Faculty Fellows/Professorships

Course releases for mentored , new interdisciplinary projects to build a novel line of sustainable research
Eligibility: PSU social and behavioral science faculty at University Park and the College of Medicine
Financial support range: Up to 16,000

The mentored Faculty Fellows award supports training in a new area of research and/or the development of new interdisciplinary collaborations aimed at building sustainable research and securing external funding.

Professorship focused on developing research focused on relationships between the human brain and human behavior (psychological and brain science)
Eligibility: Faculty at University Park and the College of Medicine who are within 10 years of having completed the Ph.D. at the start of the award period
Financial support range: up to $20,000 per year for 3 years

This Professorship will allow expenditures related to salary supplementation of the PI (to include course release for the PI during a semester of grant writing),  education and travel expense, research and support services expense and support for students who are assisting the PI.

Fellowship providing course release and community collaboration funds. Commonwealth campuses encouraged to apply
Eligibility: Faculty at University Park and Commonwealth Campuses
Financial support range: Course releases up to $15,000 Community Fund up to $5,000

The Community Fellows Program, a funding mechanism of Penn State’s Consortium for Substance Use and Addiction (CSUA) and the Social Science Research Institute (SSRI), provides support for faculty seeking to develop university-community collaborations that address harmful substance use, misuse, and addiction, and its spillover effects to families and communities.