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- College Research Fellowships (CRF) & Supplemental CRFsResearch Intensive Awards (RIA)
- COLA Co-Sponsored External Fellowships (CSEFs)
- Faculty Development Leave (FDL)
- Faculty Development Award (FDA)
- Littlefield and Ransom Faculty Fellows
- OVPR/COLA Partnership to Support Scholarship in the Humanities and Social Sciences
- Subvention Grants
Graduate Student Funding
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There are two categories of College Research Fellowships. Please note that both categories are limited in number and awarded on a competitive basis. Applicants should discuss their application with their Department Chair in order to best understand the optimal semester to apply based on the needs and priorities of the Department.
One of the considerations in awarding any College Research Fellowship is the benefit that will accrue to the university. Please remember that there is a "return rule" associated with both the CRF and SCRF - any recipient is expected to return to normal teaching duties for at least the following academic year (two long semesters) and, if a recipient elects to leave the University without returning for an academic year, is obligated to reimburse the University for the cost of the Fellowship. For faculty taking an award for two semesters, the return rule will be for four long semesters or two academic years.
- The College Research Fellowship (CRF) relieves faculty members of teaching their required organized classes for one long semester in order to devote their attention to a research project. All COLA Assistant Professors, Associate Professors and Professors are eligible to apply. Again, please discuss with your Chair prior to applying to verify the timing of your leave, if awarded. Department Chairs will rank applications and final decisions will be made by the Dean's Office. Notifications are expected by Monday, December 20, 2021.
- The Supplemental College Research Fellowship (SCRF) is awarded to supplement prestigious external grants and fellowships. SCRFs are limited to a maximum of 50% of a faculty member's salary for the award period, regardless of the amount that the outside funding covers. The length of the award may vary to accommodate the requirements of the granting agency. Applicants and department chairs should nominate the faculty member only after receiving confirmation of the outside award. Since these awards involve the faculty member requesting a leave or release from the instructional budget, please review the college's Faculty Leave information.
Information for Applicants
All COLA Assistant Professors, Associate Professors and Professors are eligible to apply.
CRF and SCRF applications open: October 4, 2021.
Application Deadlines
College Research Fellowship (CRF): November 1, 2021
Supplemental College Research Fellowship (SCRF): May 1, 2022
Information Required for CRF Application: Name/EID/Title/Dept; application type - regular competitive application or pre-approved agreement (must provide offer/preemptive/counter letter with Dean’s Office-level approval); preferred semester for leave; research proposal title; anticipated course assignments by semester for 2021-22 including enrollment estimates for each course; all partial, semester-long, or academic year-long leaves in the past five years, beginning Fall 2015, and affiliated projects (FRA, CRF, NSF, NEH, etc.); Current CV; 2-3 page research statement outlining the research project and a description of how this fits into research trajectory; and pre-approved CRF approval letter (if applicable).
Information Required for an SCRF Application: Name/EID/Title/Dept; preferred semester for leave; research proposal title; anticipated course assignments by semester for 2021-22 including enrollment estimates for each course; all partial, semester-long, or academic year-long leaves in the past five years, beginning Fall 2015, and affiliated projects (FRA, CRF, NSF, NEH, etc.); name(s) of granting agency; Current CV; 2-3 page research statement outlining the research project and a description of how this fits into research trajectory; and award materials.
Click here to be directed to COLLEGE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP (CRF) application
Click here to be directed to SUPPLEMENTAL COLLEGE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP (SCRF) application
Information for Departments
- Each department should have its own internal review process for reviewing and ranking CRF applications, and in determining the department’s capacity for faculty leaves while still meeting instructional needs without additional funds from the Dean’s Office
- The Dean's Office will provide a standardized ranking spreadsheet/system for Chairs to record rankings and other notes
- Departments/Chairs will rank regular competitive applications only (not pre-approved)
- Departments may input the “preferred semester of leave” for each applicant, including pre-approved applicants (if negotiable per their commitment) and may also input individual notes for each applicant
- Each department will submit a 1-2 page Chair’s Narrative that includes:
- Number of leaves that can reasonably sustained for the year (by each semester) that will allow the department to meet its instructional needs without additional funds from the Dean’s Office, based on knowledge of existing and anticipated departmental commitments.
- The strategic and/or research priorities that informed the ranking decisions (optional)
- Any additional information that might be relevant for the Dean’s Office to know about the review/ranking process
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Through the generosity of donors to the College of Liberal Arts, the Littlefield Faculty Fellows and Ransom Faculty Fellows programs support outstanding scholarship in COLA, recognizing the many ways such work can have an impact on our students and the broader world. These programs provide support for faculty research and related teaching and public engagement across the college.
Award Cycle: These programs are biennial competitions, to be held in odd-numbered years. The call for applications will occur in the fall semester of each odd-numbered year (fall 2023 being the next one) with a due date to be determined and announced in the call. If funding allows, there may be opportunities to hold the competition in an even-numbered year, and, if so, that would be announced in the fall of that year.
Eligibility: All tenured and tenure-track faculty in COLA are eligible to apply.
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Through the generosity of donors to the College of Liberal Arts, the Littlefield Faculty Fellows and Ransom Faculty Fellows programs support outstanding scholarship in COLA, recognizing the many ways such work can have an impact on our students and the broader world. These programs provide support for faculty research and related teaching and public engagement across the college.
Award Cycle: These programs are biennial competitions, to be held in odd-numbered years. The call for applications will occur in the fall semester of each odd-numbered year (fall 2023 being the next one) with a due date to be determined and announced in the call. If funding allows, there may be opportunities to hold the competition in an even-numbered year, and, if so, that would be announced in the fall of that year.
Eligibility: All tenured and tenure-track faculty in COLA are eligible to apply.
- Littlefield Faculty Fellows: Research or scholarship in the areas of economics, government, history, international relations, and global studies, as required by Littlefield gift agreement
- Ransom Faculty Fellows: Research or scholarship in all areas not covered above
- Applicants need not specify which fellowship (Ransom or Littlefield) they are targeting.
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For questions, please contact Kaley Aguero at KALEY.AGUERO@austin.utexas.edu.
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Purpose
The Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) and the College of Liberal Arts (COLA) have partnered to create two funding sources to support COLA faculty members engaged in scholarship in the broad areas of the humanities and social sciences, respectively. The OVPR and COLA will jointly fund the Humanities Fund and Social Sciences Fund, with each at $50,000 per year, to support applications from COLA faculty over the course of the academic year. These sources are intended to help faculty cover lower-level expenses that arise over the course of a project (e.g., licensing fees, archive and field travel, equipment), not the larger-scale expenses addressed through COLA’s new Littlefield and Ransom Faculty Fellowships or the various programs offered by the OVPR. As such, they should not serve as the sole or primary funder for a project, cannot substitute for other sources of internal funding, and are best employed in conjunction with external funding. The goal is to help COLA faculty start or complete projects in the face of unanticipated or unbudgeted but necessary expenses.
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Application process:
At this Qualtrics Application link, eligible faculty can submit their applications via Microsoft Forms (Applicant will be prompted to log onto UT Microsoft Outlook with their UT email to access the application form.)to be considered for OVPR/CoLA Partnership Funds.
The application requires:
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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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Grants
The College of Liberal Arts created the Subvention Grant opportunity to support the publication of books by COLA faculty and students. Recognizing the changing landscape of academic publishing, COLA expanded this program in 2022 to provide support for faculty and students publishing articles in high-impact, peer-reviewed journals that have publication fees. In both cases, funds are paid directly to the publisher; , and authors may not be reimbursed from the account. If awarded support, the author and publisher must agree to acknowledge the College of Liberal Arts at The the University of Texas at Austin for the subvention grant, preferably in the front section of the bookfor the subvention grant.
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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Purpose
The College of Liberal Arts (COLA) is creating has created a fund to support COLA graduate students who obtain large (usually $15,000 or more), competitive, prestigious external fellowships to support their degree work and dissertations in the broad areas of the humanities and social sciences. This fund is specifically intended to defray health insurance and tuition costs for graduate students when their external fellowships do not cover these costs), competitive, prestigious external fellowships to support their degree work and dissertations in the broad areas of the humanities and social sciences. This fund is specifically intended to defray health insurance and tuition costs for graduate students when their external fellowships do not cover these costs, and at times, to assist the student getting to the $20K COLA PhD graduate student minimum funding level. Please note that we require Department support as part of this request and will assess what contribution the Department or home program is also providing the student. It cannot substitute for other sources of internal funding, including the Dean’s Prestigious Fellowship Supplement offered by the Graduate School. As such, graduate advisers and graduate coordinators should first seek the Dean’s Prestigious Fellowship Supplement, which awards students up to $1,000 and entitles them to in-state tuition. In cases where the student wishes to enroll in only 3 semester credit hours and full-time enrollment is not required by the funder, this expectation may be waived. The goal is to support COLA graduate student fellowship-seeking and research activity and to enable timely degree completion.
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- Funds are meant to cover the cost of COLA tuition and/or student health insurance during the duration of a prestigious external fellowship
- Students should be within six years of their current COLA degree program at the time of receipt of the award.
- MA students are eligible to apply, but FLAS fellowships are excluded from this fund. The College is working on a separate solution to address FLAS insurance costs.
4. Applications submitted by the graduate advisor or graduate coordinator (on behalf of the student) will be accepted—and funding decisions made—on a rolling basis.
5. Departments should also be providing some funding or supplemental support to the graduate student.
6. Award amounts will be determined by need and availability of funds.
Application process:
At this link, departmental graduate advisors or coordinators must submit applications on behalf of the student via Microsoft Forms (Applicant will be prompted to log onto UT Microsoft Outlook with their UT email to access the application formQualtrics survey and will upload a copy of the external funding offer to UTBox. (UTBox link is also within the Qualtrics application.)
The application requires:
- Student name, EID, and email
- Student entry cohort and department
- Graduate Advisor or coordinator name and email
- Dissertation or project title
- Project Department Information, including Graduate Advisor or Graduate Coordinator name and email
- Graduate student name, EID, and email
- Graduate student entry cohort
- External Fellowship Award Type/Name
- Dissertation or research project title
- Dissertation or research project abstract (250 words or less)
- Department contribution and/or provided student support
- Funding request type (tuition and/or insurance) and amount(s)
- Proposed Academic Year and Semester(s)
- List department contribution and/or other support (e.g., OGS Dean’s Prestigious Fellowship Supplement) requested or received for the project.
- Copy of the student’s external award letter letter uploaded to UTBox.
- Signature of Graduate Advisor or Coordinator
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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 WhittingtonJessica Luhn, Director of the Office of Research and Graduate StudiesAssistant Director for Graduate Education, with any questions.
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