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College of Education Research Office

COERO

 

The College of Education Research Office (COERO) is the sponsored-research hub for the College of Education. Our mission is to increase research capacity by supporting faculty throughout the grant proposal development and post-award administration cycle. 

Getting Started: Grant Support for COE Faculty

Some of COERO's support for COE faculty are organized in the four categories below, including some new initiatives.

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  • In addition to our regular support offered through Research Development, Pre-Award, and Post-Award, we also organize and deliver professional development sessions through COERO.

    • Following the positive outcomes of last year's GrantReady initiative, The College of Education Research Office (COERO) invites applications to participate in a shorter, online version called GrantReady Essentials. GrantReady Essentials is a 4-part, hands-on sequential workshop series, offered virtually through Zoom, from Fall 2026 through Spring 2027, designed to build grant funding knowledge and skills. Navigate to GrantReady Essentials for more information.
    • Our COERO Research Tool Talks series kicks off this Fall Semester, 2026. COERO Research Tool Talks is a series of short, one-hour focused presentations and discussions on methods, data, tools, and opportunities useful to College of Education researchers. Navigate to COERO Research Tool Talks for the schedule and registration information.
    • A dynamic avenue for support for your grant proposal development is our Bespoke Proposal Development Strategic Funding initiative. Bespoke is designed to support a COE PI's specific grant proposal development needs for a large foundation/federal funding opportunity. Navigate to our Bespoke site for full information and application.

    • Faculty Incentive Compensation for course buyout
      • With approvals you can use your grant funding to buy out a course assignment in a given semester and receive a portion of the cost of that buyout returned to you as an incentive. 
      • See more explanation on our COERO webpage and details on the UPPS page.
    • IDC Accounts
      • Some categories of expenditures from your grant are used for indirect costs (IDC), also called overhead or facilities and administration costs. A portion of those distributed funds are earned by the PI and deposited in your IDC account for use by you for research purposes. You can spend these on a variety of research-related purposes. UPPS: https://policies.txst.edu/university-policies/03-04-05.html

    • Grant Development and Submission Reassigned Time Initiative (Grant DSRT). The Grant DSRT initiative allows approved applicants a one-time course reassignment during a long semester to provide them the time necessary to support the development and submission of a substantial grant. There is a competitive application process and approvals, with deadlines – so plan early and often! Information and Application