OPA Special Announcement - Now Open: Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellowship for Faculty Diversity

Eligible CU Boulder postdocs are invited to apply to the Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellowship for Faculty Diversity. The one-year fellowships aim to provide fellows with protected time for scholarship or research in preparation for a tenure-track faculty position at CU Boulder.

Program Overview

The University of Colorado Boulder’s (CU Boulder) Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellowship for Faculty Diversity seeks to enhance the diversity* of CU Boulder’s academic community by attracting researchers and scholars from a variety of backgrounds, races, ethnicities and historically excluded populations. Accordingly, the program is open to all persons who meet the eligibility criteria without regard to race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation or identity, religion, irreligion, age, marital or family status. Questions may be directed to cpfellows@colorado.edu.

Eligibility

Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents and have a completed doctorate or other terminal degree before July 1, 2024 at the time of application. Applicants who have completed their doctoral or other terminal degree within the last three years (2021 or after) are eligible if they are preparing for an academic career in research, scholarship or creative work. Faculty mentors should be tenured or tenure-track faculty at CU Boulder.

Fellowships

The one-year fellowship provides a salary of $60,000. The fellowship offers an additional, one-time $5,000 in professional development funding. The fellowship includes medical, dental, vision and basic life insurance benefits. Campus units may supplement the salary if they deem it appropriate.

Two to three fellowships are anticipated annually.

In rare circumstances, one-year renewals may be offered, subject to funding availability and fellowship progression. To underscore the unit’s commitment to a tenure-track position for the fellow, the fellow’s unit must contribute 50% of the salary costs during the one-year renewal; the program will cover the remaining 50%. Email cpfellows@colorado.edu for more details on renewal requirements.

Application Process and Requirements

The below materials must be uploaded in the online portal.

1. Curriculum Vitae (CV)
2. Personal Statement (4-page, 2,000-word maximum, single-spaced) including:
   • Research, scholarly and creative work accomplishments to date;
   • Research, scholarly and creative work plan for the fellowship period;
   • Future academic career goals;
   • Academic and personal experience that will offer different perspectives to the CU Boulder community and your discipline; and
   • Contributions to diversity, equity and inclusive practices (DEI) in educational or community settings and/or ways in which you plan to contribute to DEI in your future academic career. CU Boulder’s DEI contributions are the responsibility of everyone (not just historically excluded groups) and outlined in the IDEA Plan.
3. Reference Letters (3 in total) – it is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure letters are submitted via the online portal by the deadlines.
   • Thesis Advisor: describe the applicant’s potential for an academic career. Thesisadvisors will receive an email from the online system once the applicant submits materials and will have until November 8 to enter their recommendation.
   • Faculty Mentor at CU Boulder: describe the applicant’s planned research, facilities and resources available to the applicant and commitment to complete an Individual Development Plan in conjunction with the applicant;. Mentors will receive an email from the online system once the applicant submits materials and will have until November 8 to enter their recommendation.
   • Department Chair at CU Boulder: describe the department’s commitment to hire the applicant into a tenure-track position and the mentor’s capacity and ability to support the applicant’s career trajectory. A department chair who is also serving as mentor can submit one letter, but the letter should be uploaded in both the department chair and faculty mentor fields. Chairs will receive an email from the online system once the applicant submits materials and will have until November 15 to enter their recommendation.

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