How awardees for Glasscock fellowships, grants, and programs are selected:

Once the application deadline passes, the Center director or associate director forms a selection committee typically comprised of Texas A&M University scholars from the Glasscock Center Advisory Board and previous recipients.  In some instances, feedback from external scholars is solicited.  The director and associate director, along with any potential subcommittee members, are expected to recuse themselves in cases of conflict of interest (i.e. a graduate advisee is amongst the pool of applicants for one of the Graduate Residential Fellowships).

Subcommittee members rate, rank, and comment on the applications. If the competition is high, the subcommittee will convene to discuss the applications and, generally following the National Endowment for the Humanities model, then be given the opportunity to re-rank and rate the applications.  Program grants that involve Center staff logistical support are evaluated similarly, but they are also discussed by the Center’s leadership to determine fit within the larger body of programming the Center offers.