University of Michigan 2021 LSA Collegiate Fellowship

LSA offers its students an outstanding undergraduate education in the liberal arts at a premier research institution, and is dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive scholarly environment. The purpose of the LSA Collegiate Fellows program is to support exceptional scholars in all liberal arts fields who are committed to diversity in the academy and to prepare those scholars for possible tenure-track appointments in LSA at the University of Michigan.

• Table of Content
• About University of Michigan
• LSA Collegiate Fellowship
• Aim and Benefits of LSA Collegiate Fellowship
• Requirements for LSA Collegiate Fellowship Qualification
• Documents Required for Application
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About University of Michigan

The University of Michigan is a public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Founded in 1817 in Detroit, as the Catholepistemiad, or the University of Michigania, 20 years before the territory became a state, the university is Michigan's oldest.

LSA Collegiate Fellowship

Aim and Benefits of LSA Collegiate Fellowship

 Predoctoral fellows will receive a starting salary of $50,000 plus benefits.

Requirements for LSA Collegiate Fellowship Qualification

For applicants in the natural sciences, doctoral degrees should be completed between January 1, 2017 and July 1, 2022;

For applicants in the social sciences or humanities, doctoral degrees should be completed between January 1, 2019 and July 1, 2022 (August 31, 2022 for applicants in the Department of Economics). 

Individuals awarded a PhD from U-M or currently holding a postdoctoral, faculty, or staff position at U-M are not eligible.

Predoctoral fellowships may be available in economics and political science; doctoral degree must be completed by July 1, 2023.

Documents Required for Application

A complete submission will consist of:

1. Curriculum vitae
2. Research proposal that outlines your scholarly work and includes your research plan for the fellowship period (2-3 pages; references, citations, formulas, and graphics do not count toward the page limit).
3. Diversity statement that includes your demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion through scholarship/research, and/or teaching/mentoring, and/or service/engagement. There may be some overlap with your research proposal and teaching statements (1-3 pages).
4. Teaching statement that describes your teaching philosophy, which may incorporate experience from formal or informal teaching and mentoring opportunities (1-3 pages).
5. Dissertation abstract (1 page).
6. Writing sample (1-2 samples; 35 pages maximum per writing sample. Examples include published or unpublished research paper, journal article, dissertation chapter. References, citations, formulas, appendices, and graphics do not count toward the page limit).
7. Three letters of reference (Letter writers must submit letters of reference by October 7, 2021)

Application Deadline

How to Apply

Most applications for the 2021–2022 LSA Collegiate Fellows program are due Monday, October 4, 2021 at 11:59 PM (EDT), with reference letters due Thursday, October 7, 2021 at 11:59 PM (EDT).

Applications and reference letters for candidates for the Departments of Earth and Environmental Sciences; Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Economics; Biophysics; Mathematics; Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology; Statistics; and Physics are due Monday, November 1, 2021 at 11:59 PM (EDT).

For more details, visit University of Michigan website.