UArizona Faculty: Take a Semester Away from Teaching to Focus on Research as a 2024-25 Udall Center Fellow

Dec. 12, 2023
Craig Baker

Udall Fellows are relieved of their teaching duties for a full semester during the academic year so they can focus their attention on research that examines or has the potential to impact public policy.

A light blue card with dark blue and red text. Text at the top reads "The Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy's Udall Center Fellows Program. Research Tracks for 2024/2025." Red icons indicate the five research tracks available: Fine Arts, Social Sciences, Biosciences, Environment, and Other Public Policy.

Applications are now open for the 2024-25 Udall Center Fellows Program!

Applications are due January 30, 2024. 

Udall Center Fellows are relieved of their teaching duties for a full semester during the academic year so they can focus their attention on research that studies, examines or has the potential to impact some area of public policy.

Now in its 35th year, the Udall Center Fellows Program has hosted 173 UArizona faculty members throughout the life of the program. These scholars represent a diverse cross section of academic fields at UArizona and include members of 49 schools, departments and centers in 12 colleges. The research areas of those selected to participate have varied greatly and include filmmaking, geography, sociology, law, public health, mathematics, ecology, hydrology and more.

Though four of the five available tracks call for submissions in specific fields of study – namely bioscience, the environment*, fine art and social science – the “Other Public Policy Research” track opens the door to research projects in just about any academic field imaginable.

You can see a list of all 173 Fellows that have participated in the program to date, as well as video testimonials from nine former Udall Fellows here. 

You can also explore a list of example and past projects in each available track here.

This year, in partnership with multiple colleges and institutions across the UArizona campus, the Udall Center offers the following five* specialized tracks tailored to an array of potential public policy interests:

  • Biosciences and Public Policy, in partnership with the BIO5 Institute
  • Environment and Public Policy*, in partnership with the Arizona Institute for Resilience (AIR)
  • Fine Arts and Public Policy, in partnership with the College of Fine Arts
  • Social Sciences and Public Policy, in partnership with the College of Social & Behavioral Sciences
  • Other Public Policy Research, in partnership with the Office of Research, Innovation and Impact (RII)

Explore the Udall Center Fellows Program Tracks and find links to apply here.

Applications for the 2024-25 Fellowship Program are due January 30, 2024. 

Start your application today!

Please contact Dr. Laura López-Hoffman with questions at lauralh@arizona.edu. 

 

*Confirmation on the Environment and Public Policy track sponsored by AIR is currently pending. If confirmed, limitations on available funding will require that the Environment and Public Policy research track for 2024-25 provide financial support for research that takes place during the summer of 2024 rather than during the spring or fall semester.

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