The RTI University Scholars Program provides support— half of each Scholar’s salary and fringe—for distinguished academic researchers to spend scholarly leave time at RTI, actively collaborating with RTI experts.

The program’s goal is to foster collaboration and catalyze opportunities for externally funded, joint projects in the future.

General Qualifications

The ideal Scholar is an academic faculty member with a commitment to collaboration and a strong research record in one of the following fields:

• Health and pharmaceuticals
• Education and training
• Surveys and statistics
• Advanced technology
• International development
• Economic and social policy
• Energy and the environment
• Laboratory testing and chemical analysis.

2016–2017 Eligibility and Priority Areas

For the 2016–2017 Academic Year, the program is open to faculty from Duke University and the University of North Carolina’s sixteen university campuses. Priority areas are as follows:

• Data science
• Education and workforce development
• Energy and resource management
• Food and agriculture
• Health, including non-communicable diseases (NCDs).

Submission due date: January 6, 2016.

View the information sheet to learn more.