Funds for 2011-12 Subventions have been depleted.
The University of Texas at Austin Subvention Grants program is designed to assist 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. Subvention awards provide financial assistance to faculty members 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 demand that authors 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.
Faculty authors (including tenured and tenure-track faculty, senior lecturers and lecturers) and members of the research staff (Code 1000) are invited to submit their applications for review. New faculty and assistant professors are strongly encouraged to participate. Publications can be in any language and any discipline. Funds are only paid directly to the publisher; authors may not be reimbursed from the account.
Qualifications:
- Maximum award is $5,000.
- Requesting author must be sole or primary author and currently appointed at The University of Texas at Austin.
- Publication of textbooks, translations of previously published books or book reprints will not be supported.
To apply for a subvention grant, faculty authors should submit the following items:
- Cover letter
- Application form: Subvention Word application and Subvention PDF application
- Curriculum Vitae
- Pre-publication reviews (at least one). Examples include: manuscript reviews, questionnaire/anonymous reviews from outside critics.
- Formal letter of acceptance from a publisher
- A statement by the publisher that a subvention of a specific amount is required and justification for that amount
- Evidence (letter, e-mail, etc.) that the author has attempted to secure other funding sources of support for the subvention (e.g., the author's professorship, discretionary funds available to the author's chair or dean, etc.)
Authors should submit the items listed above to:
Office of the Vice President for Research
Subvention Grant Program
FAC 426
Mail Code: G1400
Questions? Call 512-471-2877.
