CALL: Various Upcoming Fellowships

The Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities (a2ru) seeks an experienced, visionary leader who can advance its growth and provide leadership in fostering interdisciplinary collaboration to improve the culture of higher education; and infuse a growing organization on the vanguard of research, teaching, and practice with an entrepreneurial, collaborative spirit. A cover letter is required for consideration for this position and should be attached as the first page of your resume. The cover letter should address your specific interest in the position and outline skills and experience that directly relate to this position. Applicants may apply through the University of Michigan’s application system. Find full job description and apply.

The Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities, in partnership with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, is hosting a series of town hall gatherings across the country sustain a national dialogue about arts integration calibrated for each campus and its community. Find more information on the a2ru website.

After a brief hiatus, a2ru is reconstituting its research committee. a2ru’s research committee helps drive a2ru intellectually, diversifies its initiatives, provides a foundation for a2ru community, and supports events and initiatives including the development of special topics of interest to a2ru partners. To learn more, express interest, or nominate someone else, please visit this link.

Are you interested in increasing the quality and availability of scholarship and resources about research impacts?  If so, consider applying to become a Fellow of the ARIS Center.  Awarded Fellows will 1) synthesize existing scholarly work and package evidence about research impact practices into easily applied tools that can be used by the research community to improve research impacts design and practice; or 2) conduct innovative scholarship that explores new horizons and advances knowledge about research impacts. Awarded Fellows will create products such as guidance documents, white papers, scholarly articles, decision support tools, multimedia supports, instructive videos, or other creative and scholarly outputs. Find more info and apply online.

As part of the Creating Healthy Communities: Arts + Public Health in America initiative, the University of Florida Center for Arts in Medicine is conducting a survey intended to describe the work taking place at the intersections of the arts, public health and community building in the United States. We value your input very much and would like to invite you to complete the 23-question survey, and can be accessed with this link.

CAA Idea Exchanges are a series of roundtable talks on a variety of topics led by leaders in the field. The talks are less formal than a session at the conference and are meant to address topics for discussion and open dialogue. Idea Exchanges will again be offered this year at the 2019 CAA Annual Conference and the submission portal is now open. CAA is looking for Idea Exchange topic leaders and ideas for talks. All submission information can be found on our website.