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Grant Services Grant Services
The College of Liberal Arts in collaboration with Liberal Arts Instructional Technology Services are actively encouraging the procurement of external governmental and non-governmental grants and fellowships. Our team of experienced grant administrators is here to provide personalized support services to faculty and graduate students interested in seeking external resources for research and instruction.

Pre-Award
 
We encourage you to meet with pre-award team members to discuss your project as soon as possible, ideally no less than two weeks before a targeted proposal deadline. Both walk-ins and scheduled appointments are welcome.
 
Main Office/General Inquiries
512.471.7095 main
512.471.7718 fax
grants@mail.laits.utexas.edu
 
Bebe Zuniga-Valentino
Proposal Development Specialist
Mezes Hall Room 1.308
232-0716
 
Kristin Weidman
Senior Grants and Contracts Specialist
Mezes Hall Room 1.308
232-0760
 
Services include:

  • Assistance with grant proposal preparation, including reviewing and critiquing proposals, working with principal investigators in developing budgets, and helping with budget narratives.
 
  • Assistance in identifying matching funding agencies by conducting library and Internet searches based on the research interests of graduate students and faculty.
  • Serving as a liaison between grant seekers and the Office of Sponsored Projects during the pre-award and interim reporting processes.
  • Offering professional development workshops and one-on-one training for faculty and graduate students related to grant procurement.
  • Distributing information to about upcoming external opportunities, and any internal requirements pertaining to grants.

Post-Award
 
The College offers support for subcontracts, purchases, final reports, and other management issues once you have received an award. We encourage you to contact the post-award office for assistance early in your grant period.
 
Destin Smith
Senior Grants Contracts Specialist
Gebauer Hall 3.224
232-1479
471-4518 (fax)
 
We look forward to serving you. In the meanwhile, please review the following information on ways to identify relevant grants, and learn more about the primary agencies which historically provide funds for the Humanities and Social Sciences.
 
Grant Resources and Search Engines

 
Community of Science
Leading global resource for information critical to scientific research and other projects across all disciplines. Custom search options and notifications.
Decade of Behavior (FundSource)
FundSource is a tool designed to help behavioral and social scientists find research funding.
The Foundation Center Useful RFP Bulletin
Profiles of Foundations and limited funding searches. (For a full search of Foundation Center records, we suggest you set an appointment at the Hogg Foundation/Regional Foundation Library.)
GrantsNet.com
A searchable, continuously updated, database of funding opportunities in biomedical research and science education. Listserve at: grantsnet-l-request@listserv.aaas.org
UCLA Graduate and Postdoctoral Extramural Support (GRAPES) Database
GRAPES contains information on scholarships, fellowships, internships, and awards for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars. Use search form or sign up for GRAPES RSS feed.
GuideStar
GuideStar is an online clearing house for public information on the non-profit sector, including foundations. Free version allows searching by keyword and access to foundation 990's.
Humanities and Social Sciences Net (H-Net)
H-Net creates and coordinates Internet networks for research in the arts, humanities, and social sciences.
Michigan State University Libraries
Grants and related resources, organized by disciplines and kept relatively currrent. Also general information on writing proposals and grant research.
The Collaborative Partnership
A program of UT-Arlington that provides additional search and sort functionality to grants.gov posting data, as well as opportunities to collaborate with other researchers in public and private sectors.
ResearchResearch Lite (formerly ScienceWise.Com)
This new site offers custom email alerts and limited funding searches in all disciplines. The Liberal Arts Grant office has access to the full database.

Major Agency Websites
 
DOE US Department of Energy
Besides funding for basic research on energy, the advancement of science, mathematics and technology education is an essential part of DOE's mission.
ED US Dept. of Education
Search the Forecast of Funding Opportunities for upcoming RFP's. Has maintained their own funding site, e-grants.ed.gov, but is migrating to grants.gov.
GRANTS.GOV Grants.gov
Search and find competitive grant opportunities from most Federal grant-making agencies. For ALL published calls, including Federal agencies that do not subscribe to grants.gov, search the Federal Register. To apply, you must coordinate with the Office of Sponsored Projects. Contact the Liberal Arts Grants office for assistance.
IIE The Institute of International Education
IIE, an independent non-profit organization founded in 1919, is a world leader in the exchange of people and ideas. IIE administers over 200 programs serving more than 20,000 individuals each year.
NAS The National Academies
Sciences, Engineering, Medicine and Research. Links to associateship and fellowship opportunities, especially for young scientists.
NEA National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
NEA supports nine disciplines in the arts and arts education, including literature, poetry, preservation, access, and translation.
NEH National Endowment for the Humanities
NEH supports research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities. They sponsor an active Digital Humanities Initiative listserve that provides insight into their funding priorities.
NIH National Institutes of Health
U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services' funding opportunities for medical and behavioral research. Sign up for the Weekly NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices listserve.
NSF National Science Foundation
NSF awards grants for research and education in the sciences, mathematics, and engineering. MYNSF allows you to receive notifications about new content posted on the NSF website. Notification can be received via email or RSS.

Fellowships (Funding for Individuals)
 
NOTE: This list is not comprehensive. Also see NSF and NEH, as well as other agencies and foundations.

 
ACLS Digital Innovation Fellowships
Stipend: Up to $55,000
Project costs Amount: Up to $25,000
Deadline: November 10
Description: This program invites applicants to pursue digitally based research projects in all disciplines of the humanities and humanities-related social sciences.
 
American Academy in Rome Prize Fellowships
Deadline: November 1
Description: The Academy supports up to thirty individuals working in archaeology, architecture, classical studies, design arts, historic preservation and conservation, history of art, landscape architecture, literature, modern Italian studies, musical composition, post-classical humanistic studies and visual arts.
 
Council of American Overseas Research Centers - Fellowship Program for Advanced Multi-Country Research
Deadline: January 12
Description: The program is open to U.S. doctoral candidates and scholars who have already earned their Ph.D. in fields in the humanities, social sciences, or allied natural sciences and wish to conduct research of regional or trans-regional significance. Scholars must carry out research in at least one of the countries which host overseas research centers.
 
Folger Library Research Fellowships
Deadline: November 1
The Folger Shakespeare Library offers long-term and short-term research fellowships.
 
Henry Luce Foundation/ACLS Grants to Individuals in East Asian Archaeology and Early History
 
Study and Research Fellowships
Stipend: $32,000
Deadline: February 15
Description: These fellowships will be awarded to doctoral candidates and recent recipient of the Ph.D. for a full academic residence (10 months) at a university.
 
Summer Field-School Scholarships
Stipend: $9,000
Deadline: February 15
Description: These fellowships will be awarded to scholars, archivists, curators, conservators, and other professionals for study of archaeological techniques and comparative perspectives at excavation sites outside of East Asia administered by U.S. or Canadian institutions.
 
Dallas Institute for Humanities and Culture
Hiett Prize in the Humanities
Award: $50,000
Deadline: September 15
Description: One beginning scholar whose work in the humanities has a significant public or applied component related to cultural concerns will receive the cash award to assist their work.
 
The Getty Institute for the History of Art and the Humanities
Postdoctoral Fellowships
Stipend: $40,000
Deadline: November 1
Description: Postdoctoral Fellowships twelve-month period, for scholars in the early stages of their careers, allowing them the flexibility to travel and study wherever necessary, contribution to the understanding of art and its history.
 
Guggenheim Foundation
Fellowships to assist Research and Artistic Creations
Stipend: Varies
Deadline: October 1
Description: The fellowships are awarded to men and woman who have already demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts. Appointments are ordinarily made for one year but no less than six months.
 
History of Philosophy Fellowships
Stipend: $2,000
Deadline: December 1
Description: Two awards of $2,000 each are offered annually to young scholars in the history of philosophy to defray expenses while travelling to do research. Applicants may not have received their Ph.Ds more than six years prior to applying.
 
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
Short and long-term Fellowships
Stipend: around $2000 per month for short term and $40000 for long term
Deadline: December 15
Description: Residential and exchange fellowships.
 
Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture
Deadline: November 1
Description: The Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture offers two Postdoctoral Fellowships in any area of early American studies.
 
The Newberry Library
 
Long-Term Fellowships
Deadline: January 10
Stipend: Up to $40000
Description: Long-term fellowships are available to post-doctoral scholars for periods of six to eleven months. Applicants for post-doctoral awards must hold the Ph.D. at the time of application. These grants support individual research and promote serious intellectual exchange through active participation in the Library's scholarly activities, including a biweekly fellows' seminar.
 
Short-Term Fellowships
Deadline: March 1
Amount: $1200 per month
Description: Short-term fellowships are generally restricted to post-doctoral scholars or Ph.D. candidates from outside of the Chicago area who have a specific need for Newberry collections; some fellowships, however, are open to other categories of applicants and Chicago residents. Please read the following descriptions carefully for the eligibility restrictions on particular fellowships. The tenure of short-term fellowships varies from one week to two months, unless otherwise noted under the award description. A majority of fellowships will be for one month or less.
 
Stanford Humanities Center Fellowships
Deadline: October 16
Description: The Stanford Humanities Center will award 6-8 External Faculty Fellowship for 2007-2008, and also looks to award thematic fellowships in the areas of Digital Humanities and Humanities and International Studies. Both junior and senior faculty members are eligible, though every applicant should have received his or her Ph.D. by September 30, 2004.
 
The UTMB Institute for the Medical Humanities
Visiting Scholars
Stipend: $ 4000 per month
Deadline: March 1
Description: Visiting scholars are to carry out projects in humanities disciplines that will deepen understanding of and develop pedagogical approaches to the program's annual theme. Visitors are expected to carry out their proposed project at the Institute and to participate in its multidisciplinary work (colloquia, symposia). Periods of residency may range from two months to nine months.
 
Wilson Center
Fellows-in-Residence
Duration: One academic year (9 months)
Stipend: from $26,000 to $85,000 (the maximum possible in 2007-2008) + round-trip travel (If spouses and/or dependent children will reside with the fellow for the entire fellowship period, money for their travel will also be included in the stipend) + 75 percent of health insurance.
Deadline: October 2
Description: Fellows are expected to work from their offices at the Center and to participate in appropriate meetings organized by the Center. Fellows are also expected to present their research at our informal internal Work-in-Progress seminars, and to attend the Work-in-Progress presentations given by their colleagues. In addition, fellows are encouraged to make a more formal presentation to the public such as a colloquium, seminar, workshop, or other form of meeting.
 
Woodrow Wilson Foundation Women's Studies Dissertation Fellowships
Deadline: 10 October
Description: The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation's Women's Studies Fellowships support the final year of dissertation writing for Ph.D. candidates in the humanities and social sciences whose work addresses topics of women and gender in interdisciplinary and original ways.

 
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