Individual Applications

The Office of the Provost, with support from the Vice Provosts for Diversity and Inclusion and Faculty Affairs, has developed the following Call for Proposals for the Fannie Gaston-Johansson Faculty of Excellence Program (FGJFEP), a program designed to support the recruitment, retention, and advancement of faculty who demonstrate a commitment to diversity and inclusive excellence.

The program will adhere to the following:

Schools will have to make a commitment to locate the members of the cluster in ways which foster scholars’ opportunities for collaboration and scholarly success.
Each scientific cluster will be led by two senior JHU faculty members who will be responsible for and specifically trained to form and guide effective searches, act as lead mentor for the career development of all faculty members in that cluster, and facilitate the development of community and other aspects of successful retention.
Central Administration will provide up to $1M in matching funds for startup costs per faculty hire up to a maximum of $20M.
The division/department is expected to dedicate matching funds to startup, and provide appropriate salary support for the incoming faculty.

The goal of the FGJFEP is to hire and support:

20+ tenured or tenure-track faculty members
- who substantially contribute to promoting diversity and inclusive excellence in STEM,
- in four to seven distinct clusters over six years (FY23 through FY28)
10+ non-STEM tenured or tenure-track faculty members
- who substantially contribute to promoting diversity and inclusive excellence,
- in non-STEM over six years (FY23 through FY28)

A key benefit of this program is that departments are allowed to recruit faculty outside the traditional search timelines.

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Individual Eligibility

The Fannie Gaston-Johansson Faculty of Excellence Program (FGJFEP) is devoted to enhancing the diversity of the Faculty at Johns Hopkins University. While cluster hiring is the key recruitment strategy for the FGJFEP, under rare circumstances, we will consider proposals for individual Non-STEM faculty or individuals who will be in administrative leadership positions. These positions include Department Chairs, Division Directors, and Deans.

Non-STEM Faculty

These individuals should be able to be more impactful at JHU than elsewhere. That impact could be in their own scholarship (a better scholarly fit here at JHU) or in their impact on production of students of color obtaining their doctorates.
Funding would be directed at matching startup.

Faculty for a Leadership Position

These individuals should be in the hiring process at the time of application.
Funding would be directed at contributing to startup.
The individual must submit a cluster proposal the next cycle.
Positions include Department Chairs, Division Directors, and Deans

Individual Submission Review

The review process will be led by the Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Diversity who, at each stage of the process, will use appropriate individuals or program review committees to evaluate the submissions and present the selected proposals or individuals to the Academic Affairs Vice Provost Team, Provost, & President Provost for final approval.

The Associate Vice Provost of Faculty Diversity will provide the recommendations to the Provost and President for a final decision. Divisional leadership will collaboratively construct financial, administrative, and operational commitments for each of the faculty members.

We will work to provide a decision within a month for each of these applications.