The UNC Department of Geography recruits applicants to the Carolina Postdoctoral Program for Faculty Diversity (CPPFD), a prestigious 2-year postdoc that has the goal of preparing recent PhDs for tenure track appointments at UNC. Our department has previously used this mechanism multiple times to make tenure-track hires, and we hope to recruit another such scholar this year. The target applicants are US-born scholars from groups that are underrepresented in the academy. This is a full-time research appointment with no service obligations and the option of teaching a maximum of one course per year.  Applicants who plan to rank Geography as their first choice placement at UNC should contact Geography Diversity Liaison Clark Gray (cgray@email.unc.edu) and/or potential faculty mentors in the department.

Stipend: $47,476 per calendar year, plus $2,000 per year fund for research expenses and travel.

Eligibility: Applicants must have completed their doctoral degree within the past five years and no later than July 1st of the award year. The primary criterion for selection is evidence of scholarship potentially competitive for tenure track appointments at the University of North Carolina and other research universities.

Application materials

Cover letter addressed to Vice Chancellor for Research

Curriculum vitae

A statement of research plans (1-3 pages)

A contribution to diversity statement on why you should be selected for this program (1–3 pages)

Writing samples (e.g., publications and/or dissertation chapters)

Two references for letters of recommendation

All Materials must be submitted through online application system to be accepted: https://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/148285

 

Deadline: The next application deadline is November 15, 2018 at 11:59 EST.  Applications are accepted September 15th-November 15th.