AAUP Residency Program (Mellon Foundation Funded)

AAUP Residency Program

Geographic Scope: International; open to staff at AAUP member presses

Focus Areas: Professional development through intensive, hands-on residencies in scholarly publishing

Program Description:
The AAUP Residency Program encourages professional development of scholarly publishing staff through intensive, hands-on residencies at hosting member presses. Residents spend up to one week (formerly up to five days) immersed with skill-specific experts and innovators at host presses. The program is designed to foster professional exchange that contributes intellectual stimulation and problem-solving ideas to both the host and home press.

Eligibility:

• Full-time staff at AAUP member presses
• Minimum two years of university press experience
• Open to all departments and skill levels

Funding History:

• Originally funded by the Mrs. Giles F.
• Currently supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
• Has sponsored 115+ residents since inception in 1997
• Three-year funding secured from Mellon Foundation through 2016

Contact Information:

• Susan Patton, spatton@aaupnet.org, 212-989-1010 x25
• AAUP Central Office: 212-989-1010
• Email: info@aupresses.org

Application Process

Key Questions Applicants Must Address:

• What skills do you wish to learn or improve during the proposed residency?
• How will these new or enhanced skills benefit your development as a publishing professional and/or how would they benefit your home press?
• Why is the proposed host well suited to providing the desired environment?
• Are these goals uniquely able to be met through this residency?

Evaluation:

• Applications reviewed by AAUP Professional Development Committee
• Committee selects residents to participate
• Residents and hosts represent wide spectrum of geography, size, and structure found in AAUP membership

Application Submission:

• Submit to AAUP Central Office
• Deadline varies by year (typically late May)

Post-Residency:

• Residents complete residency and return to home press
• Program encourages sharing of learnings within home institution