Grants to Enhance and Advance Research (GEAR)

Grants to Enhance and Advance Research (GEAR) is sponsored by University of Houston. The GEAR program at the University of Houston is designed to increase and diversify research funding by supporting bold new ideas with a high likelihood of securing extramural grant funding. It's intended for faculty developing new research areas.

Internal Grants | College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences | University of Houston College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences 4230 Martin Luther King Blvd. Please download the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print linked documents below.

Faculty Development Leave The College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences awards Faculty Development Leaves to full-time, tenured members of the faculty engaged in scholarly research and creative or artistic projects according to the guidelines below.

Deadline: November 5, 2026 Faculty Development Leave Guidelines UH Request for Leave of Absence Form Applications for Faculty Development Leave should be submitted electronically to Carla Sharp, Interim Associate Dean for Faculty and Research at csharp2@central. uh. edu .

The Book Completion Fund is intended to provide CLASS faculty assistance with the final stages of their research, including subvention for scholarly publications, data processing, etc. Selected applicants will be awarded funds based on the academic merit of their work. Projects must be within one year of completion. The maximum award under this program is $3,000.

Projects are awarded based on the availability of funds . Only one application allowed per academic year. New requests must be towards a different project if applicant has received a previous Project Completion award.

Awards are made at the dean’s discretion. Tenured and Tenure-track faculty To apply, please email application materials to classgrt@uh. edu .

Please put “CLASS Book Completion” in the subject line. No late submissions will CLASS Book Completion Project Report All recipients of the CLASS Book Completion Fund must complete a Project Report by August 1, 2027. Email Project Reports to CLASSGrt@uh.

edu . Research Progress Grant - Early Career The Research Progress Grant for Early Career faculty is intended to provide assistance in furthering faculty research projects. Individuals are eligible for up to $4,000 while groups are eligible for up to $12,000 (maximum of 3 applicants).

Rationale for group proposals need to be delineated clearly, the specific contributions of each individual faculty must be made clear. Faculty are not allowed to submit more than one RPG application in any given academic year. Also, if a faculty member submits an individual application, they cannot apply as an applicant on a group proposal in the same year.

Faculty will be awarded funds based on the academic merit of their work. Applications are reviewed by the CLASS Research Committee who then submit recommendations for funding to the associate dean for research. Tenure-track Assistant Professors Applicants awarded the Research Progress Grant must wait one academic year before re-applying for Research Progress Grant funding.

For example, if awarded for Fall 2024, one would not be eligible to re-apply until Fall 2026. Projects previously awarded the Project Completion Grant are not eligible for Research Deadline for applications January 1, 2027 - December 31, 2027 Research Progress Grant Program – Early Career To apply, please email application materials to classgrt@uh. edu by October 9, 2026.

Please put “Research Progress Grant – Early Career Application” in the subject line. No late submissions will be accepted. Research Progress Grant Project Report All recipients of the CLASS Research Progress Grant must complete a Project Report by January 1, 2027.

Email Project Reports to classgrt@uh. edu . Research Progress Grant – Established Faculty The Research Progress Grant (RPG) for Established Faculty is intended to provide assistance in furthering faculty research projects.

Individuals are eligible for up to $4,000 while groups are eligible for up to $12,000 (maximum of 3 applicants). Rationale for group proposals need to be delineated clearly; the specific contributions of each individual faculty member must be made clear. Faculty are not allowed to submit more than one RPG application in any given academic year.

Also, if a faculty member submits an individual application, they cannot apply as an applicant on a group proposal in the same year. Faculty will be awarded funds based on the academic merit of their work.

Applications are reviewed by the CLASS Research Committee which then submits recommendations for funding to the associate dean for Applicants awarded the Research Progress Grant must wait one academic year before re-applying for Research Progress Grant funding. For example, if awarded for Fall 2025, one would not be eligible to re-apply until Fall 2027.

Projects previously awarded the Project Completion Grant are not eligible for Research Deadline for applications January 1, 2027 – December 31, 2027 Research Progress Grant Program – Established Faculty To apply, please email application materials to classgrt@uh. edu by October 9, 2026. Please put “Research Progress Grant – Established Faculty” in the subject line.

No late submissions will be accepted. Research Progress Grant Project Report All recipients of the CLASS Research Progress Grant must complete a Project Report by January 1, 2027. Email Project Reports to classgrt@uh.

edu . Research, Innovation and Scholarly Engagement (RISE) Program The RISE Program funds projects that will strengthen the College’s viability as a contributor to the overall success of the University by supporting research and scholarly productivity.

Priority will be given to projects that investigate areas of research with significant impact and potential for external funding or engage in research and scholarship of significant value to the humanities. Faculty members who receive a RISE award are expected to generate a scholarly product or grant proposal for submission to an external sponsor. Two awards of up to $10,000 will be awarded with a grant period of one year.

Full-time Tenured or Tenure-track faculty No more than four faculty members per application Collaboration with other colleges is allowed; however, a CLASS faculty member must be the lead Principal Investigator, with no more than 25% of the project budget allocated to non-CLASS team members or departments. Faculty who have received a previous CLASS Internal Grant that are delinquent on any Applicants may submit no more than one proposal.

Deadline for applications January 1, 2027 - December 31, 2027 Research, Innovation and Scholarly Engagement (RISE) Program To apply, please email application materials to classgrt@uh. edu . Please put “Research, Innovation and Scholarly Engagement (RISE) Program” in the subject line.

No late submissions will be accepted. Research, Innovation and Scholarly Engagement (RISE) Program Grant Project Report All recipients of the CLASS Research, Innovation and Scholarly Engagement (RISE) Program must complete a Project Report by the designated due date.

Email Project Reports to Grants to Enhance and Advance Research (GEAR) Pre-Proposal The division of research's Grants to Enhance and Advance Research (GEAR) program is now open. The pre-proposal process will be facilitated through each respective college. Pre-proposals are due by 5 p.

m. , November 1, 2026 to classgrt@uh. edu .

FY2027 GEAR Pre-Proposal Form Internal Grants – Division of Research UH Division of Research Internal Awards