<div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Passing on information about a program that I participated in last year and was very helpful for me in securing an assistant professor position:</font></span></p><p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p><p style="margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Dear Colleagues,</span><u></u><u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></font></p><p style="margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">We are excited to invite applicants for our second cohort of a professional development program at UMass Amherst: </span><i><span style="color:rgb(32,33,36)">UNVEIL: Revealing the hidden curriculum of faculty job application, intervie</span><span style="color:rgb(32,33,36)">wing and negotiation to contribute to diversifying scientific leadership.</span></i><u></u><u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></font></p><p style="margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(32,33,36)">The main goal of this program is to increase diversity among faculty and scientific leadership in the Natural Sciences, with a specific focus on groups under-represented in their fields. The program provides training to early career researchers to help them excel during the application and faculty interview process by exposing admitted fellows to the same components that they will experience during the faculty job process. The program is open to postdoctoral fellows and finishing graduate students residing in North America, with priority given to applicants planning to pursue jobs in the 2024-2025 academic year (see more details on eligibility at the link below). </span><span style="color:black">For this year’s cohort, participating departments are Environmental Conservation, Biology, and Earth, Geographic and Climate Sciences. </span><u></u><u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></font></p><p style="margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">More details on programmatic activities, eligibility, focal sub-fields, and the application can be accessed here: </span><b><a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforms.gle%2FSaGv3PyHhGpfL8ep8&data=05%7C02%7Ccooke%40umass.edu%7Ca03499b1325b4f253ae508dc5bbfc0d4%7C7bd08b0b33954dc194bbd0b2e56a497f%7C0%7C0%7C638486126331761066%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=dWgolXlnNbbGVL9GxK2lwjABByIDf4EZq4Sp7WLrbVE%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">https://forms.gle/SaGv3PyHhGpfL8ep8</a></b><span style="color:black">. The </span><span style="color:rgb(32,33,36)">deadline for applications is <b>May 3rd, 2024</b>. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p style="margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></font></p><p style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:rgb(32,33,36)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">This program is sponsored by the National Science Foundation Divisions of Biological Sciences and Geosciences, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Gilliam Program, the UMass Amherst Office of Equity & Inclusion and Graduate School Office of Professional Development, and the departments of Environmental Conservation, Biology, and Earth, Geographic and Climate Sciences.<u></u><u></u></font></span></p><p style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></font></p><p style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:rgb(32,33,36)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Any questions can be directed to Dr. Lisa Komoroske, program director at </font></span><a href="mailto:lkomoroske@umass.edu">lkomoroske@umass.edu</a></p><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div></div></div></div>