With funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF), AISES can support registration and travel for early-career faculty, post-doctoral professionals, and graduate students in engineering to attend the 2021 Engineering Faculty Career Workshop before the 2021 AISES Leadership Summit. The Workshop will be held on Thursday, April 1, 2021. The Leadership Summit will be held Friday, April 2 and 9, 2021.
ASSIST Eligibility Requirements
Applicants for ASSIST must be early-career faculty members, post-doctoral professionals, or graduate students, and must meet the following criteria:
- Faculty applicants must have held their appointment for five years or less.
- Faculty and post-doctoral applicants must hold engineering appointments in an ABET accredited institution; and faculty from two-year colleges must teach STEM-related courses.
- Post-doctoral applicants must have completed a Ph.D. in engineering within 48 months prior to their application.
- Graduate students must be within one year of graduating with an engineering degree, in good academic standing, and enrolled as full or part time students.
Application Process
A complete application to participate includes:
- Responses to a short set of eligibility questions.
- Statement of Interest - describe what you hope to gain by participating in the event and how the experience will benefit you and your career.
- Statement of Diversity Contribution - describe your contributions to engineering diversity as well as your future diversity-related goals.
- NSF Bio – A biographical sketch that adheres to NSF guidelines.
Applications to attend AISES' Engineering Faculty Career Workshop will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Registration for this event is now open!