INVEST: A New Junior Faculty Program

Our innovative INVEST program is a new approach to faculty hiring. If you are completing your PhD or at an early stage of postdoctoral training, you may be interested in this accelerated pathway to tenure-track faculty appointments.

About INVEST

Are you interested in an academic career, but concerned about the timeline to a faculty position?

  • The Northeastern College of Science INVEST program offers tenure track faculty positions right after the PhD or early during postdoc training
  • No postdoc needed: INVEST includes the optional Northeastern Science Fellows Program one-two years of funded, mentored, independent postdoc experience to ramp up your research program

INVEST faculty are brilliant across demographics of society

  • Junior faculty contribute to important cross-disciplinary research
  • You will make connections with industry, government, and non-profit sectors

Our tenure process values collaborative research and teamwork

  • You will be mentored for success, with personal and group mentoring teams
  • Junior faculty cohorts travel through their careers in supported and collegial ways

In the College of Science, we embrace a culture of respect and inclusion, where each person is valued and empowered with equitable opportunities and access to resources. We commit to implementing initiatives that build a diverse community.

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