CHANCELLOR’S DOCTORAL INCENTIVE

PROGRAM MODULE 1: PROGRAM OVERVIEW

Applications for 2018-2019

MODULES Module 1 – Overview

•  What the program aims to achieve •  What the program offers to doctoral students •  Who can participate

Module 2 – Application Guidelines •  Step by step •  How to prepare each element

Module 3 – Selection and Post-Award •  Selection process •  What happens if you are selected

WHAT IS THE CHANCELLOR’S DOCTORAL INCENTIVE

PROGRAM (CDIP)? Aim:

•  Established in 1987 to increase the number of promising doctoral students interested in applying for future CSU instructional faculty positions

Mechanism:

•  Provides financial loans and mentor support to full-time graduate students pursuing doctoral degrees at accredited universities throughout the United States

Other Potential Benefit:

•  A portion of the CDIP loan will be forgiven for every year of CSU employment after participants receive their doctoral degrees and obtain a qualifying instructional position in the CSU

CDIP CAN HELP YOU SUCCEED!

Financial support •  Loans up to $10,000 per year with a maximum

amount of $30,000 over the duration of your doctoral study

•  Forgivable at the rate of 20% for each year of full-time postdoctoral teaching employment in the CSU

Mentorship by a CSU faculty mentor •  A collaborative plan to support your professional

development in teaching, research and service activities while you are in graduate school

•  Advice and guidance to help enhance your potential for employment in a CSU tenure-track faculty position

CDIP SCHOLAR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

•  Mini-Grant Program Supports Scholars’ research, teaching or creative activities including thesis and dissertation projects

•  Up to $2500 for CDIP Scholar and $1200 for Faculty Mentor

•  Travel Grant Program Funds Scholar’s participation in workshops or conferences

•  Biannual calls for applications •  Up to $1200 per trip for CDIP Scholar and Faculty

Mentor

ELIGIBILITY

WHO CAN APPLY TO THE CDIP? • Undergraduate and master’s level

graduate students applying to accredited doctoral programs in the U.S.

• New or continuing full-time doctoral students enrolled in accredited programs in the U.S.

• Lecturers enrolled full-time in doctoral programs

SPECIAL ELIGIBILITY CONSIDERATIONS

• Applicants from professional doctoral degree programs (e.g., EdD, DNP, DPT, DSW, and PsyD) as well as online degree programs (hybrid and fully online) may apply ONLY IF:

•  they plan to pursue a tenure-track instructional faculty position; and

•  their doctoral program’s mission explicitly includes preparation and training of future university faculty members (you must provide evidence of this mission)

ADDITIONAL ELIGIBILITY CONCERNS

• You do not have to be a CSU student or employee to apply for the CDIP

• U.S. citizenship is not required, but applicants must be eligible to work in the United States

• Past and current CSU lecturers are encouraged to apply

•  About one-fourth of the awards are expected to be made to individuals who have been CSU lecturers in the past two years

CDIP FACULTY MENTOR

CDIP FACULTY MENTOR’S ROLE •  To support the CDIP Scholar in doctoral training

•  Support development as a researcher •  Support development as a teacher

•  To help the CDIP Scholar understand the workings of higher education institutions, especially the CSU, and the faculty labor market for the Scholar’s discipline

•  Facilitate Scholar’s professional networking •  Invite Scholar to CSU campus

•  Mentors also help with the preparation of the CDIP application (will be covered in Module 2: Application Guidelines)

WHO CAN SERVE AS A CDIP MENTOR?

•  Full-time tenure-track/tenured faculty members at one of the CSU campuses

•  Ideally from the same or related discipline as the applicant, but not required

HOW TO FIND A CDIP MENTOR •  If you are a current or former CSU student

•  Undergraduate advisor •  Research mentor/thesis advisor •  Faculty member who does the kind of research you

want to pursue in your doctoral program •  If you are a current or former CSU lecturer

•  Chair of the department you teach in •  A tenured/tenure-track faculty member in your discipline

•  If you have no ties with anyone on a CSU campus •  Research the expertise of faculty at a number of CSU

campuses •  Contact faculty who could potentially serve as your

mentor •  Location of the CSU campus– proximity or ease of

access

FOR MORE INFORMATION

•  Visit our website at http://www.calstate.edu/HR/CDIP/ •  Contact the CDIP Program Manager Elizabeth Sanchez

at esanchez@calstate.edu •  Contact campus coordinator at your CSU campus for

campus deadline and potential faculty mentors •  Visit our information desk at the California Forum for

Diversity in Graduate Education

CHANCELLOR’S DOCTORAL INCENTIVE

PROGRAM MODULE 2: APPLICATION GUIDELINES

HOW DO I APPLY TO CDIP?

1.  Download application forms from the CDIP website at http://www.calstate.edu/hr/cdip

2.  Find a faculty mentor at a CSU campus and prepare application

3.  Submit application to the CDIP Campus Coordinator of your faculty mentor’s campus

APPLICATION PACKET Include the following documents in your application packet

1.  A completed application form 2.  A current curriculum vitae 3.  Statement of Qualifications and Motivation 4.  Collaborative Plan of Support 5.  Three professional letters of

recommendation 6.  A recent CSU faculty position

announcement in your general field

APPLICATION FORMS Student form Mentor form

STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS AND

MOTIVATIONS

•  Discuss your commitment to becoming a CSU faculty member in 3 single-spaced pages

•  Address how the following have contributed to your commitment:

•  Your academic preparation •  Your professional experiences •  Your motivation and interest •  Your connection to the CSU •  Your ability to educate a diverse student body

•  Sample statements can be found on the CDIP website

COLLABORATIVE PLAN OF SUPPORT

• Describe in the Collaborative Plan of Support (CPS) how you and your CDIP mentor will work together to ensure your success in doctoral studies and in securing a CSU tenure-track faculty position

•  Jointly prepared by you and your mentor •  Well defined activities for professional development •  A clear timeline for the activities •  An adequate plan for substantive and ongoing

communication

•  Sample plans can be found on the CDIP website

POSSIBLE COLLABORATIVE ACTIVITIES

•  Outline future joint activities that foster your development in teaching, research, and service, such as

•  collaborative syllabus development and teaching •  collaborative research projects and publications •  collaborative grant proposals •  joint participation in professional seminars and meetings •  joint presentations in professional forums •  involvement in campus committees and meetings •  development of a competitive CV for faculty positions

WHAT TO AVOID IN WRITING A CPS

•  CPS is about JOINT activities! •  Don’t propose activities you plan to do by yourself

•  CPS is about FUTURE activities! •  Don’t write about what you have done in the past or what you

are currently doing

•  CPS is about WELL-ROUNDED development! •  Don’t focus only on teaching or research

•  CPS is about making a REALISTIC plan! •  Don’t promise the moon and the stars

LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION

•  Three letters of recommendation, including •  a letter from your CDIP Faculty Mentor •  a letter from a faculty member of your doctoral

program if you are currently enrolled

• What should the letters address? •  The quality of your proposed plan of study •  The quality of the institutions and departments where

you propose to pursue your degree or are attending •  Your potential to succeed as a doctoral student •  Your experience and motivation relevant to educating

a diverse student body in the CSU

CSU FACULTY POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT

•  Attach a copy of recent CSU faculty position announcement

•  Position must be in your general field of study from recent years

•  Current position announcements are posted on CSU Careers website

•  For hiring trends, consult the CSU Faculty Recruitment Data on the CSU Chancellor’s Office website

APPLICATION SUBMISSION

•  Submit to your Campus Coordinator by your campus deadline (usually in January/February)

•  Your campus is where your CDIP Faculty Mentor is employed!

•  All documents must be in one packet in the order indicated on the checklist on the last page of the application form

COMING UP NEXT… MODULE 3: SELECTION &

POST-AWARD

CHANCELLOR’S DOCTORAL INCENTIVE

PROGRAM MODULE 3: SELECTION & POST-AWARD

SELECTION COMMITTEE

•  Selection is made by a committee of seven faculty members representing:

•  various CSU campuses and across disciplines

•  CSU Faculty Senate •  California Faculty

Association (CFA) •  the Chancellor’s Office

WHAT IS THE SELECTION COMMITTEE LOOKING FOR?

• Applicants’ potential to •  successfully earn their

doctorate degree •  apply for tenure-track faculty

positions in the CSU •  be hired for such positions

SELECTION CRITERIA 1.  Quality of doctoral program

•  National ranking or status of the doctoral program •  Appropriate to applicant’s field of study (e.g., accreditation) •  Prepares applicant for tenure-track faculty positions •  If a professional and/or online degree program, a case

must be made for appropriateness for a faculty position 2.  Academic achievement and potential

•  Academic honors and awards •  Participation in honors or research training programs (e.g.,

Sally Casanova Predoctoral Program, McNairs Program) •  Scholarly presentation and/or publication record relative to

applicant’s year in the program •  Research funding

SELECTION CRITERIA

3.  Potential to become a professor •  Demonstrated interest in and commitment to teaching and

mentoring students •  Demonstrated interest in and plan for acquiring pedagogical

knowledge and skills •  Evidence of or plan for programmatic research and potential as

a productive scholar •  Demonstrated interest in and plan for acquiring knowledge of

and experiences in faculty university service •  Demonstrated interest in and plan for professional networking

and leadership or governance roles

SELECTION CRITERIA

4.  Connection to CSU/commitment CSU Students •  Understanding of the mission and role of the CSU •  If not from the CSU, a clear plan of support from a CSU Mentor •  Commitment to working with CSU students

5.  Potential for successful collaboration between applicant and CSU Faculty Mentor •  Strong plan for collaboration in teaching, research, and

professional development •  Clearly defined collaborative activities •  Feasibility of proposed timeline

SELECTION CRITERIA

6.  Potential for mentorship by CDIP Faculty Mentor •  A plan for substantive and ongoing communications between

applicant and CDIP Mentor •  CDIP Mentor commitment to/experience with mentoring

students, especially during the doctoral program •  CDIP Mentor experience with other CDIP Scholars in the past?

7.  Prioritization of Discipline Areas •  Demonstrated need for faculty hire in the CSU in the

applicant’s discipline •  Fields where shortages are anticipated

SELECTION NOTIFICATION

•  Applicants are notified of the selection decision from the Chancellor’s Office in May

GOOD LUCK!