Current Faculty Opportunities

(posted 5/28)

Fall 2026 AI Mini Conference

The next AI Mini Conference will be held on Friday, August 28, 2026. The event is fully virtual and designed for all instructors at any level of experience with generative AI.

We'll share more details this summer!

(posted 5/28)

2026 Engaged Scholarship Summit

September 16, 2026 | 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

For the 8th year, the 2026 Engaged Scholarship Summit brings together Texas Tech faculty, staff, students, and community partners to explore the theory and practice of engaged scholarship in teaching, research, and creative activity. Hear from success stories with Community-engaged Learning courses, learn from experts in Engaged Scholarship, and meet to collaborate with local community partners. 

Registration will open July 1, 2026.

For questions regarding this event, please get in touch with Alexandria Fontana, Program Manager for the Office of Outreach & Engagement, or visit the website.

2026 Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Mini-Grants

(updated 5/28)

The 2026 Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Mini-Grants support instructors in developing and studying the impact of generative AI on student learning, teaching practices, formative assessment, faculty workflows, and/or cross-disciplinary collaboration during the 2026–2027 academic year. The program is designed to advance well-developed, evidence-based explorations of how AI is shaping teaching and learning, with the goal of contributing to the broader canon of evidence-based practices. In addition to local impact, applicants are encouraged to consider how their work may contribute to broader scholarly conversations through SoTL dissemination.

Grants are available to individuals or small groups in the amount of $2000 per project. Collaborative proposals are encouraged where appropriate. An additional $1000 bonus will be awarded for peer-reviewed publication and/or conference presentation.

Submit proposals to Lisa Du Bois Low, Director of AI Pedagogy and Policy, no later than 11:59 p.m., June 2, 2026.

Follett Bookstore and TTU Libraries OER Adoption Initiative

The University Libraries and Follett Bookstore are partnering on an Open Educational Resources (OER) Adoption Initiative. Full-time and part-time faculty can:

• Receive a $750 stipend for using an OER - easy money!
• Submit short and simple application; stipends awarded on rolling basis.
• Easily utilize existing OER; no need to create your own.

The Follett Bookstore and TTU Libraries Open Educational Resources (OER) Adoption Initiative is funded by the TTU Follett Bookstore and supported by TTU Libraries. This initiative is intended to help increase OER adoption efforts in core curriculum classes at Texas Tech University. Generally, awards will be granted on a first-come, first-served basis and priority will be given to faculty who have never received funding from the Follett and TTU Libraries Open Educational Resources Adoption Initiative in the past. Funds received will serve as a one-time payment stipend to recognize the time and effort needed to select and adopt existing OER in a course.

Funding is limited to $750 per faculty member, per academic year. Awards will be taxed as a lump sum payment. Funds will only be granted to instructors of record who are interested in adopting pre-existing OER or other freely accessible material in their classrooms and they are not currently using OER or other freely accessible resources (such as open access or library-licensed materials). If faculty wish to create OER, they are encouraged to email the Online/OER Librarian (libraries.oer@ttu.edu) to discuss other funding opportunities.

Apply Now!

Learn more or email libraries.oer@ttu.edu.

American Association of University Professors (AAUP)  started in 1915, was instrumental in establishing main principles of shared governance in academia, still in place today. 

Texas Tech University Chapter was established in December of 2021 to serve ALL of its faculty involved in teaching and research- tenure-track, non-tenure track, full-time and part-time, as well as graduate TAs.  

As academic freedom is increasingly under attack on campuses throughout our country,  we work hard on behalf of our faculty to protect their freedom to speak up and to choose what to teach. 

Join your colleagues at Texas Tech University in speaking out and defending what's important to YOU.