In 2022-2023, the Academic Senate offered professional development grants to Senate faculty with funds from the Senate's portion of the MacKenzie Scott campus gift. These grants were managed by the Senate Committee on Faculty Welfare and Academic Freedom. The Call for Proposals is available here. Funds expire June 30, 2024.
| Applicant | School | Amount Funded |
| Po-Ya Abel Chuang | SoE | $5,000.00 |
| Aditi Chandra | SSHA | $3,450.00 |
| Ahmed Sabbir Arif | SoE | $5,000.00 |
| Cassandra "Beth" Koontz Scaffidi | SSHA | $3,350.00 |
| Carolin Frank | SNS | $1,250.00 |
| Cristian Ricci | SSHA | $900.00 |
| Dalia Magana | SSHA | $3,450.00 |
| Fan Jia | SSHA | $1,990.00 |
| Irenee Beattie | SSHA | $2,750.00 |
| Karl Ryavec | SSHA | $2,061.00 |
| Meng Tang | SoE | $3,500.00 |
| Melinda (Mindy) Findlater | SNS | $2,134.00 |
| Ren Liu | SSHA | $1,990.00 |
| Ricardo Pinto de Castro | SoE | $2,675.00 |
| Rowena Gray | SSHA | $1,500.00 |
| Siddaiah Yarra | SoE | $5,000.00 |
| Xuan Zhang | SNS | $2,000.00 |
| TOTAL: $48,000.00 |
