The Office of Research & Innovation has made additional funds available for initiatives supporting the scholarly endeavors of our permanent, full-time research faculty at Texas Tech University. Eligible Faculty, as noted in OP 32.17.2.a-e,i, are categorized with the following faculty professor titles:

Tenured and Tenure Track Professors, Permanent, Full Time: Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor

Non-Tenured Professors, Permanent, Full Time: Assistant Professor of Practice, Associate Professor of Practice, Professor of Practice, Research Professor, Research Associate Professor, and Research Assistant Professor

Internal Funding from OR&I is not available to students (Undergraduate or Graduate), visiting scholars and post-doctoral scholars, researchers from other universities, and research or teaching personnel who do not hold professor titles (e.g., instructor, research aide, research assistant, research assistant-external, research associate, research scientist, senior research associate, and any other similar non-exempt research and teaching titles). Ineligible applications will be returned from our InfoReady portal.

Award recipients for project-based programs, such as the Scholarship Catalyst Program and the Research Assistance Program, may request one extension not exceeding one year from the original project deadline. Apply for a one-time extension at https://ttu.infoready4.com/#vpr.

Award Recipients for single-use funds, such as Open Access Publication Initiative and Faculty Travel Grants, are not eligibile to receive extensions to award funds. Please contact Josie Solis (josie.solis@ttu.edu) if you are unable to use your award funds for these funding programs.

OR&I utilizes the InfoReady Progress Reporting module to collect updates and scholarly outcomes from our Internal Funding. When activated, links to progress reports with assigned due dates will be sent from support@inforeadyreview.com for Scholarship Catalyst Program, Research Assistance Program, and Faculty Travel Grant awards.

Please visit https://ttu.infoready4.com/CompetitionSpace/#vpr and select the "Progress Reports" tab along the top of the page to view active progress reports for your awards.

Please note all application requirements when applying for our Internal Funding. Applications missing key information or additional documents, submitted by ineligible students or staff, as well as not adhering to required formats will not be reviewed for funding consideration. Examples of missing documents include: proposal narratives, a lack of conference acceptance or justification for pending acceptance, a lack manuscript acceptance confirmation and accepted manuscript copies displaying author information.

Applications for our Open Access Publication Initiative are accepted on a rolling basis as long as allocated funding remains available. Once the allotted fiscal budget is expended, applications will no longer be accepted for the remaining FY and the application link will be removed from our InfoReady site. The application will reopen on https://ttu.infoready4.com/#vpr on Sept. 1 with the beginning of each new FY.

Applications for funds should be submitted only after the article or book chapter has been accepted for publication, as funds are intended to be disbursed quickly to cover the cost of a publication fee. Funds are available for three months following the granting of the award. For Example, if a faculty member is awarded funds on February 8, the funds are available until May 8.

Publication fees paid prior to Sept. 1 or more than one (1) month prior to the application date cannot be reimbursed with a new fiscal year budget (Sept. 1-Aug. 31). For example, an invoice for an accepted paper paid on Aug. 5 cannot be reimbursed with an OAPI application submitted on Sept. 1 with the new fiscal year.

Please Consider Nominating Faculty for these External Awards

• Limited Submission: National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend Program
• Limited Submission: Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program
• Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists
• TAMEST Edith and Peter O’Donnell Awards
• Beckman Young Investigator Program
• National Academy of Sciences Awards
• Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers
• Faculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER Awards)
• Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring