Faculty Fellowship

About the Center CIRCL Faculty Fellowships

Center CIRCL Faculty Fellows hold full time positions at New York University Washington Square Campus, and can be pre-tenure or post-tenure, and from the tenure-track and clinical faculty. There will be up to 2-3 Faculty Fellows selected. Faculty Fellows will receive one course release per year of their fellowship, and one month of summer salary per year of their fellowship. (Course releases are in AY26 and 27; summer salary in 2026 and 2027). There are some stipulations to the course release as detailed here. 

This is a competitive Fellowship Program and we will receive more applications from eligible candidates than we can appoint. Applicants will not receive feedback or a rationale from the committee if they are not selected. 

*Please review the stipulations for faculty course releases here. 

Part 1: Project Overview

Within the application portal, you will be asked to provide the following: 

• Title of proposed project

• Project key words

• Provide a 3-4 sentence project abstract

Part 2: Applicant Questionnaire

Within the application portal, you will be asked to complete the following applicant questionnaire: 

1. In the first year of the project, Fellows meet regularly to form a community of support as Fellows work on independent projects. In year two, Fellows bring those projects to the public, either through workshops, performances, installations, walking tours, readings, or other events. What will be the public-facing aspect to share the work of your project in year two?

2. This fellowship is both for scholars who firmly locate their work in the field of Indigenous Studies, and for those who are starting to think of their work in relation to Indigenous Studies. How does your broader work engage in the field of Indigenous Studies? If you are just beginning to engage in Indigenous Studies, what brings you to the field, and how do you think about your responsibilities as a newcomer to the field? 

3. This fellowship is both for Indigenous scholars, and for non-Indigenous scholars who are working in ethical relation to Indigenous communities. Tell us about your connections to Indigenous communities.

4. A goal of this fellowship is to create an intellectual community of scholars, artists, writers, and researchers engaging in projects related to the biennial theme. What might you bring to such a community? What might benefit you in being part of such a community? 

5. This fellowship is for faculty who are able to commit two academic years to being a Center CIRCL Fellow. During year one, Fellows will meet once a week at the Center CIRCL offices. During year two, Fellows will be working on their public-facing elements of their projects, and will meet once a quarter in addition to encouraged attendance for other Fellows’ installations, readings, performances, and other public events. Are you able to make this commitment? Is there anything coming up in the next two academic years that might mean time away or an interruption to your participation in the Fellowship? (This would not automatically exclude you eligibility to be a Fellow, but we would like to know at the outset).

6. This fellowship will be a regular activity of Center CIRCL; a new cohort will be selected based on a new biennial theme every two years. Is this the right time for you to do this fellowship? Tell us why you feel this is the right time in your career to do this fellowship. 

7. An optional additional opportunity in the community-based fellowship is to work with other Fellows to organize a special issue of American Indian Quarterly, and to contribute an article for publication. What about this specific component of the fellowship would help you to move your work forward?

Part 3: Project Proposal

Within the application portal, you will be asked to provide a project proposal (3-4 double-spaced pages) that is connected the biennial theme, This City is So Indigenous. Your Proposal plan should answer the following questions:

a) What will be your fellowship project and how is it meaningfully connected to the biennial theme: “This City is So Indigenous” ?

b) How will you spend your time? Provide a timeline for the two years, which includes being present for weekly meetings during year 1, and quarterly meetings in year 2. 

c) How might you share your fellowship project in the public in year 2? This might represent a stretch or departure from the typical ways you have engaged in knowledge mobilization in the past, or an extension of your best practices.

Part 4: Recent Publications

Within the application portal, you will be asked to provide (2) recent publications that give us a sense of who you are as a writer and scholar.

Part 5: Résumé / CV

Within the application portal, you will be asked to upload your Résumé/CV. 

Click Below to Download a PDF copy of the Faculty Application for your reference.

Please note PDF is for your reference only, applications are only accepted through the application portal above.