College of Fine Arts and Communication 2023 Report

SEAN JUSTICE & MiHyun Kim, Rebekah Fox, and Eugene Lee FOUR GRANT AWARDS , TOTAL ING $581 ,000 MAT THEW WINN C3 Team Grant Specialst MEREDITH WILLIAMS C3 Team Grant Specialst In addition to helping faculty apply for traditional external funding opportunities, fellowships and government contracts, C3 is at the forefront of innovative fundraising activities and helps faculty pursue funding from private sponsors like foundations and corporations. C3 provides a wide range of pre and post-award services to COFAC faculty, including collaborative project idea development, personalized funding searches, application guidance review, narrative and budget editing, award spending plans, and grant summary reports. Furthermore, C3 strives to enhance COFAC faculty’s external funding knowledge and skillset, as well as build upon a culture where creative and research projects are celebrated and awarded funding consistently. To accomplish these goals, C3 creates tailored resources, provides needs-based training, and walks faculty through the entire internal and external grant process. Texas State aims to increase external funding applications and restricted research expenditures as we strive to become eligible for R1 status. Since the inception of C3 in 2014, the number of submitted proposals and sponsored program expenditures for the College of Fine Arts and Communication has increased dramatically overall. Although the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent economic turmoil had a significant impact on externally funded projects over the past three years, especially those that involved travel or live performances, COFAC has much to celebrate and look forward to when it comes to externally funded projects. For example, Sean Justice, an Art and Design faculty member, is currently wrapping up the third year of his National Science Foundation (NSF) award, the first-ever for COFAC. Another Art and Design faculty member, MiHyun Kim, was recently part of a group of TXST and UNT faculty who were awarded an NSF: DISES grant to study urban forests. Furthermore, Eugene Lee and the Black and Latino Playwrights Celebration were awarded $5,000 from Humanities Texas and are awaiting responses to an application for NEA: Grants For Arts Projects. Looking forward to the coming academic year, COFAC faculty are poised to make significant strides in external funding as applications are being prepared for major federal funders such as NEA, NED, NIH, and NEH. Grant Awards C3 Team: CENTER FOR COMMUNICATION, COLLABORATION & CREATIVITY 51 College of Fine Arts and Communication