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This new program will create a network of underrepresented scholars for professional mentorship and development. There is a pressing need to support diverse junior scholars in a broad range of activities as they progress through the ranks of academia, and institutions should create spaces of community where both joys and struggles can be shared and the unspoken expectations of the academy addressed. Early-career scholars of color, first-generation and other underrepresented academics are often called on to do uncompensated and unacknowledged emotional/interpersonal labor which can present significant obstacles to their professional advancement and, reciprocally, to their potentially transformative impact on the university as an institution. In its 18-month pilot phase beginning in late summer 2021 and extending through December 31, 2022, the Underrepresented Scholars Mentorship Program will support a small group of four early-career scholars from around the UC system, led by two to four tenured faculty mentors. Recent UCHRI programs—a major UC Diversity Symposium, a Residential Research Group on Disciplining Diversity, and a multi-year Digital Humanities program—illuminated the interest in cross-campus networks among underrepresented faculty, particularly across rank and discipline.
Eligible Applicants: UC Ladder Rank Faculty and Lecturers
Maximum Award: Mentors and mentees will be financially compensated in the form of research funds for their participation in the program ($1250 for mentors, $750 for mentees). Once pandemic-related UC travel restrictions are lifted, all participants will receive stipends to cover any travel costs associated with potential in-person gatherings.
Application Deadline: Monday, April 5, 2021
Award Announced (Expected): May 2021
Funding Source: UCHRI/UCOP
Final awards for all of our grants are contingent upon available funding. Funding must be spent in accordance with all applicable UC rules and regulations.
Applications must be submitted online via Submittable by 11:59 PM (Pacific time) on the deadline date.
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