Faculty Start-Up Request Guidelines

Start-up request negotiations must be for an individual; requests will not be considered for positions. The start-up request form linked here and below must be completed and routed for approval and signatures prior to confirming a faculty offer. Department/College/Diversity contributions and approval signatures must be obtained before submission for consideration by the Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR).

All requests must be accompanied by a justification statement with a categorical breakdown of all funding requested by fiscal year. Salary must be broken out into salary type needed: Faculty, Graduate Student, Research Assistant, or Other. Due to the nature of the start-up funding source, the justification statement should additionally include a statement as to how the request meets the directive of promoting increased research capacity at Texas Tech University. Additionally, the OVPR start-up funding source is state-restricted which limits request consideration to those compliant with the State of Texas and Texas Tech University expenditure guidelines. At this time, the OVPR is not considering requests for summer salaries, conference support, or travel; additionally, office computers, laptops, and printers are considered standard items that should be provided at the department or college level.

Please note that all start-up allocations are for the individuals they were requested for. Any start-up distributions not being spent for the requested individual or for an individual who was recruited unsuccessfully must be cancelled as soon as possible by notifying all parties and returning any distributed funding.

The OVPR is located in Holden Hall, Room 103. For questions, please contact Katy Henderson at 806.742.3905, or email to katy.henderson@ttu.edu. The completed start-up request packet should include:

request form (fillable Adobe PDF)