Junior Faculty Manuscript and Research Colloquium
Assistant Professors and Associate Professors on Term in the FAS may be eligible for a one-time grant to support an occasion where they will receive high-level professional feedback on their academic work.
Junior Faculty Manuscript and Research Colloquium provides eligible faculty members with up to $3,000 in support of a pre-publication book colloquium or a small conference where the faculty member will receive in-depth engagement with their research. Funds may also be used to support participation in a mentoring workshop sponsored by, for example, an academic organization, learned society, or a funding agency such as the NIH or the NSF.
Eligibility
Each pre-tenure ladder faculty member in the FAS, who does not have access to colloquium funding from other university sources (such as the MacMillan Center Councils or research institutes and centers), is eligible to receive this grant once. Funds may only be used to support events where the faculty member will receive dedicated feedback on their work. Allowable costs include honoraria for outside readers, travel expenses, meals, or other necessary costs directly related to the event. Departments should be mindful of the FAS’s current budgetary guidelines when planning colloquia.
Application Process
Assistant Professors or Associate Professors on Term should confirm that they do not have access to colloquium funding from other university sources (such as the MacMillan Center Councils or research institutes and centers) before seeking Junior Faculty Manuscript and Research Colloquium funds. They should then confer with their mentors and chairs about the best timing and use of the funds. Events funded with this support should be timed to maximize the impact of the intellectual engagement with the scholar’s work prior to their formal review at Yale.
The department chair, with input from the Assistant Professor or Associate Professors on Term, will prepare a short written request and budget that describes the event, its participants, and the means by which engaged intellectual feedback will be offered to the faculty member. The department chair should confirm that the pre-tenure faculty member does not have access to colloquium funding from other university sources (such as the MacMillan Center Councils or research institutes and centers).
Prior to the event, chairs should send requests directly to sal2.fas@yale.edu with Junior Faculty Manuscript and Research Colloquium in the subject line. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
Faculty Experiences
Participants reflect on their Junior Faculty Manuscript and Research Colloquium
Joseph Fischel, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
"My colleagues—fantastic feminist scholars working across political theory, literary theory, Black Studies—generatively challenged my ideas and encouraged me to flesh out and broaden the book’s arguments."
Samuel Hodgkin, Comparative Literature
"My manuscript colloquium was a wonderful opportunity to get a sense of how my work might be received in the different scholarly conversations to which I planned to contribute, and to fine-tune my book for those readerships."
Yukiko Koga, Anthropology
“The manuscript colloquium was absolutely invaluable! [It] was essential for understanding which part of my manuscript required some tweaking or reframing so that my messages would reach my readers more effectively.”
Erika Valdivieso, Classics
“The manuscript colloquium was extremely helpful and generated high-level feedback. It helped me see how to shape the book for an interdisciplinary audience and how to effectively communicate the stakes for that audience.”
Contact
If you have any questions about the Junior Faculty Manuscript and Research Colloquium, please email sal2.fas@yale.edu.