Event Details

End: December 12, 2022
More Info: https://www.bu.edu/ciss/2022/11/16/ciss-invites-applications-for-inaugural-cohort-of-postdoctoral-scholars/

The Center for Innovation in Social Science at Boston University was established by the College of Arts and Sciences in 2021 to support, incubate, and promote innovative interdisciplinary research in the social sciences. The Center has more than 70 faculty affiliates, a dozen graduate student affiliates, and postdoctoral fellows and visiting scholars. It also provides a forum for established and new workshops focused on cutting-edge topics in the social sciences, bringing together faculty and graduate students from multiple disciplines sharing substantive research interests ranging from social inequalities to health to climate change. The Center is now recruiting its inaugural cohort of two postdoctoral scholars whose research focuses on social and economic inequalities, broadly defined. Postdoctoral fellows will work closely with a faculty mentor, and will participate in professional development programs alongside participants in other postdoctoral programs in the College of Arts and Sciences at BU. (For a PDF of Call, see CISS Postdoctoral Scholar Call for Applications).

CISS invites promising early-career scholars from diverse disciplinary backgrounds to join a vibrant community committed to excellent, innovative research and teaching; interdisciplinary scholarship; and advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in the academy. CISS Postdoctoral Scholars will receive faculty mentoring, opportunities for teaching, professional development, and interdisciplinary networking. This program is open to all scholars who employ social science theories or methods in their work; we are particularly interested in outstanding scholars whose research spans disciplinary divisions.

Applications must be submitted by Monday, December 12, 2022. Please read the Eligibility Requirements, Application Requirements, and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) sections below before beginning your application.  All questions should be directed CISS Administrator Díana Hughes at ciss@bu.edu.

Terms of Appointment

Term Length

CISS Postdoctoral Scholars are appointed for a term of two years, with the possibility of applying for a third year. Scholars will be encouraged to seek external funding for a third year (workshops on grant and fellowship application writing are included in the program’s professional development workshops and supports). The position start date is September 1, 2023.

Compensation and Resources

CISS Postdoctoral Scholars whose appointments begin in the 2022-23 academic year receive an annual (12-month) stipend of $65,000, plus benefits. Scholars also receive an annual allowance of $3,000 for research expenses and a one-time computer allowance of up to $2,000.

Eligibility

For the current application period, CISS invites applications from early-career scholars who have completed (or will complete) their doctoral degree requirements between January 1, 2020 and September 1, 2023. Candidates will be asked to provide proof of completion of their doctoral degree requirements prior to the start of the program.

This program is open to all fields of inquiry represented in the social sciences but preference will be given to scholars whose research spans across traditional disciplinary divisions or modes of inquiry. If you have questions about whether your field of study is eligible, please contact the Center Director Deborah Carr at carrds@bu.edu.

Preference will be given to those candidates who have not yet held a postdoctoral position and who do not hold a tenure-track assistant professor faculty position. Current BU postdoctoral associates and fellows and candidates who received their Ph.D. from Boston University are not eligible. Applicants who received a bachelors or master’s degree from BU are eligible.

Candidates must be eligible to work in the United States by September 1, 2023. CISS does not provide visa sponsorship or work authorization.