2024 Early Career Faculty Impact Fellowship: Advancing Research and Scholarship to Action
Applications for the Early Career Faculty Impact Fellowship are now closed. Join the Columbia World Projects newsletter to be notified when the next application cycle will open.
What will it take to solve the urgent challenges of our time? How can universities enable their rich academic assets to identify solutions to complex issues, such as climate change, income inequality, democratic renewal, and preparedness for pandemics? How can universities leverage academic expertise to support the design, implementation, and evaluation of solutions to major challenges?
The Early Career Faculty Impact Fellowship: Advancing Research and Scholarship to Action is a part-time, year-long program from Columbia World Projects (CWP) for early career faculty at Columbia University. The Fellowship will support faculty in deepening their expertise in interdisciplinary, applied research for social impact.
Early career faculty across all Columbia University schools and affiliates, centers and departments are eligible to apply.
2023-2024 Early Career Faculty Impact Fellows
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A Kayum Ahmed
Mailman School of Public HealthRead Full Bio arrow_right_altA. Kayum Ahmed, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at Columbia University's school of public health where he teaches health and human rights advocacy. In addition to his faculty appointment...
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Nkemka Anyiwo
School of Social WorkRead Full Bio arrow_right_altNkemka Anyiwo is an artist and youth advocate who is dedicated to supporting Black youth in cultivating loving and culturally affirmed realities where they can holistically thrive.
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Elizabeth M. Cook
Barnard CollegeRead Full Bio arrow_right_altElizabeth Cook is Assistant Professor of Environmental Science at Barnard College and an urban ecosystem scientist with interdisciplinary expertise in social and natural sciences, including...
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Rachel Cummings
School of Engineering and Applied ScienceRead Full Bio arrow_right_altRachel Cummings’ research interests lie primarily in data privacy, with connections to machine learning, algorithmic economics, optimization, statistics, and information theory.
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Nour Makarem
Mailman School of Public HealthRead Full Bio arrow_right_altNour Makarem is a cardiovascular epidemiologist. Her research sits at the intersection of preventive cardiology, sleep and circadian science, nutrition, and epigenetics.
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Hugo Sarmiento
Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and PreservationRead Full Bio arrow_right_altHugo Sarmiento is an Assistant Professor at Columbia GSAPP. His research critically examines the relationship between planning for climate change, natural disasters, and spatial inequalities...
The fellowship begins in spring 2024 with four distinct program phases:
- Applied Workshop and Seminar Series (Spring 2024)
- Up to $5,000 Summer Planning Grant and Project Planning (Summer 2024)
- Continuation of Applied Workshops and Seminars, and Proposal Development, Presentations, and Feedback (Fall 2024-Spring 2025)
- Up to $20,000 Seed Grant, and Project Development and Implementation (Spring 2025)
Program participants will explore key topics to strengthen their ability to address complex societal challenges, which may include developing effective partnerships with organizations and stakeholders outside of the university; power dynamics and equity in research and practice; human-centered project design; and project planning, development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, and scaling.
Columbia World Projects’ education, leadership and training opportunities are designed to advance human welfare and confront the great challenges of our time. As a hub for social impact thought and activities, CWP supports the University’s students, researchers, and scholars to pursue bold solutions to the pressing challenges of our time.
Eligibility and application process
The program welcomes applications from full-time, assistant and associate professors who have received their highest academic degree within the last 10 years. Exceptions to this timeline will be considered to accommodate career-specific trajectories or other circumstances.
Applications for the Early Career Faculty Impact Fellowship are now closed. Join the Columbia World Projects newsletter to be notified when the next application cycle will open.
Applicants will be asked to share their social impact area of interest and research, motivation, and desired learning. They will also be asked about their initial project idea and partners; however, a defined project and partnerships do not have to be in place to be eligible to apply. A curriculum vitae and the name and contact information of a Columbia faculty advisor, Dean, or Head of Department, who has agreed to provide support to the fellow throughout the year, is also required. This individual may be contacted by the fellowship program if the applicant is short-listed and interviewed as part of the application review process.
A review panel will evaluate the applications and short-list candidates, who will be interviewed. Fellowship participants will be notified in March 2024.
For inquiries please write to [email protected]