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Overview
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: The College's Research Intensive Award (RIA) relieves faculty members of teaching their required organized classes for one long semester to devote their attention to a research project.
Implementation
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: This revised policy goes into effect September 1, 2022 and will supersede previous previous College Research Fellowships policies.
Eligibility:
- COLA tenured and tenure-track faculty are eligible to receive an RIA.
- RIAs are pre-awarded and provided to faculty as part of hiring contracts, retention offers, post-administrative service, or other commitments.
Regulations/ Guidelines:
- Faculty should consult with their Department Chair to confirm their intent to take their RIA, identify they preferred semester, and discuss research plans.
- Faculty must formally apply for the RIA to confirm the semester they intend to use the award. Applications are submitted in the year prior to the intended RIA semester. Late applications may not be considered.
Applications
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: Applications can be submitted October 3 - October 31 via Qualtrics.
Contact
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: Please contactcola_hr@austin.utexas.edu with any questions.
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Overview
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: Faculty who are awarded prestigious external fellowships may apply for supplemental funding from the College of Liberal Arts to support their fellowship award via COLA Co-Sponsored External Fellowships (formerly Supplemental College Research Fellowships/SCRFs). Co-Sponsored External Fellowships (CSEFs) are limited to a maximum of 50% of a faculty member’s salary for the award period, regardless of the amount of salary that the external funding covers. The length of the external fellowship may vary to accommodate the requirements of the granting agency.
Implementation
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: This revised policy will go into effect September 1, 2022 and supersedes previous Supplemental College Research Fellowships policies.
Eligibility:
- Faculty are eligible to apply for CSEF funding if the external fellowship pays at least 50% of their salary for the period of the award, based on their academic rate at the time of application. The cost of fringe is exempted from calculating the 50% salary requirement.
- Faculty are eligible to apply for CSEF funding support every four years. Aligning with eligibility guidelines for the University’s Faculty Development Leave (FDL) program, faculty must have served as full-time faculty members of UT Austin for at least four academic years since any previous CSEF award or any previous FDL award.
Regulations/Guidelines:
- Prior to applying for external fellowships, faculty should consult with their Department Chair to discuss fellowship and research plans.
- Faculty must notify their department and the COLA Research Support Office upon submitting external fellowship applications, including the terms of acceptance and associated deadlines, even if the granting agency does not require the application and/or the grant/fellowship to route through the University. If faculty do not notify their department, they will be ineligible to apply for CSEF funding, even if the external fellowship is paid directly to the faculty member.
- Faculty apply for CSEF funding as soon as they receive confirmation of the outside award. The application must include the award confirmation letter. Late applications may not be considered.
- Faculty who accept CSEF funding must comply with the “return rule” policy. Recipients are expected to return to normal University duties for at least one academic year (two long semesters) following their fellowship semester. A recipient who leaves the University without returning for the required timeframe is obligated to reimburse UT for the cost of the CSEF award. Faculty currently on a CSEF leave should not apply for new external fellowships that result in another leave during the return period.
Exemptions from the 50% Salary Requirement
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: Faculty may request exemptions from the 50% salary requirement (i.e., apply for CSEF funding even if the external fellowship does not cover 50% of salary for the award period). The following fellowship programs are typically considered exempt from the 50% requirement, conditional on funding and COLA’s FDL compliance. Faculty must still formally apply for CSEF funding.
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*Please note: In addition to this policy, if the CSEF award funds 50% or more of the faculty member's salary across an academic year, the award may also be considered a Faculty Development Leave (FDL). In such cases, eligibility and processes must follow FDL guidelines.
Contact
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: Please contact cola_hr@austin.utexas.edu with any questions.
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OVERVIEW
Overview: As defined in the Texas Education Code, an FDL is a leave of absence for a faculty member to dedicate time and effort “for study, research, writing, field observations, or other suitable purpose.” All FDLs must follow Texas Education Code and the following UT Austin FDL requirements:
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*Note that FDLs are distinct from course releases that result in 0-teaching loads. FDLs release faculty from normal University obligations so they can focus solely on research. Course releases that result in 0-loads are for teaching release only; faculty are expected to fulfill other University obligations and duties.
FDL COMMITTEE CHARGE
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: The College of Liberal Arts Faculty Leaves and Awards Committee will review FDL research leave requests and other faculty research award competitions for College of Liberal Arts faculty. The full committee or a sub-set of the committee will be tasked with reviewing the following programs:
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- Leave Proposal (limit: 2,000 words) that describes and justifies the proposed research, scholarship and creative endeavors and the need for the FDL, the location where the faculty will do the work during the FDL, which type of FDL is requested (full-time for one long semester or half-time in each of two long semesters), details about the planned leave activities and how the leave activities will contribute to the further development of the candidate’s research/scholarship/ creative endeavors.
- Bibliography (optional; limit: two pages)
Letter of invitation required only if the FDL is to be hosted elsewhere (e.g., national lab, another institution of higher education, etc.).
Contact
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: Please contact Hannah McKenna at hannahmckenna@austin.utexas.edu with any questions.
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OVERVIEW
Overview: The Faculty Development Award (FDA) is intended to recognize excellence in professional track faculty and to provide resources to support professional development of mid-career and senior professional track faculty.
Allowable Expenses: The FDA offers each recipient up to $10,000 to support faculty development activities. Approved activities and expenditures include:
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- Conference participation or other professional development activities
- Course development activities
- Research activities
Award Timing:
- FDA funds are distributed to awardees during the summer term of the same academic year as the application period (e.g., if applying in Fall 2022, FDA funds are awarded for Summer 2023).
- Funds must be expended within one year of the award start date.
FDA REVIEW COMMITTEE
Committee Membership:
- The College of Liberal Arts Professional Faculty Advisory Committee (PFAC) will review the Faculty Development Award applications and make recommendations to the Dean.
- PFAC is an ongoing committee that advises the College and makes recommendations connected to policies and support for professional/non-tenure track faculty.
- PFAC is comprised of 9 professional track (any rank) and 3 tenured faculty. Members serve three-year terms with one-third of the members rotating off each year. PFAC members are appointed by the Dean. Ex officio members include the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, the Associate Director of COLA HR, the Assistant Director for Course Management, and the Academic and Faculty Affairs Coordinator.
- PFAC members are ineligible to apply for FDAs while serving on the review committee.
Review Process:
- The FDA application period occurs annually in Sept-Oct based on Provost’s Office deadlines.
- The Dean’s Office will review all applications for eligibility and remove ineligible applicants. The offices of Academic Affairs and Human Resources will be responsible for communication, verifying eligibility and tracking.
- PFAC will review FDA applications in Oct-Nov based on Provost’s Office deadlines.
- The committee’s review and recommendation should reflect the professional, evidence-based judgment of each member involved and must not be positively or negatively influenced by a candidate’s race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, disability, citizenship, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.
- When evaluating applications, committee members should consider FDA core eligibility criteria, the quality of the proposal, and benefits to the faculty member’s professional development as well as benefits to the department, college, and/or university.
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FDA Core Eligibility Criteria:
- Applicants must hold the rank of associate professor of instruction or professor of instruction or equivalent when applying. Eligible professional track title series include instruction, practice, lecturer, clinical, and research series. Instructional titles will be prioritized.
- Applicants must have been employed as a benefits-eligible professional track faculty member at UT Austin in at least one of the fall and spring terms during at least six different academic years before the first FDA and in between FDAs.
- Applicants must have been employed as a benefits-eligible professional track faculty member at UT Austin in at least one of the fall and spring terms during each of two consecutive academic years immediately preceding the start of the summer of the FDA.
- Applicants must have met or exceeded expectations in their annual reviews during at least three of the most recent academic years in benefits-eligible positions at UT Austin preceding the application for the FDA.
FDA Application Materials:
- Short CV (limit: four pages)
- FDA Proposal that includes:
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- The faculty development activities to be supported by the FDA
- Benefits and anticipated impact of the FDA on the:
- Faculty member’s professional development, and on the
- Faculty member’s department, college, and/or the university.
- Faculty Development Proposal (limit: 2,000 words) that describes and justifies the proposed FDA and associated activities, the location where the faculty will do the work during the FDA, details about how the FDA activities will contribute to the candidate’s professional development and impact on the faculty member’s program, department, and UT Austin.
- Itemized Budget that must include allowable items and costs with a total that sums to not more than $10,000. For summer salary, the rate and duration should be specified.
- Bibliography (optional; limit: two pages)
Contact
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: Please contact Hannah McKenna at hannahmckenna@austin.utexas.edu with any questions.
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- Researcher’s salary or fringe benefits
- Any costs related to dissemination of the completed research
- General-purpose computer equipment or software (e.g., laptops, Microsoft Word, etc.)
- Travel or registration costs for professional conferences, meetings, or symposia
- Professional membership fees
- Entertainment expenses
- Office supplies unless specifically required for the proposed project
Contact: Please direct questions about this program to the COLA Research Support Office at laresearch@austin.utexas.edu.
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The College of Liberal Arts has limited funds for one-time grants that provide subventions for College faculty who are unable to obtain funding from the University Subvention Grant Program or other sources. *Note that priority will be given to tenure-track faculty.
Publications can be in any language and any discipline within the College of Liberal Arts. Funds are paid directly to the publisher; authors may not be reimbursed from the account. If awarded, the author and publisher must agree to acknowledge the College of Liberal Arts at The University of Texas at Austin for the subvention grant, preferably in the front section of the book.
For more information, please download the COLA Subvention Grant Guidelines and COLA Subvention Grant Application.
Contact: For questions, contact Liberal Arts Research Support Office at laresearch@austin.utexas.edu.
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- Awardees will be responsible for reporting on degree progress by the end of the specified period.
- Receipt of funding comes with the agreement that COLA may feature awardee’s projects on its website and/or in communications about institutional investments in humanities and social science scholarship.
Contact: Please contact Erica Whittington, Director of the Office of Research and Graduate Studies, with any questions.
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