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[email protected]. Thursday, February 7, 2013 • Volume CXL • No. 17 • www.kenyoncollegian.com • 12 pages Kenyonthe Collegian Serving Gambier, Ohio Since 1856 Faculty Research Thefts, Vandalism Spike Over Weekend Grants in Limbo story on page 3 By MADELEINE THOMPSON NEWS EDITOR The Office of the Provost has proposed restructuring the grants that fund faculty re- search. The plan would eliminate the Faculty Development Grants (FDG), competitive grants that support faculty members’ “scholarly and artistic activities,” and the Teaching Initia- tive (TI) Grant, which funds the development of new courses and enhances “teaching meth- ods and strategies in existing and new courses.” The new structure would redistribute that money into the Individual Faculty Develop- ment Accounts (IFDAs), which currently pro- vide $1,500 to tenured and tenure-track profes- sors for professional costs like “travel expenses to attend conferences, publication and copying costs, [and] research supplies,” according to the Kenyon website. Under the new plan, the amount of each IFDA would increase to $2,250 and allow for accumulation up to $6,750.