Mid-Career Faculty Fellowship Program

Spring 2018 Application

Application Deadline: October 30, 2017

CUNY’s strategic framework calls for new strategies to build greater diversity in the faculty. The 2015 administration of the COACHE faculty satisfaction survey and participants in the workshop series, Moving from Associate to Full Professor, suggest that CUNY’s mid-career faculty want more support for promotion. In response, the CUNY Office of Academic Affairs (OAA) is pleased to pilot test the CUNY Mid-Career Faculty Fellowship Program in Spring 2018. This new program aims to advance CUNY’s goal of retaining and advancing a diverse faculty by providing support and resources to help tenured Assistant and Associate Professors advance their scholarly productivity and move toward promotion. The program will be led by Professor Juan Battle and University Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, Annemarie Nicols-Grinenko.

Program Goal: Spring 2018 Fellows will submit at least one research-based scholarly article or creative writing project to a peer-reviewed journal by June 15, 2018.

Eligibility:  All applicants must be full-time tenured CUNY Assistant or Associate Professors.

Resources and Support:  Fellows will benefit from the following.

1. Mentored Writing Groups: Over the course of the Spring 2018 semester, fellows will work on their writing projects in mentored writing groups, which will be comprised of faculty in related disciplinary areas. Groups will meet at least seven times during the semester to provide peer review of their written work. Meetings will be held at the Graduate Center on Fridays from 12:00 – 5:00 pm on February 2 and 16, March 9 and 23, April 20 and May 4 and 11.  Lunch will be provided.
2. Professional Development: Each meeting of the mentored writing groups will begin with topics that are important to promotion. Topics may include time management; balancing scholarship, teaching, and service; handling reviewers’ comments efficiently and effectively; and preparing the promotion dossier.
3. Individual Mentors: For additional mentoring, each fellow will preselect a full professor within their institution who has an excellent record of scholarly/creative productivity and expertise in their disciplinary area. Fellows will meet with their mentors at least every two weeks throughout the semester.
4. Course Release: Provided that their manuscripts are submitted for external review by June 15, 2018, fellows will receive three credits of course release which they may use in the academic year 2018 – 2019.
5. A community of colleagues across CUNY: This Fellowship Program provides a unique opportunity to connect with and learn from colleagues across the university.

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Any questions, contact Dr. Annemarie Nicols-Grinenko, University Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, at Annemarie.Nicols-Grinenko@cuny.edu or 646-664-8068.