University of Southern California

Timeline for Selection

Eligibility

To be eligible for selection as a Faculty Fellow, one must be a full-time tenured Full Professor, a full-time tenured Associate Professor, or a member of the full-time non tenure-track faculty with at least six years of service at USC, who:

Nomination Form

Calls for nominations for Faculty Fellows are issued by the Provost in a memorandum to the faculty. To apply, a faculty member must complete a nomination form (Microsoft Word document).

About the Appointment

A CET Fellowship appointment is for three years. It carries with it an award of $7,500 over three years that may be used as an unrestricted research grant.

Upon completion of their three-year term the Fellows retain their affiliation with CET by becoming Distinguished Fellows.

Criteria for Selection

The selection of Fellows is a highly selective process based on merit. Candidates should provide evidence of both exceptional teaching and outstanding research, and are also evaluated for their potential to be highly proactive in engaging other faculty to find ways to institutionalize successfully the encouragement, support, and reward of teaching and thus to transform the university.

Specifically, candidates should demonstrate:

Preference is given to otherwise qualified candidates who present a compelling vision of excellence in teaching (for example, by including with their application a proposed plan of action as a CET Fellow).

After an initial review of written applications, a group of candidate finalists will be invited for an interview with Faculty Fellows and CET staff to complete the selection process.