Humanities Research Awards
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The Humanities Research Awards (HRA) are designed for UT faculty and graduate students who have advanced to doctoral candidacy and are working on humanities-focused projects. Our goal is to provide funding and support to enhance the likelihood of successful project outcomes, such as publications, dissemination, and engagement.
All awards must be spent within a 2-year timeframe (January 2026 -- December 2027).
Faculty awards: $5,000
Student awards: $2,000
Eligibility
- Tenured & tenure-track faculty whose most recent HRA award must have been received prior to 2022-23. Faculty must also be full-time and actively employed at UT to be eligible, and must have qualified for promotion if up for tenure prior to being awarded an HRA.
- Graduate students who have advanced to doctoral candidacy with humanities-focused projects.
- All applicants must be in a home department within the College of Liberal Arts.
- All projects must be in any area of the humanities or humanistic social sciences.
A sample faculty HRA application budget table and outcomes timeline.
Application Instructions
Please attach a Word or PDF document with the following sections:
- Descriptive Narrative: a) Summary/Abstract, b) Background, c) Methodology/Activities, d) Expected Outcomes (2 pages)
- Budget table & outcomes timeline (1 page)
- Short CV (2 pages)
- Previous awards received during time at UT Austin (e.g., HRAs, SRA/FRAs, external grants) and any other available research funding sources.
- For grad students, please provide a letter from your advisor stating that you have advanced to doctoral candidacy.
A sample student HRA budget and outcomes timeline.
Selection Criteria
- Relevance of project to current humanistic inquiry in the project's field(s)
- Quality of project regarding research questions, methods, etc.
- Likelihood of project producing desired outcomes, especially regarding publication, dissemination and engagement
- Overall contribution of the project to the UT humanities landscape
Deadline
Applications are due November 15, 2025 by midnight.
Please contact Jeff Meserve (meserve@austin.utexas.edu) with any questions.
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