September 19-22, 2023

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Deadline for applications extended: July 7, 2023 at 5pm EST

Cornell Future Faculty Symposium is a program for graduating doctoral students and advanced-level postdoctoral fellows interested in exploring faculty careers at Cornell University and cultivating relationships with hiring departments. The three-day symposium seeks to  

• Provide the opportunity to establish research relationships with current faculty and research centers at Cornell 
• Showcase the research of exceptional early-career scholars  
• Invite participants to explore future faculty career opportunities at Cornell 

Participants will spend time on the Ithaca Campus, meeting with colleagues, mentors, and peers in their disciplines, sharing their research, hearing about opportunities, and preparing to launch their job search path into academia.  Twenty applicants will be selected to participate in the program.

Participants will:  

• Meet colleagues, mentors, and peers in their disciplines to forge connections and collaborations 
• Understand how to establish and maintain a successful research program and productive academic career 
• Learn about the faculty search process and prepare materials for launching their academic job search 
• Understand and plan for the rigors of a faculty career at R1 research institutions, including Cornell in respective fields 

Participants Eligibility Criteria

• Advanced trainees considering academia, including those ready to apply for faculty positions and those who may apply in the next five years
• Research in a scholarly field at Cornell in participating departments
• Hight interest in pursuing a faculty career
• Commitment to Cornell’s founding principle – any person, any study – participating actively in teaching, research, and service in ways that contribute to diversity
• Able to commit to attending the program

Participating Departments

Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Cornell’s Robert Frederick Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (CBE) is a gateway to a wide variety of exciting possibilities. Chemical and biomolecular engineers have a significant role in formulating solutions to many of the world’s problems. Our graduates are involved in the production of food, pharmaceuticals, energy, electronics, innovative materials, and consumer products. They contribute markedly in research labs, government agencies, production facilities, research hospitals, and academic institutions.

Information Science

Information Science examines information systems in their social, cultural, economic, historical, legal, and political contexts. Studying technology and the ways in which technology is used is essential to the field. Our 42 faculty members are leaders in their respective fields within Information Science’s interdisciplinary structure, specializing in areas like machine learning, artificial intelligence, human-computer interaction, ubiquitous computing, user-experience design, tech-law policy, and much more.

Microbiology

Our faculty teach a wide portfolio of microbiology courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels. We also serve as the home department for the Graduate Field of Microbiology (with over 40 affiliated faculty members) and provide a center of expertise for numerous aspects of microbial biology. Research within our department is focused on prokaryotic molecular biology and environmental microbiology.

We are especially interested in identifying candidates working in the areas of either quantitative biomedical sciences or infection biology, both of which fall squarely within our department’s areas of interest.

Microbiology and Immunology

The Department of Microbiology and Immunology comprises an interactive faculty engaged in research in infectious disease and host immune response. We study a range of pathogens, including viruses, bacteria and parasites, and other insults such as toxins. Our immunology interests stretch from understanding immune protection to vaccine development. We plan to hire at the assistant professor level in the area of infection biology and immunology.

Molecular Biology and Genetics

The Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics engages in cutting-edge research, training, and teaching to solve basic questions in the life sciences and to apply biological knowledge to critical medical, agricultural and environmental problems. Our goal is to inspire the next generation of scientists, teachers, and communicators by providing research mentorship and classroom instruction in biochemistry, bioinformatics, cell biology, genetics, and molecular biology and by initiating and participating in collaborative research across the Cornell campuses.

There is significant excitement and energy in the department for building relationships with emerging scholars research interests in the areas of quantitative biomedical sciences.