Faculty Fellowships

The application cycle for Fellowships is now closed.

We are thrilled to announce that the application cycle for CRE² Faculty Fellowships is now open! As part of our commitment to expanding support for impactful scholarship, we are excited to introduce a new component to our fellowship program.

Starting this cycle, we will be accepting fellows in both the Fall 2025 and Spring 2026 semesters. This change aims to provide greater flexibility and increased opportunities for faculty to engage with and benefit from our Fellowship program.

While we cannot guarantee placement in your preferred semester, we invite you to indicate your preference when applying. We will do our best to accommodate your choice.

While research is at the core of ongoing faculty activities and intellectual life, time to devote solely to research can be transformative in generating unique scholarly interventions. That time is what CRE² Faculty Fellowships provides. Fellowships also foster connections, catalyze new conversations in the study of race and ethnicity, and create lasting collaborative scholarly and professional partnerships.

Fellows will be released from their ordinary teaching, service, and administrative obligations. Fellows will have access to office and meeting space at CRE². Fellows will be released from their ordinary teaching, service, and administrative obligations. Fellows will participate in and lead collaborative workshops and seminars and will be integral to the CRE² intellectual community. Each Fellow will have an opportunity to lead a workshop on their own research and scholarship; this workshop will be open to CRE² Faculty Affiliates and the Fellow’s own invited guests.

Eligibility

Only CRE² Faculty Affiliates are eligible to apply for Faculty Fellowships. Applicants must be Affiliates at the time of their application. Affiliates are welcome and encouraged to apply for Faculty Fellowships and all other CRE² funding opportunities. However, Affiliates who have not received CRE² funding (with the exception of Small Grants) will be given priority.

Proposal Submission and Notification

The submission cycle for Fellowships is now closed.

Review and Selection

The following criteria will be used in evaluating the proposals by an Appointed Faculty Fellow
Selection Committee:

The overall quality and significance of the proposed research
The usefulness of the Fellowship at this stage in the applicant’s project
The potential of the proposed work to advance the applicant’s overall research program
The potential of the proposed work to advance the broader study of race/ethnicity

Fellow Obligations

Fellows must be in residence at Washington University during the Fellowship period.

Fellows will be released from teaching and service obligations during their Fellowship semester.

Fellows must lead a workshop focused on their research during the Fellowship semester. This workshop should align with the workshop statement in the application.
Fellows must attend the workshops given by other Fellows.
Fellows must attend at least two CRE² sponsored events during the Fellowship semester.
Fellows must submit a 500-word final report including any grant proposals, publications, exhibitions, or other scholarly products submitted or in preparation within two months after the end date of their fellowship and will notify CRE² of any proposals, exhibitions, and other scholarly products subsequently submitted or awarded/accepted. Fellows’ papers, publications, and other scholarly products will acknowledge the CRE² Faculty Fellowship support using the statement, “This work has been funded by the Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity at Washington University in St. Louis Faculty Fellowship Program but the views remain those of the author(s).”

Cover Sheet

Before applying, please download the cover sheet to be signed by your department chair or Dean. You will be asked to upload the completed and signed coversheet during the application process:

Download cover sheet PDF

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