.pdf (Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to use this form. Click here to download the free software.)  Final Report