CAS
Fellows are untenured UIUC faculty members with the rank of assistant professor.
With the Professors and Associates, they form the intellectual core of the Center
for Advanced Study community. Fellows also participate in a yearly roundtable
discussion of research interests. Fellows are invited to participate in CAS
events, and are given opportunities to present their work to the CAS community.
These release-time appointments to pursue an individual scholarly or creative
project are for one semester. Appointments must be taken during the academic
year for which they are awarded. Candidates who wish to defer their appointments
must reapply in a subsequent competition.
Successful candidates are
asked to prepare an early description of their projects for publicity purposes;
and short reports on their achievements at the end of their appointments.
Selection
Criteria
Selection criteria include your record of accomplishment in areas related to
your proposal, significance of the proposed project, and the quality of your
plans to carry it out. Comments of referees receive careful consideration.
Applicants are compared within and across disciplinary and professional areas.
Please note that it is unusual for the selection committee to consider proposals
from assistant professors in their first or second years at UIUC. Administrative
officers in campus units are invited to nominate up to two promising untenured
Assistant Professors from their units.
