Faculty Travel Planning Grants
Texas Global is committed to increasing global engagement across campus and with our partners around the world. The Faculty Travel Planning Grants give faculty the unique opportunity to explore possibilities, develop connections and seek potential initiatives within their international networks in order to produce high quality Texas Global funding proposals.
At a Glance
For:
UT Austin Faculty
Amount:
Up to $2,500
Deadline:
Spring 2025 TBA
Application Information
Faculty Travel Planning Grants support UT Austin faculty members who wish to establish connections abroad to meet eligibility requirements for the submission of subsequent Texas Global funding opportunities to the Global Career Launch, Global Virtual Exchange, President’s Award for Global Learning, Texas Global Faculty Research Seed Grant, and Faculty-led Education Abroad. Applicants may request up to $2,500 in travel funds to support proposal development.
Texas Global awards Faculty Travel Planning Grants on a semiannual basis, once in the fall semester and once in the spring semester.
Grant Period
For Fall 2024 grants: January 1 - August 31, 2025.
Application Deadline
The Fall 2024 application has closed. The Spring 2025 call for proposals will be announced soon.
For more information, contact us at txglobal-grants@austin.utexas.edu.
Travel Grant Faculty
The faculty travel grant was launched in June 2021. Since then, the following faculty members have been awarded to travel internationally to initiate new collaborations.
- 2023-2024
- Mercedes Hernandez, Associate Professor, Steve Hicks School of Social Work; Mexico
- Luisa Nardini, Professor of Musicology, Butler School of Music, College of Fine Arts; Mexico
- Guido Olivieri, Professor of Instruction in Musicology, Butler School of Music, College of Fine Arts; Mexico
- Franco Pestilli, Associate Professor, Psychology, College of Liberal Arts; Italy and Switzerland
- Marina Peterson, Professor, Anthropology, College of Liberal Arts; Spain
- Hirofumi Tanaka, Professor, Kinesiology and Health Education, College of Education; Brazil
- 2022-2023
- Riyad Alhomsi, Assistant Professor of Instruction, Middle Eastern Studies, College of Liberal Arts; Jordan
- Lauren Michele Gaydosh, Assistant Professor, Sociology, College of Liberal Arts; United Kingdom
- Dhiraj Murthy, Professor, Journalism and Media, Moody College of Communications; India
- Minette Drumwright, Professor, Advertising and Public Relations, Moody College of Communications; India
- Luisa Gil Fandino, Assistant Professor of Instruction, Textiles and Apparel, College of Natural Sciences; Italy
- Benjamin Gregg, Professor, Government, College of Liberal Arts; Indonesia
- 2021-2022
- Desiree Pallais-Downing, Assistant Professor, Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education; Peru
- Vertica Bhardwaj, Associate Professor of Instruction, Textiles and Apparel, College of Natural Sciences; Vietnam
- Aileen Bumphus, Assistant Professor of Practice, Educational Leadership and Policy, College of Education, Costa Rica
- Suchitra Gururaj, Assistant Vice President for Community Engagement and Economic Development; Lecturer, Plan II, College of Liberal Arts; Costa Rica
- Stephen E. Courter, Assistant Professor of Instruction, Management, McCombs School of Business; U.K.
- Edgar Gómez-Cruz, Assistant Dean, Community and Global Initiatives; Associate Professor, School of Information; Costa Rica
- Elma Ines Lorenzo-Blanco, Assistant Professor, Human Development and Family Sciences, College of Natural Sciences; Germany
- Stacey K. Sowards, Mark L. Knapp Professorship, Communication Studies, Moody College of Communication; Indonesia
- 2020-2021
- Octavio Kano-Galván, Assistant Professor of Practice, Advertising, Moody College of Communication; United Kingdom
- Amy Sanders, Associate Professor, Journalism, Moody College of Communication; Lebanon