Faculty Research Fellows
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Faculty Research Fellows
The HI Faculty Research Fellows (FRF) Program provides faculty members with research community, support, and accountability, creating an environment where scholars can thrive. The FRF program is one academic year.
The HI Faculty Research Fellows (FRF) Program provides faculty members with research community, support, and accountability, creating an environment where scholars can thrive. The FRF program is one academic year.
2026-2027 FRF Theme: Intelligences
For the 2026-2027 cycle, we are accepting applications that address the theme Intelligences. Since the arrival of ChatGPT, the world has erupted in debate over the possible impacts of artificial intelligence (AI). Bold claims about a new era of AI compete with dystopian prophecies about AI-accelerated unemployment and de-skilling. Questions about the putative value of AI rely substantively on claims about the quality and nature of machine intelligences and the threats to human intelligences. In short, the rhetorics of our current moment are overflowing with intelligences–machine, human, community, procedural, creative, insightful, algorithmic, insightful, and so on. In this context, the HI invites FRF proposals from faculty whose work will contribute to efforts to better understand the nature of the many intelligences, their contestation, and/or the role of intelligences in our current moment.
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- Award: Faculty Research Fellows receive a single course release. The course release can be taken in the Fall or Spring semester and is provided by the HI (with Chair's approval) for COLA faculty. Faculty from outside COLA should secure a commitment for a release from their dean prior to applying. The program spans the entire academic year.
- Program requirements: In-person spring semester cohort meetings offer opportunities to share and discuss research progress. Awardees must be on campus for in-person accountability groups and workshops in the spring semester. Awardees must participate in one wider UT audience talk, seminar, or workshop for early career faculty and students. A one-on-one meeting with HI staff is offered to explore options for external research support.
- Next Deadline: Spring semester
- Next Start Date: Fall semester
A proposal that includes:
- A 1-2 page description of your major project, book, or study for the year
- A description of your funding, leave, or support from the past 3 years
- A current CV
- Documentation of pre-approval from your Chair or Dean for a course release in Spring 2027
- Outline your goals/milestones for the duration of the program
Eligibility: The FRF is available exclusively to Tenure/Tenure-Track faculty. Faculty from any college or unit are welcome to apply. Previous HI Faculty Fellows are eligible to reapply after a 5-year period.
- Application Deadline: The 2026-2027 application cycle is closed.