STEP Funding Information for Administrative Assistants and Budget Specialists

New tenure-track faculty participate in an ongoing orientation, the Scholarship and Teaching Excellence Program (STEP), during their first full academic year. Faculty who completes all eligibility requirements will be notified of their eligibility through email.

STEP funding are awarded solely for scholarly activity that will contribute to their career growth at Texas State. Most requests are approved if they sufficiently justify how the funds will help their research/career.

All scholarly activity must occur between September 1 of the year the program is completed and August 31 of the following year. Faculty who completed STEP in Spring of 2024 can use their funds between September 1, 2024 and August 31, 2025.

Common uses of stipends are for conference registration, parts of travel, equipment for research or books, or other expenses related to faculty’s scholarship and creative activities. Faculty Development will transfer the funds directly to each qualified department around October 1, 2024, regardless of when faculty use the funding.

If you have any questions regarding the stipend, contact us at facultydevelopment@txstate.edu or 512.245.2112.