Funding Opportunities
REO Internal Funding Opportunities
With the generous support and funding from the Dean’s office of the College of Education & Human Development, REO provides internal seed grant competitions designed to support preliminary or exploratory research (Catapult) and empower excellence in teaching (TEGP). With the R3 series of funding opportunities, further support is available to our principal investigators with the purpose of increasing the competitiveness of promising proposals that need additional assistance to push them over the funding line with resubmission. Finally, the new Catalyst fund is designed to bolster efforts by our faculty toward the creation of research groups. REO welcomes ideas on what kinds of support are needed to ensure the success of our faculty researchers!
The currently open internal funding opportunities can be accessed on our InfoReady submission site.
The Catalyst Fund
The Catalyst Fund is designed to support CEHD faculty in the launch of a Research Interest Group, Center, Institute, Corps, Research Conference, or other applicable research group initiative. The $10,000 in funding can be used over 12 months to support such costs as hosting research symposia, writing retreats, planning meetings, and research forums. An additional two years of continuation funding is possible based on adequate justification and accomplishments achieved with the initial funding.
Sustainability will be a key element for measuring success, and applications will include a plan on how the initiative’s research momentum would be sustained beyond the Catalyst program.
Applications are accepted at anytime through InfoReady. To access the guidelines, please click here.
Teaching Excellence Grant Program (TEGP)
The CEHD Teaching Excellence Grant Program (TEGP) provides grant funding awards designed to empower excellence in all aspects of teaching by CEHD faculty. TEGP projects should be designed to promote students’ learning, including:
- The implementation of innovative, high impact teaching methods that can be immediately and successfully integrated into instructional practice across the CEHD and result in significant improvements in the learning outcomes of the students taught by CEHD faculty
- The engagement of undergraduate students with the scholarship of teaching and learning
- The improvement of distance education
There are two tracks for the 2025 competition:
- Track 1 TEGP Teaching and Innovation (lead PI must be APT faculty rank): Projects should focus on undergraduate and graduate student learning and educational needs (e.g. novel curriculum, pedagogy, innovative techniques/experiences, etc..). This track can collect evaluative data, but research is not a requirement.
- Track 2 TEGP Discovery and Innovation (lead PI must be T/TT or APT): Projects will focus on undergraduate and graduate student learning and educational needs (e.g. novel curriculum, pedagogy, innovative techniques/experiences, etc..). Additionally, a research component is required in this track including, but not limited to, the support of undergraduate research projects (e.g. Capstone and/or Cornerstone projects) and/or graduate student research projects.
To learn more about TEGP, email cehdresearch@tamu.edu
The deadline for this competition is January 31st, 2025 at 11:59 PM CST and proposals are currently being accepted. To access the guidelines, please click here.
Review, Revise, & Resubmit (R3)
The Review, Revise, & Resubmit (R3) Program supports CPIs and their research teams to improve the competitiveness of previously submitted external grant proposals that were not funded but received feedback. Funds will support PIs to reinvest efforts in their external grant proposals that show promise based on reviewers or panel comments and feedback.
- The written review comments of the external grant proposal must indicate that the proposed project is feasible and promising for funding despite some areas of weaknesses or limitations that can be addressed and improved upon
- Resubmission of a revised proposal to the targeted sponsor must be made within 18 months of the activation of the R3 award
- To learn more about R3, email cehdresearch@tamu.edu
The next deadline for this competition is TBD. To access past guidelines, please click here.
Catapult Seed Grants
FY2025 Catapult seed funding, available to Tenured/Tenure-track CEHD faculty that are not currently a PI on a federal research grant, is designed to support preliminary or exploratory research that has the potential to increase the competitiveness of their future proposal applications for external funding agencies.
To learn more about the Catapult Seed Grant Program, email cehdresearch@tamu.edu
The deadline for this competition was October 25th, 2024 at 11:59 PM CST and the received proposals are currently being reviewed. To access the guidelines, please click here.
Emerge: AI
The Emerge: program is a rapid response fund developed to address current topics that have a need for immediate research. Emerge topics will be announced as needs are determined. With each cycle, the submission of Letters of Intent will be used to select applicants for invitation to develop and submit full proposals.
FY2025 Emerge: AI – On August 13, 2024, Dean Michael de Miranda announced this year’s Emerge topic as Artificial Intelligence (AI).
In response to the recent acceleration of advancements in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its related subfields/branches, REO is inviting CEHD researchers to submit research proposals to address the urgent need for research on the social, experimental, and educational challenges and opportunities arising from advances in AI technology. Proposals may range from understanding the challenges, applications, developments, and/or advances of AI in the lab, classroom, or other applicable setting.
The deadline for Letters of Intent to this competition is past. Accepted proposals are currently under review. To view past information, please click here.
TAMU Internal Funding Opportunities
Texas A&M provides internal grants to inspire interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary collaborations on groundbreaking research. To view these opportunities, view the Additional Programs section of the VPR’s Find Funding page.
External Funding Opportunities
Texas A&M has resources available to locate external funding opportunities specific to your research areas and needs. For external competitions that have limitations on the number of submissions per institution, Texas A&M manages an internal application process.