Funding Resources

Funding Institutional

Funding Institutional combines awarded grants, funder, and funding opportunity data to provide faculty with insight on the most up-to-date funding opportunities in their area. Enhanced keyword searches and tracking features allow researchers to find funding sources specific to their interests.

Office of Research Development & Communications assists faculty in getting started on the road to research by providing resources and assisting in creating a profile for Funding Institutional, the most comprehensive source of global funding opportunities. To have an ORDC member come to your office to assist you, send a request by email to ord.vpr@ttu.edu.

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.
• 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.

Proposal Development Assistance

The OR&I offers a variety of resources and learning opportunities to assist faculty in preparing successful research proposals. See the Faculty Development website for proposal development resources.

Limited Submissions

Federal, state and private funding agencies occasionally limit the number of proposals and/or applications submitted by an organization in response to a given funding opportunity. These funding opportunities can be found on the Limited Submissions webpage.