Funding Opportunities
Finding humanities-focused funding opportunities can be challenging because many of the sources are disconnected and decentralized. The Humanities Institute’s Research Development and Grants Office has created a hub of funding opportunities to streamline the search process for our faculty and students. We have divided the listings into 3 tabs below, and there are hyperlinks to filtered listings on each tab. Please note that these are living documents that will be updated on a regular basis.
All External Faculty Funding <--- CLICK HERE
- Over 160 funders with detailed information, including ACLS, AAUW, NEH, NEA, The Mellon Foundation, Fulbright, IAS, NHC, Radcliffe, Stanford Humanities Center, Newberry Fellowship, Huntington Library and more!
All Internal Faculty Funding <--- CLICK HERE
- UT-Austin departments and units with funding for teaching and research, including Liberal Arts, Texas Global, Center for Teaching and Learning, and Office of the Vice President for Research.
All Humanities Graduate Student Funding <--- CLICK HERE
- Over 130 funders and organizations, including AAS, ACLS, Fulbright, FLAS, CES, AAUW, Tinker Foundation, Wenner-Gren, and more
MFA Graduate Student Funding <--- CLICK HERE
- Over 40 funders and domestic & international residency opportunities
All Undergraduate Student Funding <--- CLICK HERE
- Multidisciplinary funding opportunities from UT-Austin and beyond, including Liberal Arts, Undergraduate Studies, BIES, and St. Edward's University.
For Faculty
- Faculty Research Fellows: The FRF program provides faculty members with course release, research funds, and community support to advance their research projects.
- Faculty-Student Research Partnerships: The FSRP offers a unique opportunity for faculty and students to collaborate on humanities projects.
- Humanities Research Awards: HRAs provide seed funding for faculty and graduate student research projects that enrich the humanities landscape at UT.
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Research Working Groups: RWG awards help faculty launch new collaborative projects in emerging areas of inquiry.
For Students
- Faculty-Student Research Partnerships: The FSRP offers a unique opportunity for faculty and students to collaborate on humanities projects.
- Humanities Research Awards: HRAs provide seed funding for faculty and graduate student research projects that enrich the humanities landscape at UT.
COLA's Office of Research & Scholarship (CORS) has a dedicated wiki site filled with external fellowship opportunities, how to notify the RSO office prior to applying for a fellowship, and policies surrounding external funding.
UT Austin has a subscription to Pivot, which is a funding database with opportunities for all disciplines on a global scale. We encourage you to try using it along with keywords and filters specific to your research needs. The RDG office is also happy to work with you on an individual basis to hone your Pivot search focus at meserve@austin.utexas.edu