grants & awards

Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence Spring 2026

The VMC was selected by Texas Tech to represent the university in a bid for this unique program which “is specifically driven by the goals of U.S. institutions of higher education to enhance internationalization efforts on their campuses. Through the S-I-R Program, institutions host a scholar from outside of the United States for a semester or full academic year to teach courses, assist in curriculum development, guest lecture, develop study abroad/exchange partnerships and engage with the campus and the local community.” The VMC proposal was successfully awarded, and in Spring 2026 brings one of the world’s leading practitioners of “immersive learning” to Lubbock for a full-semester residency, funded by Fulbright.

Re-Sounding the Early Modern 2026-28

RE-SOUNDING THE EARLY MODERN is a multi-year research network, supervised by the VMC, which explores and “re-sounds” the landscapes and cultural contexts of Flemish painters from Pieter Bruegel the Elder (d1569) to Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-69). The project draws together art historians and musicologists, global history specialists and language experts, dance and theater experts; historians of books and maps; research centers, museums, and teaching nodes; cultural critics and public commentators; graduate students and undergraduates, K-12 educators; film scholars and series, and the general public. Its scaffolded outputs are to be funded by internal and external grants, including the TCVPA Research & Creative Activity Award,, NEA Grants for Arts Projects, Humanities Texas, and NEH Hispanic-Serving Institutions Education Grants.