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Call for Applications: 2026 AERA Division C Early Career Mentoring Program (ECMP) 

Deadline: March 19, 2026 @ 11:59pm EST Great Opportunity – Quick Turnaround 

The Division C Early Career Mentoring Program (ECMP) has three main goals:

  1. Provide an interactive in-person seminar with relevant information and support for early career scholars. The seminar plans to address areas of concern, such as early career scholars’ roles, creating collaborations, securing external funding, work life balance, and navigating other major activities associated with early career circumstances, such as tenure and promotion.
  2. Provide each early career scholars an off-site individual mentoring opportunity with a senior scholar who will provide direct feedback on a particular work in progress and related scholarly endeavors in the participant’s program of research.
  3. Facilitate peer networking and collaboration activities among Division C early career scholars.

The Early Career Mentoring Program (ECMP) is an excellent opportunity for those early in their career to connect with established scholars, network with new colleagues, and learn more about achieving success.

The ECMP will be held on Wednesday April 8, 2026 at the AERA Conference in Los Angeles from 8:00 am to 1:00 pm.

How to Apply 

Early Career Scholars—those who have been appointed at their first tenure track or other scholarly position within the past three years—should submit the following application materials using this Qualtrics form.https://survey.unf.edu/jfe/form/SV_3PHlwjeWtBellu6

Please direct any questions to Dan Dinsmore Daniel.dinsmore@unf.edu and Heather Haverback hhaverback@towson.edu

The due date for these materials is March 19, 2026 @ 11:59pm EST 

  1. A COVER LETTER (maximum 2 pages) stating
    • What information and experiences you would find most valuable in the Division C ECMP
    • Your current area(s) of research interest/scholarship
    • Your professional goals for the next five years and beyond
    • A list of four to five potential AERA mentors; describing how you believe they could best advise and mentor you on your work. Include each person’s institutional affiliation and contact information (e-mail addresses).
  2. A CURRICULUM VITAE that includes your name, address, institution, mobile phone, email, and educational background as well as relevant scholarly, service/leadership, and teaching activities.
  3. EVIDENCE OF CURRENT MEMBERSHIP in AERA’s Division C