Deepening research and fostering creativity for new professors

The kind of funding The Haynesville Project provides can be, simply put, career altering. Meaningful and flexible funding given to faculty right after tenure, faculty who have already proven themselves to be creative, insightful, and hard-working, can make a very real difference. It can allow faculty to really take a step back and reflect. It can give them room to breathe - and it can help shape meaningful research that isn't safe and isn't guaranteed.

Given the diverse disciplines (history, literary studies, German, economics, political science, art), their preliminary plans to spend the research funds range widely— from buying research materials, to transforming work spaces and work processes, to funding travel and organizing symposia.

The direct support provided to our professors will be a liberating force, allowing them to take their work in exciting and powerful new directions. This is a brilliantly conceived program that matches resources with talent at the perfect time in the lifespan of gifted faculty. The Tinsleys have hit a home run with this program.