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Searle Fellows Program

Launching Learning & Teaching Leaders

Since 1999, the Searle Fellows Program has been a university-wide initiative for early career research- and teaching-line faculty with the mission to cultivate a community of learning & teaching leaders at Northwestern who exemplify excellence and benefit from a shared year-long experience of pedagogical experimentation, critical reflection, and joyful celebration.

Applications for the next academic year are due June 15th.

PROGRAM DETAILS

Location
Locations vary

Size & Format
In-person: ~16 faculty participants

Dates & Times
Associated events occur throughout fall, winter, and spring quarters.

Audience
Early Career Research- and Teaching-line Faculty

The Searle Fellows Program is a time-honored Northwestern professional development initiative that recognizes and supports the great promise of early career faculty members who will make significant and long-term contributions to Northwestern University. 

Since 1999, the Searle Fellows Program’s mission has been to cultivate a community of learning & teaching leaders at Northwestern who exemplify excellence and benefit from a shared year-long experience of pedagogical experimentation, critical reflection, and joyful celebration. Over 300 faculty have completed the Searle Fellows Program since its inception. 

Participation in the Searle Fellows Program is often highlighted in promotion and tenure dossiers. Past participants routinely report a positive impact of their participation on the progress of their academic careers. 

Any early career faculty member at Northwestern who is working towards their next career milestone is eligible to apply. 

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