Liberal Arts + “Smart Revolution” (the iLASR grant)

Amount: $8,000

Funding Source: University of Texas at Arlington, College of Liberal Arts

Grant Duration: August 2017 – August 2018

The iLASR grant supports research and creative works in alignment with the four guiding themes of the Strategic Plan of UTA: Health and the Human Condition, Sustainable Urban Communities, Global Environmental Impact, and Data-­‐Driven Discovery. Specifically, the iLASR encourages proposals of research or creative works in one or more of the following areas: Innovative and diversified data-­‐driven discovery; Philosophical, artistic, and cultural approaches to problem-­‐solving; Boundary-­‐crossing research in arts, humanities, and social sciences addressing the opportunities and challenges in the digital society

Funding for this project supported the conversion of 100 anthology table of contents and book covers into quantitative data sources.