Opportunities
for Members
HxA members receive exclusive access to a variety of opportunities, including funding for events or research, professional development workshops, recognition for advancing our values, and more.
Heterodox Academy is grateful to have such a committed, engaged membership. Our free membership unlocks exclusive opportunities that help our members advance in their academic careers, and advance our mission to improve higher education and research.
This page provides the current opportunities available to HxA members.
Member opportunities from HxA include:
- Attending events as a panelist or participant
- Applying for grants from HxA
- Joining HxCommunities or starting a Campus Community
- Hosting events on their campus that advance our mission
The HxA Open Inquiry Awards highlight individuals, groups, and institutions who do exemplary work promoting open inquiry, viewpoint diversity, and constructive disagreement.
Open Inquiry Awards are being given across the following categories:
HxA Community Excellence Award: For the HxCommunity or Campus Community that has done the most to advance or sustain open inquiry, viewpoint diversity, and constructive disagreement in their discipline, academic setting, region, or campus.
Leadership Award: For the person who has most effectively championed the principles of open inquiry, viewpoint diversity, and constructive disagreement in the academy and beyond.
Courage Award: For the person who has demonstrated consistent courage in pursuing truth, and embodies bravery in championing the principles of open inquiry, viewpoint diversity, and constructive disagreement in the academy despite social and professional costs.
Exceptional Scholarship Award: For the academic(s) who, through research or another form of scholarship, has best advanced knowledge of open inquiry, viewpoint diversity, or constructive disagreement.
Teaching Award: For the educator(s) who has most effectively integrated open inquiry, viewpoint diversity, or constructive disagreement into the classroom and/or curriculum.
Nominations for 2025 will open in the spring.
If colleges and universities do not adequately foster an environment where open inquiry is encouraged, and inclusion and diversity are prioritized, the highest ideals and aspirations of our institutions may go unrealized.
At this historical moment marked by a rise in various forms of anti-intellectualism, one welcomes and values a countervailing force such as Heterodox Academy, which provides a robust forum for expressions of anti-anti-intellectualism.
Join our community of faculty, staff, and students in our efforts to improve the quality of research and education in universities through viewpoint diversity, open inquiry, and constructive disagreement.
Complimentary membership includes access to the new HxA Portal — a private online forum for HxA members and HxCommunities, invitations to members-only events, funding opportunities, professional development workshops, members-only discounts to HxA Summits, and more.