FFTF Host Campus Information

Information for Host Campuses and Departments

Campus Placement Recommendation Deadline: Monday, January 20, 2025

The Future Faculty Teaching Fellowship (FFTF) program aims to assist partner campuses in gaining outstanding young teacher/scholars to staff teaching positions that are not filled by other means and perhaps make it possible for departments to offer new courses. Host departments assign the fellow two courses per semester to teach; at the discretion of the department chair and where appropriate, we encourage the fellow and the chair to consider offering new courses designed by the fellow. 

Visit the FFTF benefits page for full details

Faculty Life and Residency

Fellows should be considered visiting lecturers, not adjunct faculty. The usual title given to fellows at the host campus is “Teaching Fellow.” In order to ensure that fellows can become a part of the host campus community and gain the best possible immersion experience of life as a faculty member, we ask the host department to assist in the following ways:

• Provide office space and equipment appropriate to the fellow’s needs.
• The department chair should write to the head librarian on behalf of the fellow, stating that the fellow is a faculty member in the department and is entitled to faculty library privileges.
• Allow access to communications that regularly go to full-time faculty, and include the fellow on faculty listservs.
• Provide the fellow with ample opportunities to participate in faculty activities, such as: attending new faculty orientation; sitting in on departmental and campus faculty meetings; taking part in service activities; attending campus community functions; attending faculty lectures; and assisting with student advising.

Fellows are required to live at or near the host campus during at least part of each week for the length of the fellowship. Fellows placed at the campuses in Indianapolis or Columbus may choose to continue to live in Bloomington, but are expected to spend a major portion of each week at the host campus. The host departments are expected to assist the fellow in finding affordable housing if needed.

Mentorship

Mentorship of the fellow is a vital component of the fellowship program. Each fellow should have a faculty mentor, selected by the chair of the host department. Mentors receive an honorarium paid by the Graduate School.

The mentor should be someone who is genuinely eager to take on that role and who will have the skills, time, and commitment to fulfill the responsibilities and serve as a true advocate and guide as the fellow prepares for the academic profession. Mentors are expected to contact fellows shortly after their arrival to campus to greet them and offer guidance through, and assistance with, the transition into faculty life. Briefly, the Graduate School expects that the mentor will meet regularly with the fellow to:

1. Assist the fellow in becoming familiar with the campus and the community.
2. Introduce the fellow to colleagues within the department and outside of it whenever possible.
3. Advise on and oversee teaching and occasionally visit the fellow’s classes.
4. Offer insight about life as a faculty member.
5. Assist the fellow in experiencing aspects of faculty life such as faculty meetings and service activities.
6. Arrange opportunities for the fellow to present his or her scholarly work and to attend presentations by faculty members.

Role of the Campus Liaison

Campus liaisons play a critical role in ensuring the success of the FFTF program on their campuses. The Graduate School is deeply appreciative of the often intensive work that accompanies this role. Among the most important duties of the liaison is ensuring the distribution of fellowship applications, as well as a copy of the host campus guidelines, to the appropriate departmental staff on their campus. The Graduate School respectfully requests that any liaison experiencing difficulty with this task, or who finds themselves unable to “get the word out” about the program, to please contact our office to request assistance: fftf@iu.edu.

Please note that the FFTF program is more than happy for any host campus to appoint more than one campus liaison where needed. We will rely on the liaison’s knowledge of his or her campus to recommend a co-liaison or replacement. In cases where a new liaison finds him or herself in need of guidance on procedures associated with the application distribution and placement request processes, we ask that the individual contact our office for assistance at their earliest convenience.

Fellow Selection Process

Visit the student application page for more details

Applications will be provided to the campus liaisons shortly after the student deadline in October. Applications are then distributed by the FFTF faculty liaison on the host campus to the relevant departments.

After reviewing the files, department chairs may contact applicants to arrange interviews. Department chairs should copy the campus liaison on email communications regarding scheduling interviews with students. 

Following the interview process, the chair should inform the campus liaison of any candidate to whom they would like the Graduate School to make an offer, as well as the salary the candidate would be paid (see below for financial procedures). The liaison will forward this information to the Graduate School via email. 

After the interview process/placement request closing date, the Graduate School will, in consultation with the campus liaisons, allocate the placements in a manner that attempts to be fair to all potential host campuses.

Once selections are finalized, the Graduate School will inform the liaisons and send drafts of the offer letters to the liaison and host department for their review.

Upon approval, The Graduate School will send offer letters to the candidates. Applicants will be asked to accept or decline the fellowship offer by the mid- to late- March via written correspondence directed to the FFTF program in the Graduate School. Host department chairs and campus liaisons will be notified promptly of the candidates’ decisions.

PLEASE NOTE: Department chairs may not extend offers directly to applicants. Final decisions regarding offers are made by the Graduate School based upon information provided by host departments and applicants. We ask that you do not discuss the possibility of an offer with any applicant.  

Financial Procedure

The Future Faculty Teaching Fellowship entails teaching two (2) courses per semester. The teaching salary is paid by the host department at a minimum of $2,750 per course for a total of $5,500 minimum per semester. Fellows should be compensated at a rate consistent with standards of the department. Departments are encouraged to set higher salaries at their discretion and as budgets permit.

The teaching salary should be paid according to the department's usual procedures and schedule for adjunct and visiting faculty.  According to the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs on the Bloomington campus, fellows should be coded in the payroll system as adjunct faculty, not as student hourlies or associate instructors. Please remember that they should receive the same treatment and privileges as would visiting faculty within your department, program, or school.

The Graduate School also provides a fellowship stipend, paid directly to the fellow via the IU Bloomington financial aid system. For the current academic year, the stipend is $11,500 (plus an additional $2,000 (if requested) if the fellow will be moving to the area of the host campus). The Graduate School will provide health insurance if this is not part of the package offered to the fellow.