Arts and Humanities
and Creative Activity Program
The Arts and Humanities Research and Creative
Activity Program is earmarked for endeavors which support the
strategic plans of the arts, fine arts, humanities, and education
graduate research programs. The primary functions of the program
are to provide seed funds to stimulate the development of multidisciplinary
and interdisciplinary projects and programs which have promise
of a comparatively high level of external funds (see Centers
Program); provide matching funds for external grants and proposal
development support for programs that fund to the University.
Additionally, requests for funds to support other types of worthy
research and creative activity endeavors will be considered.
However, programs that make the award directly to the individual
Principal Investigator are not eligible for University support,
hence those from the National Endowment for the Humanities do
not qualify.
A. Matching Funds
The VPR will provide matching funds up to
an amount equal to the college match for proposals being submitted
for external funding. Proposals must be routed for approvals
through Proposal Services and the award must be made to the
University. The VPR match will not exceed the externally funded
portion of the project. However, an exception will be made for
proposals submitted to the Oklahoma Humanities Council (OHC).
The VPR will provide an amount equal to the college match on
awards received from the OHC. For example, when a $500 OHC award
is received, the VPR will provide a match of $1,250 provided
the college also provides $1,250 in matching support. The program
must require a "cash match" and this match must be
clearly stated in the proposal guidelines. The program must
allow state funds to be used as a match.
A PI should apply
for cost matching funds at least three weeks before the deadline
for submission of the proposal.
In addition to a working copy of the proposal, including a
completed budget, a request must include the guidelines of the
agency with the cost match highlighted and a cover letter detailing
the nature of the request, the amount requested and a justification
for the request. The request must be supported by the departmental
chair and budget dean and must include other internal match
sources. The request should be submitted to the Office of the Vice President for Research (Robertson Hall, Room 134).
B. Proposal Development Support Grants for National/International
Fellowship Programs
The Office of the Vice President for Research will provide Proposal Development
Support Grants of up to $1,000 to assist individual faculty
members who prepare and submit approved proposals for national/international
fellowship programs. Proposals must be routed for approvals
through Proposal Services and the award must be made to the
University. A faculty member is eligible
to receive only one such grant per fiscal year. Additionally,
any faculty member who is awarded a summer fellowship through
the University will receive from the Office of the Vice President for Research
a supplemental stipend to raise the level of the fellowship
to that of the Junior Faculty Summer Fellowship.
Deadlines:
- Proposals to fellowship programs with no limitation on individual
submissions - 30 days before the program deadline.
- Proposals to fellowship programs that limit the number of
applications to be submitted from any one institution - two
(2) months before the program deadline.
To apply for these grants, faculty members who are submitting
proposals to programs which place no limitations on the number
of individual submissions from any one institution must submit
a completed proposal ready for submission to the agency to the
Office of Research Services (Roberston Hall, Room 134) no later
than thirty (30) days before the agency program deadline date.
Appropriate members of the Research Council augmented by other
individuals, if necessary, will review and evaluate the proposals
and recommend those proposals that are of high quality to the
Office of the Vice President for Research.
To be considered as an applicant to fellowship programs that
limit the number of applications received from any one institution
faculty members must submit a letter of intent to the Office
of Research Services (Robertson Hall, Room 134) containing the
following information two (2) months before the program deadline.
1. Tentative title and a brief description of the project.
2. Brief biographical sketch.
3. Statement concerning which discipline or related discipline
is addressed by the project.
Letters of intent from all faculty within a particular college
will be sent to that college dean for consideration. The dean
will be asked to provide a statement and recommendation on each
letter. Comments from the deans and letters of intent will then
be reviewed by members of the Research Council, who will recommend
a list of no more than six nominees to the Office of the Vice President for Research. The Office of the Vice President for Research will then determine
the applicants who will be selected to submit proposals and
receive the $1,000 Proposal Development Support Grants.
For more information about the availability of fellowship programs,
contact Research Information Services, 325-5868. For more information
about the Office of the Vice President for Research Proposal Development Support
Grant Program, contact the Office of Research Services, 325-4757.
