School of Liberal Arts Faculty Research Awards

The School of Liberal Arts Dean’s Office is pleased to continue its commitment to expand funding for scholarly research and creative endeavors by tenure-line faculty.

The Dean’s Office will award $5,000 to twenty faculty members each academic year to support research and/or creative projects.

These grants are intended to help faculty make progress on major projects, advance toward tenure and promotion, as well as expand the impact and reach of their work. We expect to distribute the awards evenly across all three faculty ranks.

Proposals that seed new research or creative projects will be considered along with those aimed at advancing or completing those projects already underway. Budget items may include travel for scholarly research, expenses supporting creative endeavors, collaborative meetings, research supplies, etc. Faculty may make the case for other less typical research expenses when appropriate.

The applicable grant period is within one year following receipt (notice) of the award. As a requirement of accepting such an award, in lieu of submitting a final report, the faculty member agrees to submit at the conclusion of the grant period either an article or monograph to a top-tier scholarly journal or press or a new, major grant proposal for further support of the project. Equivalents in the fine and performing arts should be proposed in the application itself. Whichever option is elected, the faculty member should submit evidence of fulfillment of this requirement to the Dean’s Office within the 12 months following completion of the grant/purpose for which funds were awarded. Indication that an article or monograph has been submitted/accepted (or its equivalent in creative fields), or a copy of a major grant proposal, will be required for consideration in future SLA grant and subvention competitions. Questions regarding the definition of “top-tier” may be referred to the Dean’s Office.

Proposals will be reviewed twice per year by the SLA Executive Committee. Proposals can be accepted, rejected, or deferred to the next cycle. In ordinary circumstances, these research awards will not be granted to faculty receiving a Lurcy Grant in the same academic year.

Application Deadlines:
November 8
April 1

Tenure-line faculty must COMPLETE ALL FIELDS WITH REQUESTED INFORMATION ON THIS APPLICATION FORM, and submit it along with one PDF to include additional documentation, as noted below. (Please note that incomplete information on this form will constitute an incomplete application, which might not be considered or prioritized over completed applications.)

Name

Email address

Rank

Department

Budget—List expenses and (ITEMIZE) estimated costs below to justify need of a $5,000 award, and reflect related travel destinations and venues/sites with timeframes/dates. (See a sample itemized budget and related info in Box.)

What outcome do you envision as a result of this project:

List Any Internal or External Grants Received or Applied for THIS Project (List Grant Name / Funding Source; Date of Application or Award Date–indicate which, as relevant; and $ Amount)

List the Awarded Semester/Year of ALL Previous SLA Faculty Research Awards Received for ANY Project

Additional documentation provided in one PDF, to include the following:

A short CV (2 to 3 pages maximum).
As applicable, IRB documentation indicating approval of the project, or exemption noting that the project is not subject to IRB approval. Any funding request for a project involving human subjects will necessitate IRB documentation with this application form or after. (For additional information, see https://research.tulane.edu/hrpo/investigators.)

NOTE: If you did not seek IRB review by submission of this FRA application, or you applied and are awaiting IRB documentation, you will be required to submit IRB documentation BEFORE any tentatively awarded FRA can be confirmed. Complete the field below with your intended date OR the actual date of IRB application (e.g., “Applied 5.15.24” or “Intend to Apply 5.15.24”), or enter “NA” only if your project does not involve human subjects.

Additional Documentation (as requested above, in one PDF)

One file only.
5 MB limit.
Allowed types: pdf.