University of Michigan 2023-2024 LSA Collegiate Fellowship for Exceptional Scholars, USA

The purpose of the LSA Collegiate Fellowship Program is to support exceptional scholars in all three divisions of the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (LSA) — humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences — who are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the academy.

LSA seeks scholars whose teaching and mentoring, and/or research and scholarship, and/or service and engagement will contribute to DEI in higher education. We are particularly interested in scholars who have demonstrated their ability to bring to their work the critical perspectives that come from nontraditional educational backgrounds and pathways, and/or scholarly understanding of the experiences of groups who are historically underrepresented or marginalized in higher education.

• Table of Content
• About University of Michigan
• University of Michigan LSA Collegiate Fellowship for Exceptional Scholars
• Aim and Benefits of University of Michigan LSA Collegiate Fellowship for Exceptional Scholars
• University of Michigan LSA Collegiate Fellowship for Exceptional Scholars Courses
• Requirements for University of Michigan LSA Collegiate Fellowship for Exceptional Scholars Qualification
• Interview date, Process and Venue for University of Michigan LSA Collegiate Fellowship for Exceptional Scholars
• Documents Required for Application
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About University of Michigan

The University of Michigan is a public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Founded in 1817 in Detroit, as the Catholepistemiad, or the University of Michigania, 20 years before the territory became a state, the university is Michigan's oldest.

University of Michigan LSA Collegiate Fellowship for Exceptional Scholars

Aim and Benefits of University of Michigan LSA Collegiate Fellowship for Exceptional Scholars

LSA Collegiate Fellows will receive a starting salary of $66,000* plus benefits, as well as funds for conference and research expenses, for up to two years. During the fellowship, Fellows will devote their time to pursuing their independent research, as well as participate in pedagogical development activities such as the LSA Teaching Academy and classroom teaching/engagement. All LSA Collegiate Fellows will also be offered a tenure-track position to commence immediately after the fellowship period. Based on the level of preparation, in some cases candidates will be hired through this program directly to tenure-track positions.

Regardless of whether scholars begin with a fellowship or are hired directly to the tenure track, tenure-track offers will include competitive salary, research support, and benefits appropriate to assistant professors in the relevant department(s).

*Thanks to generous alumni support, the Department of Economics is able to provide a supplement to the standard Collegiate Fellows salary to their Fellows.

Predoctoral fellowships may be available in Economics and Political Science, in which case the doctoral degree must be completed by July 1, 2025. If approved, predoctoral fellows will receive a starting salary of $50,000 plus benefits.

All Fellows are expected to be in residence during the academic year and to engage in departmental seminars and related activities. Fellows will also receive career advising from a departmental mentor during their fellowship.

Additionally, the National Center for Institutional Diversity (NCID) provides cohort- and program-based activities designed to support Fellows’ scholarship and professional development, while building a community of scholars that has a commitment to issues of DEI. This support is provided through the tenure-track period.

University of Michigan LSA Collegiate Fellowship for Exceptional Scholars Courses

• Economics
• Political Science

Requirements for University of Michigan LSA Collegiate Fellowship for Exceptional Scholars Qualification

For the 2022-2023 application cycle, the program will only consider applications from candidates that wish to make their primary scholarly home in one of the LSA units listed below.

For applicants in the natural sciences, doctoral degrees should be completed between January 1, 2019 and July 1, 2024; For applicants in the social sciences or humanities, doctoral degrees should be completed between January 1, 2021 and July 1, 2024 (August 31, 2024 for applicants in the Department of Economics).

Individuals awarded a PhD from U-M or currently holding a postdoctoral, faculty, or staff position at U-M are not eligible.

In the 2023-2024 year, candidates whose work is represented within the following LSA academic departments or units are invited to apply:

Humanities

Afroamerican and African Studies
Asian Languages & Cultures
Film, Television, and Media
Germanic Languages & Literature
Philosophy
Romance Languages & Literature
Slavic Languages & Literature

Natural Sciences

Biophysics
Chemistry
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Mathematics
Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Statistics

Social Sciences

Communication and Media
Economics
Organizational Studies
Political Science
Psychology
Sociology

Interview date, Process and Venue for University of Michigan LSA Collegiate Fellowship for Exceptional Scholars

Using a multi-stage process, applicants in eligible fields will be reviewed according to evidence of contributions in their area of scholarship, teaching, and service, as well as their potential to contribute to higher education through their demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion in scholarship, and/or teaching, and/or service/leadership.

Applications will be reviewed by the NCID, faculty in the relevant academic department(s)/program(s), as well as a college selection committee and academic dean(s).

Documents Required for Application

A complete submission will consist of:

1. Curriculum vitae.
2. Research/scholarship statement that outlines your scholarly work and includes your research plan for the fellowship period (2-3 pages*; references, citations, formulas, and graphics do not count toward the page limit).
3. Diversity, equity, and inclusion statement that describes your demonstrated commitment to and engagement with diversity, equity, and inclusion through scholarship/research, and/or teaching/mentoring, and/or service/engagement (1-3 pages). There may be some overlap with your research/scholarship statement and teaching statements.
4. Teaching statement that describes your teaching philosophy, which may incorporate experience from formal or informal teaching and mentoring (1-3 pages).
5. Dissertation abstract (1 page).
6. Writing sample (2-3 samples; 35 pages maximum per writing sample. Examples include published or unpublished research papers, journal articles, dissertation chapters. References, citations, formulas, appendices, and graphics do not count toward the page limit).
7. Three letters of reference (maximum of four). Applicants are not permitted to submit reference letters on their referee’s behalf.

*Applicants in Chemistry should submit a statement of future research plans that is 5-10 pages in length, including a 1-page executive summary.

Application Deadline

How to Apply

Applications, excluding Biophysics; Chemistry; Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Economics, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology; Mathematics; Statistics, for the 2023 LSA Collegiate Fellowship Program are due Friday, September 8, 2023 at 11:59 p.m. ET, with reference letters due Monday, September September 11, 2023 by 11:59 p.m. ET.

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