Hi, early career scholars!
When I first started my postdoc and tenure-track, I wished there was one website with all of the resources. I hope this page can be a sliver of that for you as you move through you academic career.
On this page, you can find a multitude of resources. Please browse and explore.
Fellowships and funding sabbatical leaves
- Harvard Radcliffe Fellow
- Princeton University’s Center for the Study of Democratic Politics (CSDP) hosts post-doctoral or more senior research associates annually.
- W. E. B. Du Bois Research Institute Fellowship
- The Russell Sage Foundation (RSF) Visiting Scholars
- RSF Pipeline Grants
- RSF Summer Institutes
- Social Science Research Council (SSRC) Fellowships and Opportunities
- Institute for Humane Studies Funding Opportunities
- Institute for Citizens & Scholars Fellowships
- ACLS Fellowships for scholarship in Humanities and interpretive social sciences
From dissertation to book
- William Germano’s From Dissertation to Book
- William Germano’s On Revision
- Anne Lamott’s Bird by Bird
- Book Proposal Development Grants sponsored by Princeton University Press
- Laura Portwood-Stacer’s Manuscript Works: Supporting scholarly book authors from proposal to publication
Developmental writing programs
- Elevate, run by Jane Jones at Up in Consulting
- NCFDD’s Faculty Success Program
- NCFDD’s free 14-day writing challenges
- Cathy Mazak’s Scholar’s Voice*
- Inkwell’s Academic Writing Retreat and Coaching
Time management and other resources
- NCFDD, the National Center for Faculty Diversity
- The Academic Designer, helps with academic websites and branding
- Trello, a time management tool
- Scrivener, a tool to help you organize your writing
Mental Health and Radical Self-Care
- The Loveland Foundation brings opportunity and healing to communities of color, and especially to Black women and girls.
- Therapy for Black Girls
- Black Men Heal
- National Queer & Trans Therapists of Color Network
- Melanin and Mental Health
- The Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation
- Sista Afya, a Chicago-based organization, offers mental health resources for Black women and girls.
- Psychology Today, a general source to find therapists near you
* Denotes programs I know about but with which I do not have any personal experience
Yalidy Matos 