BOR ELIGIBLE DISCIPLINES

Disciplines Eligible and Schedule of Dates for the 2024-25 Board of Regents Grant Programs

Research Competitiveness Subprogram (RCS)

• Chemistry
• Health & Medical Sciences
• Engineering B (Industrial, Materials, Mechanical)
• Biological Sciences
• Computer/Information Sciences
• Earth & Environmental Sciences

Industrial Ties (ITRS)

• ITRS does not have discipline rotations. Consult the RFP for ITRS Target
  Areas.

Departmental Enhancement

• Engineering A (Chemical, Civil, Electrical)
• Chemistry
• Computer & Information Sciences
• Business, Education
• Earth & Environmental Sciences
• Arts
• Mathematics
• Non-Disciplinary Workforce.
  • NOTE: For Multidisciplinary proposals, the project must be rooted in at least one
    discipline eligible in the funding cycle.

(Multidisciplinary proposals – one discipline eligible in the funding cycle must be the root discipline)
(*The discipline “Non-Disciplinary Workforce” includes any program that is designed to prepare students for a specific job and that falls OUTSIDE of the traditional disciplines represented in Cycle I and Cycle II.

Awards to Louisiana Artists and Scholars Subprogram (ATLAS):

• Arts
• Humanities
• Social Sciences disciplines and subdisciplines

BoR/SREB Doctoral Student Support Initiative

• All disciplines are eligible

Endowed Chairs for Eminent Scholars

• All disciplines are eligible

Endowed Professorships

• All disciplines are eligible; a non-competitive endowment application does not require a proposal.
  • Note: Non-competitive endowment application does not require a proposal. See policy for submission requirements

Endowed Superior Graduate Student Scholarships

• All disciplines are eligible; preference is given to degrees that target Louisiana’s workforce needs.

Endowed Two-Year Student Workforce Scholarships

• Degree and certificate programs at two-year campuses in four- and five-star job areas as defined in the subprogram policy.