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Announcing the Graduate Professional Development Program

September 25, 2020

Announcing the Graduate Professional Development Program

Illustration with text: New Funding Opportuntities

The Global Arts + Humanities is pleased to announce our newest initiative, the Graduate Professional Development Program. The purpose of this program is to advance the mission, goals and diversity of the GAHDT by enhancing the professional development of graduate students (PhD and MFA) through their collaboration in cross-disciplinary research, educational programming and community engagement initiatives in the arts and humanities.

These Graduate Professional Development Fellowships aim to:

  • Embed graduate students in humanities and arts MFA or PhD programs in university entities/initiatives/ programs involved in cross-disciplinary research/creative work or community-university partnerships to facilitate the student’s professional development.
  • Establish a mentoring framework that will guide the student’s engagement, illustrate best practices and thresholds for achievement and hone praxis-based skills. Only principal investigators and faculty collaborators may serve as mentors.

Award conditions

  1. Proposals may request funding for a Graduate Professional Development Fellowship at 25% for one semester (spring 2021). Aligned with Graduate Administrative Associateships, these positions will follow the same guidance and policies established by the Graduate School (Section 9.2, Terms of Appointment, Reappointment or Termination). The university establishes a minimum stipend for GAAs of $4,320 for a semester-long 25% appointment with an average load of ten hours per week over the duration of the appointment period. Graduate Professional Administrative Associates may not hold an appointment for more than 75% time as a combination of appointments

  2. These positions will be distributed in spring 2021. Hiring units must undertake their own searches to make these appointments. The search should include a detailed description of the roles/tasks that the graduate student will undertake as part of their contribution to the relevant project, how the role will contribute to their professional development, and clarify the types of mentorship that will be made available.

  3. GAHDT plans to award 10-15 Graduate Professional Development Fellowships in 2020-21.


Timeline

  • Call for proposals issued: October 1, 2020
  • Deadline for proposals: November 1, 2020
  • Target date for decisions: November 20, 2020
  • Funds to be released: January 1, 2021