Mellon Emerging Faculty Leaders Award

Institute for Citizens and Scholars

Eligibility

  • Assistant professors in tenure-track appointments who are pursuing tenure.
  • Have successfully passed the standard third-year/midpoint review no later than 01/31, typically in the 4th-5th year of the tenure-track appointment.

Description

The Mellon Emerging Faculty Leaders are building campus communities through their teaching, scholarship, and service. Awardees are early-career faculty whose research focuses on contemporary American history, politics, culture, and society.

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Keywords:
humanities or social sciences - contemporary American history, politics, culture and society, sociology, anthropology, literature, art, gender studies, ethnic/diaspora studies - with an emphasis on scholarly topics that relate to the study of culture, equity, inclusion, civil rights, and education in the Americas

Application due:
12/01/25

Award amount:
$20,000