IAS Faculty Fellowship - Application Instructions

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Start New Application

Click on the link above, or follow these instructions.

Go to https://wf.umn.edu/wfgen
Choose “Institute for Advanced Study - FACULTY FELLOWSHIP” from the Process list in the upper left corner.
Click on “New request: Launch a new request.”

Edit Existing Application

Go to https://wf.umn.edu/wfgen
Choose “Institute for Advanced Study - FACULTY FELLOWSHIP” from the Process list in the upper left corner.
Click on “My actions to do.”
Click on the link in the “Action” column. On the next screen, you will see your application.

Using the "Support Person" function

If you would like to designate someone to work as a support person for your application, you can do so in the "Support Person" field of your application. This person can work on the application (for example, to upload attachments) but may not start an application nor submit it. Only one person may work on the application at a time. If you have sent the application to your support person, that person must send the application back to you or you will not have access to it. Please be sure that your support person is available to work on the proposal and will be able to send it back to you before the submission deadline of October 23.

Check Application Status

Go to https://wf.umn.edu/wfgen
Choose “Institute for Advanced Study - FACULTY FELLOWSHIP” from the Process list
Click on “My requests in progress”
View the columns shown.

Deadlines

Faculty member submits application to approvers: Friday, October 23, by midnight. Please note that the submission system "time limit" function is incorrect. It is listing applications that have not been submitted as past due. Submissions are accepted unti midnight Friday October 23.
Department/Division approver reviews application and either approves or declines by Tuesday, October 27.
Collegiate/School/Chancellor approver reviews application and either approves or declines by Wednesday, November 4.
Approved applications are automatically routed to the IAS. Decisions will be announced by mid-January

Hard copy applications will be accepted only by special arrangement.

Required Attachments

Required attachments must be saved as PDFs. Creating PDF documents. When naming your attachments, please include your name with a one-word descriptor, e.g. JDoe_application.pdf.

Two attachments are required:
Fellowship application. This should be one document that consists of the following parts: An abstract of your proposal, which should not exceed 200 words, and a description of the project, which should not exceed 1,500 words.
Complete curriculum vitae.

Fellowship Application

Your application should be one document, which includes these components:

• An abstract of your proposal, which should not exceed 200 words.

• Description of the project (no longer than 1,500 words) of the research or creative project that will be undertaken during the period of residence and a discussion of the ways that residency in the Institute for Advanced Study specifically would advance the project. Either specify the interdisciplinary nature of your project, or discuss how residency at the IAS would be particularly beneficial for your work.

• If your project has a connection to to one of the Institute's research/creative collaboratives or to the theme of the University Symposium on Abundance & Scarcity, please describe the connection. If your work is related to one of the Quadrant project groups, please indicate that. There is no requirement that faculty fellows be affiliated with a collaborative, the symposium, or a Quadrant group, but if you see such connections, we want to know about them.

Curriculum Vitae

• Submit your full vita.

Approver Routing

The following Approval are required to ensure that appropriate administrators are aware of the proposal and approve of the release from teaching for a semester:

• Division or Department Head/Chair.
• Dean or Chancellor. List of Dean/Chancellor approvers.

It is strongly recommended that you check with your respective departmental division/college/school offices to confirm the identity of your approvers, and to check their availability for approvals by the departmental deadline of October 27 and college/school deadline of November 4. Applications will NOT automatically route to an alternate approver.

Routing to Approvers

• You will not be able to edit your application after routing it to approvers!
• Enter internet ID (x500 only) for each approver (click on enter button), then click "Submit to Approvers" button at the bottom of the online application form when you are ready to route to approvers. Verify that application will be routed to correct approvers.
• Each approver will receive an email with a link to your application notifying them that the application is ready for his or her approval.
• Approvals are done sequentially. When your Chair/Head approves the application, it routes automatically to the Dean/Chancellor. When the Dean/Chancellor approves it, it will route to the IAS. If your application is denied by either approver, it will route no further.
• As each approval is completed, you will receive an email message notifying you that your application has been approved or not and, if approved, has been routed for further consideration.