Faculty members who need materials not in the library collection to support their research are invited to submit a proposal for a Library Research Grant. Each year the Alkek Library provides funds to acquire non-curricular materials for this purpose. Although the review process is competitive, most professionally written proposals have been funded in recent years.

• $20,000 in funding is available. Proposals over $3,000 are unlikely to receive full funding.
• Priority is given to materials that can be permanently added to the library collection.
• Materials requested may include books, back issues of journals, electronic resources, AV materials, educational/content software.
• Requests should not include current subscriptions, journal articles or multiple copies of materials.

Applications for electronic resources are more likely to be funded if the resources are available as one-time purchases and may be accessed by more than one user. In the past, funding has been granted to purchase electronic books, e-journal back issues, and CD-ROMs/DVD-ROMs with multi-user licensing. Contact the Acquisitions Department (Paivi Rentz, Head Acquisitions Librarian, pr11@txstate.edu or 245-3009) for assistance with electronic materials requests.

Applicants are asked to provide a brief description of the project, a list of needed materials, and the estimated cost. Members of the Research Grant Subcommittee will recommend funding recipients to the Library Committee.

Submit a proposal here

Proposal Deadline: 5:00 p.m. November 2, 2009.

Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.

Library Research Grant Timeline:

Sep-Nov: Applications are accepted
Nov-Jan: Application review
Jan-Feb: Grants are announced
Feb-June: Materials are ordered

For more information, contact Joan Heath, Assistant Vice President, University Library; 245-2133.