Eligibility

Requirements:

• Applicants must be pre-tenure, early career assistant professors at U.S. institutions, including in Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories
• Applicants must have begun their current assistant professor position as of, or after, July 2016.
• Applicants must be tenure-track, but without tenure, at the time of the application.
• Applicants must be interested in developing research capacity in natural, technological, and/or willful human-made hazards, risks, and disasters.
• Applicants are welcome from any relevant field within the social and behavioral sciences, engineering, urban planning, public health, natural and physical sciences, or interdisciplinary programs.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Applications from faculty that have demonstrated a commitment to engaging students in research training are preferred.
• Applications from members of underrepresented groups in the hazards and disaster field—including women and racial and ethnic minorities—are strongly encouraged to apply.

Contact Dr. Tom Cova at the University of Utah if you have any questions: cova@geog.utah.edu