Simons Historically Black Colleges and Universities Faculty Fellowship

The Simons Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Faculty Fellowship program funds junior tenure-track faculty at up to five HBCUs by buying out at least 50% of their teaching responsibilities for a period of one to five years, enabling protected time for research and mentoring students. It aims to foster research productivity, publications, and federal grant activity, while supporting pathways for students to pursue graduate STEM programs. Institutions may nominate multiple fellows across eligible fields to build research capacity.

Teaching time reduction (50% buyout), protected research time, opportunity to develop an independent research agenda, mentoring of students, and potential for building externally funded programs.

Accredited HBCUs may apply and nominate junior tenure-track faculty candidates in mathematics, neuroscience, physics, and ecology and evolutionary biology for consideration.

Submit a letter of interest (LOI) by the stated deadline, followed by a full application if invited, as part of the institutional nomination process.