Research & Innovation Office Faculty Fellows

RIO Faculty Fellows
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The Research & Innovation Office (RIO) Faculty Fellows Program is a campus-wide research and creative works leadership program that supports rising Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder faculty interested in furthering their leadership skills to achieve maximum impact within and beyond the campus.

Fellows work as individuals and as a cohort on three broad areas: Research Leadership, Collaboration, and Systems Thinking—along with team building and academic management, scholarly communication, ethics and values, and personal and professional coaching.

 

   Note: Applications are now open for the 2025 cohort.

 


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Mission & Vision

The RIO Faculty Fellows program is designed to:

  •   Identify early-to-mid career Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ tenure-track professors that show strong potential in leadership;
  •   Support the capacity of faculty to lead large impact research, innovation and creative work collaborations;
  •   Build a cross-campus scholarly network that will extend across cohorts; and
  •   Inspire the Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ academic community.

Challenges & Priorities

   Collaboration and team building/management 

   Academic and scholarly communication

   Systems thinking

   Equity, ethics and values

   Personal and professional relationship building

Questions?

Please contact Program Director Kirsten Rowell:    kirsten.rowell@colorado.edu.

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