Summer Institute on Tenure & Professional Advancement
The Summer Institute on Tenure and Professional Advancement (SITPA) at Duke University is a mentoring and professional socialization initiative that facilitates the successful transition from junior faculty status to tenured associate professor for a broad group of early career faculty. The Institute is open to faculty members in their first or second year in a tenure track position in an accredited U.S. based college or university, who are from underrepresented groups or otherwise support the diversity missions of their institutions. SITPA seeks to help remedy the persistent underrepresentation of various racial and ethnic minority groups on the faculties of U.S. colleges and universities.
A required 3 day workshop on earning tenure, held on Duke's campus. Please note, depending on Duke's Covid-19 protocol at that time, the workshop may be remote.
24 months of mentoring from a senior faculty in your discipline
Consultations on select research and/or teaching projects
Untenured faculty entering their first, or currently in their first year of a tenure-track position at an accredited U.S. based college or university, who are from underrepresented groups or who otherwise support the diversity missions of their institutions, are eligible to apply.
Please note, applications are closed for 2021 due to the global pandemic. We are hoping to re-open the application cycle in 2022. Thank you for your understanding.
