Seed Grant Program

The College of Liberal Arts’ Faculty Research Seed Grant Program supports faculty who are conducting feasibility studies or preliminary research that has a high likelihood of advancing research, scholarship, and creative activity. The COLA Seed Grant is intended as initial seed funding. This program is funded by indirect cost return funds from our faculty’s external grants. Funding requests that will lead to proposal submission for external funding are strongly encouraged. All awardees must submit a report within one month of completing their awarded project.
The College is now accepting applications for the Spring 2025 Competition. The COLA Seed Grant Program will fund up to five projects, each up to $3,000. The proposed research should be conducted between the summer of 2025 and the summer of 2026. The deadline for application is 5pm (CT) on March 18, 2025.

A complete application must include:
1)    A 2-page description (including a title, your name, email, and your department), 
This should be a narrative explaining the objective of the proposed research project, research activities (or data and method), and expected outcomes. It should also address PI’s relevant qualifications for conducting the proposed research.
2)    An itemized budget request (up to $3,000),
3)    A plan for future grant application,
4)    A statement that the PI has discussed the feasibility of their plan with their Chair and has their Chair’s support, and 
5)    A statement on other funds received or pending for conducting the proposed research. Please provide information on internal sources of funding (such as REP) as well as external.

Eligibility:
This competition is open to all tenure-line faculty members in the College of Liberal Arts. Faculty members who received COLA Seed Grant in the past two years cannot apply. Faculty members with a delinquent report from a past award from this program cannot apply. The COLA Seed Grant cannot be used to pay for faculty salary.

Please submit the complete application as ONE document to COLA_Research@txstate.edu.
Questions about this competition can be sent to YL10@txstate.edu.