Provost Early Career Fellows Program Announces New Fellowships

After a successful first year, additional units have been selected to participate in the Provost’s Early Career Fellows program designed to further the university’s commitment to building a diverse and vibrant interdisciplinary community of scholars.

The purpose of this training program is to allow early career researchers, postdoctoral fellows, and graduating PhD students to develop and pursue research and teaching topics upon which a future academic career can be built. The program enables fellows to build a network of emerging scholars and benefit from the mentorship of top faculty in their field.

Provost’s Early Career Fellows will join a diverse and energetic community of other fellows training in different departments across the university and will receive a competitive stipend, fringe benefits, relocation funds, travel funds, and discretionary funds.

Departments

  • College of Fine Arts

    • Fellowship Description: The College of Fine Arts seeks applications for multiple early career cohort fellowships (aka postdoctoral or post-MFA fellowships) within its Expanding Approaches to American Arts research cluster. The Expanding Approaches to American Arts research cluster is designed to bolster the college’s research strength into art and creative practices that are underrepresented in the college’s curricula.
    • Available positions: 2
    • Apply here
    • For more details, please contact Tim Creswick at timcreswick@austin.utexas.edu
  • College of Liberal Arts

    • Department of Classics 
      • Fellowship Description: The Department of Classics has designed a 2-year program with a major research focus on enhancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion by expanding the department’s range of content and/or methodology through research and teaching, in particular by engaging the experience of underrepresented groups.
      • Available positions: 2
      • Apply here
      • For more information on how to apply, contact Pramit Chaudhuri, pramit.chaudhuri@austin.utexas.edu.
    • Department of History
      • Fellowship Description: The Department of History seeks to appoint two early career fellows in borderland histories to complement and strengthen its investments in scholarship on race, ethnicity, digital and public history.
      • Available positions: 2
      • Apply here 
      • For more information on how to apply, contact Vickie Kight, vkight@austin.utexas.edu. Questions about the positions can be directed to the chair of the search committee, Madeline Hsu: myhsu@austin.utexas.edu
  • College of Natural Sciences

    • Department of Molecular Biosciences
      • Fellowship Description: The Department of Molecular Biosciences at UT Austin houses faculty with diverse research interests in areas such as biochemistry, molecular biology, structural biology and biophysics, cell and developmental biology, plant biology, microbiology, immunology and infectious diseases, biotechnology and systems biology. Applicants in any of these research areas are encouraged to apply to the program.
      • Available positions: 2
      • http://apply.interfolio.com/108900
      • For more information on how to apply, contact the Department Chair, Jeff Gross jmgross@austin.utexas.edu.
  • College of Pharmacy

    • Fellowship Description: The College of Pharmacy has designed a three-year program with a major research focus on the discovery of the underlying mechanisms of disease, drug discovery and delivery optimization to treat disease and health outcomes and policy.
    • Available positions: 2
    • Apply here
    • For more information on how to apply, contact Dr. John H. Richburg, john.richburg@austin.utexas.edu
  • Jackson School of Geosciences 

    • Fellowship Description: The Department of Geological Sciences in the Jackson School of Geosciences at the University of Texas in Austin invites applicants for Postdoctoral Fellow positions in any field of the Geosciences (Earth, Planetary, Climate and Environmental Sciences). Fellows will pursue independent Earth Science research in any area that complements or expands upon existing research programs in the Department. Fellows may also choose to teach or co-teach a course of their design. Candidates whose practice emphasizes improving accessibility, equity, or justice connected to Earth Science topics are particularly encouraged to apply.
    • Available positions: 2
    • Apply here
    • For more information, contact Daniel Stockli stockli@jsg.utexas.edu & Associate Dean Julia_Clarke@jsg.utexas.edu
  • LBJ School of Public Affairs 

    • Fellowship Description: The LBJ School of Public Affairs has designed a program for fellows pursuing an academic career in public policy focused upon race, gender and socio-economic inequality related to the identification of disparate impacts and outcomes for priority policy domains, the evaluation of policies with respect to unintended disparate impacts and outcomes, and the design of policies intended to reduce disparate impacts and outcomes. This position will begin in Fall 2023. 
    • Available positions: 2
    • Apply here
    • For more information on how to apply, contact Taya Kitaysky at taya.kitaysky@austin.utexas.edu

 

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