About Us
Through strategic support for faculty, staff and students, the Division of Research, Scholarship and Creative Activities (RSCA) promotes excellence in research, scholarship and creative activity through providing support across the entire research enterprise for both the Abilene and Dallas campuses. This includes sponsored programs administration, research development, compliance and integrity, undergraduate research and initiatives that promote scholarly productivity and collaboration.
RSCA is responsible for ensuring compliance for all agreements with external sponsors. RSCA has many resources to assist faculty, staff and students in their scholarly endeavors. The process for submitting proposals is outlined below. The first and most critical step is to notify us of the opportunity you will be pursuing. This can be done by submitting a Proposal Notification Form. Please submit this form at least 4 weeks prior to the sponsor’s submission deadline.

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Great are the works of the Lord; they are pondered by all who delight in them. – Psalm 111:2











