Junior Faculty Fellowships
Description: Junior Faculty Fellowships are designed to provide significant release time to eligible faculty members. These awards support junior faculty in the development of fundamental research goals, to extend and enhance participation, focus, and sense of balance in current creative activity and teaching efforts. The awards, officially launched in Spring 2012, are open to junior faculty members from all academic programs across the university. These fellowships are a significant component of the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship (CTLS), as the CTLS strives to promote dialogue and visible artifacts that represent innovation and impact across disciplines.
At the conclusion of the Junior Faculty Fellowship, recipients earn the rights, privileges, and responsibilities of a CTLS fellow for three years (details forthcoming).
Eligibility: Current full-time, core junior faculty members contracted at the Assistant Professor rank* are encouraged to apply for Junior Faculty Fellowships if they meet all of the following criteria:
- have taught for less than five years in an institution of higher education
- have taught at Lesley University for at least one year
- possess a terminal degree in one’s field
Note: Junior faculty currently contracted at the rank of Instructor are eligible to apply if they are actively enrolled in a terminal degree program in their field (current transcript required) and meet all of the above criteria.
Requirements of Junior Faculty Fellows: The Junior Faculty Fellowships carry with them the expectation that fellows will:
- Present their current work at one of two biannual CTLS Fellowship lunch meetings
- Meet at least once with a representative from the Office of Grants and Sponsored Projects (OGSP), at the beginning of the fellowship year, to discuss funding opportunities
- Meet at least once with the Dean of Faculty and/or the Provost to discuss research and teaching goals, strategies, and aspirations, and to coordinate peer observation and coaching, if desired
- Produce evidence, by the end of the fellowship year, of a product (or significant progress toward product completion) made possible as a result of the Junior Faculty fellowship, consistent with scholarship language in the Faculty Handbook, (e.g., published research, artistic achievement, grants, and leadership in professional organizations)
- Mentor future Junior Faculty Fellows as fellows of the CTLS, meeting 1-2 times each semester to discuss work in progress
Note: As the Junior Faculty Fellowship program evolves, the fellows may meet as a seminar group, determine one fellow to act as coordinator of the group, and consider the time investment related to coordinating the fellows’ activities.
Award Amount: Each year, selected Junior Faculty Fellows will be awarded up to 2-units of release time in the academic year following submission and acceptance.
Note: Units may be allocated at the discretion of the fellow, in discussion with Department/Division Chair and Dean of the relevant school(s).
Application Details: The CTLS Advisory Team will review all applications. Proposals must include:
- Cover sheet
- Research project narrative that describes 1) the nature and scope of the research, 2) timeline, and 3) the contribution that this research makes to the field and to the Lesley community (two pages maximum)
- Project budget, including a brief narrative (200 words maximum) and a detailed breakdown of costs
- Applicant’s current CV
- Supporting letters from the school dean(s) and department/division chair(s) of the applicant
Note: The Junior Faculty Fellowship provides significant release time, and no monetary compensation. The budget information is requested to inform the CTLS Advisory Team of any internal and/or external funding connected to the proposed research.
Submission: Applications will be submitted via Dynamic Forms through the online portal accessible via the link on the Provost's web page lesley.edu/faculty-staff/provost/dynamic-forms-for-faculty
Application Deadline: Applications for the 2019-2020 academic year must be received before 5 pm ET on January 15, 2019. No exceptions will be made for late applications.