The College's Office of Public Engagement is excited to announce the 2022 Public Engagement Faculty Fellows Program. Public Engagement Fellows will play an important role in helping the College of Education delineate values and definitions for publicly engaged research, outline indicators and metrics for publicly engaged scholars in the tenure process, and engage their communities in ways consistent with the values framework defined by the committee of Fellows and Public Engagement staff. We are pleased to offer modest grants of $6,500 to support fellows’ community engaged research work.
Fellows will work collaboratively at the college level, but successful candidates are also expected to have their own community-engaged research projects with an educational community partner. Educational community partners include schools, educational nonprofits, after school programs, summer camps, and community colleges located in Illinois. Projects will serve as case studies to inform the values framework, definitions, and metrics.
The Public Engagement Fellows Program is open to full-time faculty (tenure-track, specialized, etc.) with their primary appointment in the College of Education. A maximum of three faculty fellows will be selected for the 2022-2023 academic year. Faculty at the assistant professor level (tenure-track, specialized, etc.) are especially encouraged to apply.
View full program details here.
Important dates:
Applications open: December 1, 2021
Applications due: January 9, 2022
Fellows announced: February 2022
Fellowship dates: Fall and Spring Semesters 2022-2023 (starting August 2022)
To apply, complete the 2022 Public Engagement Faculty Fellows Program application fully and submit by Sunday, January 9, 2022, at 11:59 p.m. for consideration.
Please email Emily Stone, Director of Public Engagement, at ers@illinois.edu with any questions.
