Funding Resources

Internal Funding

To assist faculty in securing competitive research funding, the OR&I has created a number of internal support programs:

• Proposal Assistance Program 
  
  Provides research funding, typically around $4,000, to initiate new lines of research (Research Seed Funding) or resubmissions of previously declined proposals (Proposal Resubmission). Applications accepted once per semester.
• Scholarship Catalyst Program (SCP) 
  
  Sponsored by the Offices of the President, Provost, and Research & Innovation to promote research, scholarship, and creative endeavors of faculty in the Arts, Humanities, or Social Sciences. Annual deadline each fall.
• Open Access Publication Initiative 
  
  Helps defray the cost of open access publication fees and expedite the dissemination of research findings. Awards are first-come, first-served and limited to $1,000 per publication, per faculty member, per academic year.*
  
  *ALL FUNDING HAS BEEN EXPENDED FOR THE 2019-2020 ACADEMIC YEAR. We hope to have the Open Access Publication Initiative running again in fall 2020.
• Faculty Travel Grants 
  
  Assists faculty with costs associated with domestic (up to $1,000) or international (up to $1,500) travel to present at prestigious conferences, visit funding agencies, or conduct on-site research. Applications accepted each semester for travel the following term.*
  *Owing to travel uncertainties related to the COVID-19 global pandemic, the OR&I has temporarily suspended this program. Please check back for updated information.
• TTU Humanities Center/Office of Research & Innovation Working Groups
  
  Working Groups are intended to fund interdisciplinary projects that support innovative thinking and a transdisciplinary research culture at Texas Tech.  Working Groups can request up to a total of $7,500 to be distributed over the course of three years. Deadline: March 13, 2020.