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Illinois Provost <[email protected]>
Monday, March 16, 2015 3:36 PM
[email protected]
UPDATE: Faculty Cluster Hiring for AY 15-16-Call for Proposals
Dear Colleagues, I am following up on the February 16th call for the Faculty Cluster Hiring Program (see message below). I write now to point you to the online submission system for the proposals. 
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Go to the Provost’s website: http://www.provost.illinois.edu/clusterhiring.html.
See the Call for Proposals to know what information is needed for the proposal.
Click on the “Submission Portal” button on the right hand side.
Login using your netid and shibboleth password.
Know that in this system, the faculty leader is labeled “PI.”
Submit proposals by April 15, 2015.
The following faculty and campus academic leaders have kindly agreed to serve as the review committee for the Cluster Hiring Program. The committee will be chaired by Professor Gene Robinson, Director of the Institute for Genomic Biology. Gene Robinson, Professor and Director, Institute for Genomic Biology, Chair Ron Bailey, Professor and Head, Department of African American Studies Roy Campbell, Professor, Department of Computer Science Neal Cohen, Professor and Director, Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Initiative Clare Crowston, Professor, Department of History Evan DeLucia, Professor and Director, Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment Marcelo Garcia, Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Dianne Harris, Professor and Director, Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities Sally Jackson, Professor, Department of Communication Hilary Klonoff‐Cohen, Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Community Health Susan Koerner, Professor and Head, Department of Human and Community Development Our goal is to be able to notify you by May 15th of the selections for the 2015‐2016 Cluster Hires, so that the units and colleges can incorporate the selected clusters in their hiring plans for AY 15‐16. Please contact me if you have any questions or if you want to discuss your proposals. Best regards, Abbas Abbas Benmamoun Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and Academic Policies University of Illinois 203 Swanlund Administration Building, MC‐304 601 E. John Street 1
Champaign, IL 61820 From: "Benmamoun, Elabbas" [mailto:dddh‐[email protected]] Sent: Monday, February 16, 2015 9:06 AM To: dddh‐[email protected] Subject: Faculty Cluster Hiring for AY 15‐16‐Call for Proposals Dear Colleagues, An important outcome from the Visioning Future Excellence process is the recognition of the vital role of cluster hiring of faculty to enhance existing strength and build critical mass of faculty excellence in a number of areas across colleges and disciplines. We are pleased to invite proposals for the second round of the cluster hiring initiative. In this second round, we are focusing on 8 sub‐themes selected from within the six VFE themes (http://oc.illinois.edu/visioning/themes.html). The 8 themes selected for this round are: 1. Big Data 2. Food Security and Safety 3. Healthy Aging 4. Migration, Diaspora and Governance 5. Neuroscience and Cognition 6. Human Behavior and Decision Making 7. Smart Infrastructure 8. Society and Technology Please see the attached Call for Proposals for more details. Instructions for online submissions will be emailed to you within four weeks. Sincerely, Abbas Benmamoun Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and Academic Policies University of Illinois 203 Swanlund Administration Building, MC‐304 601 E. John Street Champaign, IL 61820 2