UT Subvention Grants Program

The UT Subvention Grants Program at the University of Texas at Austin provides essential funding to support tenured and tenure-track faculty in publishing scholarly books. With grants of up to $5,000 available on a first-come, first-served basis, this program addresses the financial challenges posed by the rising costs of scholarly publication. The total annual funding of $40,000 allows for approximately eight awards, helping faculty overcome barriers to the dissemination of their research.

The University of Texas at Austin Subvention Grants program assists faculty authors in the publication of scholarly books when departments and deans are unable to provide needed support.
In this era when university libraries are buying fewer books, university and other scholarly presses often ask authors to provide funds to underwrite the publication of scholarly monographs and books. The reason that such fees—called “subventions”—are required is that press runs are often quite small and very expensive.
Program Description
The Office of the Vice President for Research, Scholarship and Creative Endeavors (OVPR) Subvention Grants program is designed to assist tenured and tenure-track faculty authors in the publication of scholarly books. Frequently university and other scholarly presses demand that authors provide funds to underwrite the publication of scholarly monographs and books.
Funding
Subvention Grants of up to $5,000 each are available on a first-come, first-served basis. The OVPR Subventions Grants program has $40,000 available per fiscal year for a total of approximately eight awards. If the work is not published, the author is expected to return the subvention grant to OVPR.

Eligibility

Subventions will be considered for costs associated with the publication or production of the following:Scholarly booksArt catalogues and collections for which the applicant is the artist or primary editorEdited volumes for which the applicant is the primary authorNon-print media such as electronic books or the production of a film/videoLiterary works such as a collection of poems, a play, or a screenplayPublications can be in any language and any discipline.Artwork, maps, photographs, permissions, and other special production elements are allowed.Applicant EligibilityOVPR Subvention Grants are open to only tenured and tenure-track faculty.Specifically excluded from eligibility are emeritus faculty, part-time adjunct faculty, research faculty, visiting faculty, contributed service faculty, faculty whose contracts will not be renewed for the following year, and faculty who plan to resign their appointments during the current or subsequent academic year.Subvention Grants do not count against OVPR Research & Creative Grants or OVPR Special Research Grants awardee limitations.

Ineligibility

Publication of textbooksContributions to journalsNon-primary editor to edited volumes or anthologiesTranslations of previously published booksBook reprintsRoutine author activities, such as indexing, or page and reprint costs of articles in professional journalsRetroactive funding of subventionsAuthors with remaining start-up funds are ineligible.Professors and chairs with balances greater than $25,000 in chair, professorship, endowment, or other discretionary funds are ineligible.