Research Support

Pre-Award Support

• Humanities Institute Support – Jeff Meserve, the Assistant Director of Research Development at the Humanities Institute, will assist COFA faculty with grant proposals pre-award.

Research Funding Opportunities (pre-award)

• Fine Arts
  • Dean’s Fellow (recommended by Chair/Director)
  • Fine Arts Creative Research Grant
  • Fine Arts Co-Sponsorship Grant
  • Fine Arts Community Engagement and Public Practice Seed Grant
• Office of the VP for Research
  • Big XII Faculty Fellowships
  • Open Calls Grant & Award Opportunities
  • VPR Research and Creative Grants (RCG)
  • VPR Special Research Grants (SRG)
  • VPR Subvention Grants
  • VPR Limited Submission Programs
  • Bridging Barriers
  • ConTex 
    • Comprehensive list of research engagement possibilities:
      • Research Centers in Mexico (297kb pdf)
      • Technology Parks in Mexico (47kb pdf)
• Office of the Executive VP & Provost
  • Faculty Development Leave (FDL) (usually due September/October)
  • Faculty Development Award (FDA) (usually due September/October)
  • Faculty Travel Grants (ongoing deadline)
  • Cluster and Interdisciplinary Hiring Initiative
  • Provost’s Authors Fellows
• Center for Teaching and Learning
  • Please visit the website for the Center for Teaching and Learning, and click on “Grants & Fellowships,” tab in menu header to find current information for our most recent calls for proposals for grants.
  • Provost’s Teaching Fellows
  • Instructor Learning Community Grants
  • DIY Microgrants
• HornRaiser – Crowdfunding
• There may be additional financial opportunities provided by departments

Research Resources (pre-award and post-award)

• Office of Sponsored Projects (OSP) – OSP is the coordinating office for externally funded research and sponsored projects at UT-Austin. They assist research faculty and staff with the following: proposal review, authorization, and submission; award negotiations and acceptance; account management; close-out, reports, audits, collection; professional development and education; export control, and research compliance.
• Pivot – Funding Opportunity Database – Pivot is a database that allows researchers to quickly discover the right funding opportunities.
• VPR Cross-College Grant Support – The VPR office helps coordinate interdisciplinary proposals and collaborates with faculty to organize proposal drafting efforts, solicit external reviews of draft proposals, facilitate the internal review and submission process, and support the establishment of an award management strategy upon receipt of funding.
• UT Office of the VP for Research – This office provides funding, education, and resources for researchers on campus.
• Humanities Institute Support – Jeff Meserve, the Assistant Director of Research Development at the Humanities Institute, will assist COFA faculty with grant proposals pre-award.
• UT Office of Technology Commercialization – This office evaluates, protects, markets, and licenses the university’s inventions and software, assists in the formation of startups, provides outreach and informative forums to the university’s faculty on the commercialization processes, and promotes collaboration with industry, investors, and others within the technology commercialization ecosystem.
  • Regents Rule 90101: Intellectual Property
  • Have a great idea? Don’t lose it, disclose it!
• 2018_VPR – Faculty Development Flyer (246kb pdf)
• Research Development Newsletter – email vp-research-sr@austin.utexas.edu to be added to the listserv

Research Leave Policies (post-award)

• COFA Leave Policy
• COFA Reassignment of Duties Form

Research Recognition (post-award)

• Hamilton Book Awards
• Co-op Research Awards (Career, Best Paper, Creative)
• VPR Honors and Recognition Showcase

Post-Award support

• Department/School purchasing staff will assist with all purchases and subcontract agreements you do using external grant funding that is routed through UT Austin. Follow all normal department/school purchasing procedures using the assigned external grant funding account.
• The faculty PI should track their own budget and expenditures from their external grant. Department/school staff and OSP staff can assist with meeting reporting requirements of the grant.
• Office of Sponsored Projects (OSP) – OSP is the coordinating office for externally funded research and sponsored projects at UT-Austin. They assist research faculty and staff with the following: proposal review, authorization, and submission; award negotiations and acceptance; account management; close-out, reports, audits, collection; professional development and education; export control, and research compliance.

Page last updated: 12/5/2023