Provost's Developmental Editing Grant

In AY2025-26, Developmental Editing grants will be awarded to two (2) OU Regular Faculty.

Preference for this grant will be given to faculty who have been at the rank of associate professor for at least five years. All associate professors who earned the rank of Associate Professor before summer 2020 are encouraged to apply.

Evaluation of the the application will heavily weight proposals from faculty whose research/scholarly/creative activities have been significantly impacted by sustained service, teaching or other extenuating life circumstances.

Proposals must be single spaced and use a font of 11 points or larger. Page margins should be 1” on all four sides.  

Please be certain that you have included all required components, in order. Late or incomplete applications will not be reviewed.    

1. Project Description (3-5 pages)
   

Submit a detailed overview of your scholarly/creative project that includes a project description, explanation of the contribution of the project to your field, description of audience and impact, publication/performance details, and a highly detailed outline of the compoenent parts of the major work. 

Keep in mind that your proposal will be read by a diverse group of faculty, some of whom may have limited knowledge about your proposed project. Therefore, the project narrative should keep jargon to a minimum.

2. Project Status and Timeline (1 page)

In up to one page, describe the current status of your book or major project. Briefly explain to the committee which aspects of project research and writing are complete, and which have yet to be completed. Provide a project timeline that explains how (with developmental editing support) the project could make substantial progress to completion by the end of the granting period. 

If the project described is a book project, provide research, drafting, editing, and completion goals for each of the remaining chapters. For other kinds of research and creative activity, provide a development-completion timeline for each of the remaining component parts of the major work.

3. Description of Impacts to Research Pace (1 page)

Within the limits of one single-spaced page, describe the ways in which extraordinary service, teaching, or extenuating life circumstances have impacted the pace of your research/scholarly/creative activity. The committee will be particularly interested in proposals the demonstrate a record of significant contribution to the University through service to students, colleagues, and the administrative tasks upon which the University depends to run.  

4. Applicant Full CV

Proposal Submission: Save all component parts of the application as a single PDF (saved as [lastname]_PDEGrant). All applications for the Provost's Developmental Editing Grant must be submitted via email as a single PDF attachment sent to Humanities.Forum@ou.edu by the fellowship deadline. You will receive an email confirming receipt of your application.

At the conclusion of the grant period, the awardee is expected to submit a 1-2 page report to the grant program director, with copies to the academic director/chair and dean by September 30 of the year following the award. This report should describe the work completed during the fellowship period, especially as it relates to the completion and submission of the manuscript or major project.

All written publications (whether in hard copy or electronic form) should acknowledge the support of the Office of the Provost and the OU Arts and Humanities Forum.