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$220,000 Awarded for Arts and Humanities Research Grants for Early Career Faculty
The Arts and Humanities Research Grants for Early Career Faculty initiative will provide ten grants of $22,000 each over an eighteen-month term to support mental health research by tenure-track, assistant faculty members in Texas-based departments or schools of social work.
Featured Publication
Language Matters in Mental Health
The words we use shape how we see the world–and ourselves. The words we choose and the meanings we attach to them influence our decisions, beliefs, and well-being. We have a choice in the words we use to describe ourselves, others, and the world around us.
Latest Podcast
Designing Belonging: Third Spaces as Mental Health Infrastructure
The Austin Public Library system provides some of the most visible and accessible third space systems in the city. It is a network of spaces that serve people across ages, backgrounds, and life experiences.
Staff Highlights
June 2026 Staff Highlights
Here’s a snapshot of the presentations made, events hosted, and honors received by the talented and dedicated staff of the Hogg Foundation during the month of June 2026.
Community Voices
More Good Days Together: 6 Social Connection Activities for Improving Mental Health
Social connectedness is one of the needs that must be met for humans to be able to focus on a higher level of mental and emotional needs.
Expert Voices
Root-Bound or Growth Mindset?
A growth mindset is the belief that skills and abilities can be improved and that developing these is the purpose of your actions.
Three Things to Know
3 Things to Know: Cultural Humility
What might it mean to practice “cultural humility,” a phrase often seen in areas related to mental health care and social advocacy?
Opinion
Reflections on the Global Leadership Exchange 2026
At the 2026 Global Leadership Exchange conference, the Hogg Foundation’s Tammy Heinz connected with leaders in mental health, disability, substance use, and addiction.
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More Mental Health News
Designing Belonging: Third Spaces as Mental Health Infrastructure
The Austin Public Library system provides some of the most visible and accessible third space systems in the city. It is a network of spaces that serve people across ages, backgrounds, and life experiences.
Jaylen Wright: Moore Fellowship Recipient
Jaylen Wright, doctoral candidate at the University of Texas at Austin, is the latest Moore Fellowship winner.
Yvonne Taylor: Moore Fellowship Recipient
M. Yvonne Taylor’s research explores how historically White institutions’ structure affects those who have marginalized identities.
2018 Frances Fowler Wallace Memorial Award
A conversation with Frances Fowler Wallace Memorial Award winner Lauren Smith.
2020 Frances Fowler Wallace Memorial Award
Ijeoma Madubata is a 2020 Frances Fowler Awardee. We talked about her latest research on racial trauma and resilience and African American adults.
3 Things to Know: Cultural Humility
What might it mean to practice “cultural humility,” a phrase often seen in areas related to mental health care and social advocacy?
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