Provost’s Leadership Fellows

The Provost’s Leadership Fellows Program offers the chance for Towson University tenured faculty with extensive department, college and/or university leadership experience to implement a strategic initiative and further develop their capacities as campus leaders.

As a Provost Leadership Fellow you will design and develop a year-long university-wide initiative that advances TU’s mission and institutional priorities. The program will fund up to two fellows annually.

Fellows will receive:

  • A $7,500 summer stipend
  • Funding to attend a professional leadership development experience selected in consultation with the Provost’s Office (e.g., national leadership institute)
  • Support from the Provost’s Office to plan and execute their proposed initiative
  • Experience designing, implementing and assessing the impact of a University-wide initiative

Qualifications

  • Tenured Associate or Full Professor
  • Leadership experience at the department, college and/or university level
  • Will not hold a current leadership role (e.g. Chair, Program or Graduate Director, or comparable position) during the fellowship year
  • Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively across university units

Selection Process

Applications will be reviewed by a committee convened by the Provost's Office. Finalists may be invited to an interview. The Provost will make the final selections.

How to Apply

Applicants must submit:

  1. Letter of Intent (2 pages) briefly outlining your proposed initiative, its alignment with the university’s mission, its anticipated impact on the university community and your capacity to implement it
  2. CV (4 pages) highlighting department, college and/or university leadership experience and/or potential

Completed applications can be sent to Christian Koot, , by the close of business on November 1, 2026.

Submissions will be reviewed based on alignment with mission, feasibility and opportunities for impact.

Timeline

  • Fall 2026: Application opens
  • Late Fall 2026: selections made
  • Spring 2027: Fellows begin developing initiatives
  • Summer 2027: Fellows advance project (stipend paid)
  • Fall 2027: Fellows implement the project
  • January 2028: Fellows present initial results at TU Educators Summit and brief report to the Provost’s Office

Sample Projects

Project examples include:

  • Curricular career readiness pathways
  • Dual-credit and high school-college pipeline partnerships
  • Initiatives to boost four-year graduation rate
  • Bachelor’s to doctoral pipeline development
  • Campus free speech and dialogue frameworks
  • Overhauling course scheduling matrix to advance out of the classroom experiences
  • Embedding research in undergraduate programs

Contact

Please submit questions about the program to Christian Koot, .