About the Program
Microsabbaticals at Princeton Psychology provide a several-week-long visit to our department for early-career faculty. The program focuses on early-career scholars who would benefit from interactions with faculty and labs in our department, and the main goals include creating a long-term mentoring relationship, developing a skill, and/or starting a research collaboration with faculty in our department.
The program supports short-term visits (from 2-4 weeks) for one to four faculty members per year. Each visiting faculty should have at least one local faculty host in the Department of Psychology. During the microsabbatical, visitors will have a chance to do some or all of the following:
- Present their research to our community
- Work with faculty mentors to acquire new skills that will benefit their research program and career development (e.g., particular research methods)
- Investigate possible future collaborations with host faculty
- Interact with trainees through a "Growing up in science" seminar and through participating in lab meetings
- Expand their professional networks
- Join department members for a few meals
- Attend departmental talks and events
Travel, accommodations, and an honorarium are covered by the program.
Eligibility & Selection
Microsabbaticals are intended for early-career (not yet tenured) researchers, ideally (though not exclusively) on the tenure track, who would benefit from a short-term visit to an R-1 institution.
Applicants should first reach out to a potential mentor/host from the Princeton Psychology faculty and discuss plans for a microsabbatical. Applications should be written in consultation with the potential mentor(s) and can only be submitted by the Princeton faculty host. Applications should include a detailed mentoring and visit plan and demonstrate a good fit with the host lab(s), with strong potential for creating long-term collaborations. Preference will be given to researchers from universities where there are fewer opportunities for faculty to obtain mentoring and training.
Applications for the 2025-2026 cycle are due April 15, 2025. Applications (~2 pages) should be submitted to [email protected] by the Princeton faculty host(s) and should detail the visit plan, why the mentor(s) are a good fit for the applicant, and the potential for future collaboration.
Participation in the Microsabbaticals at Princeton Psychology program does not imply or include employment or formal affiliation by or with the Department of Psychology or Princeton University.
Participants
2024-2025
Andrew Lynn (Assistant Professor, University of Louisville) — hosted by Sabine Kastner and Jesse Gomez
Amma Panin (Assistant Professor, Université Catholique de Louvain) — hosted by Eldar Shafir
Jonathan Poquiz (Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota Medical School) — hosted by Kristina Olson
Past Participants
2023-2024
Iván Carbajal (Oregon State University)
Peggy St. Jacques (University of Alberta)
Rachel Weissler (University of Oregon)
2022-2023
Ryan Lei (Haverford College)
Kelly Minor (Winston-Salem State University)
Anahid Modrek (Thomas Jefferson University)
Amber Williams (California Polytechnic State University)
2021-2022
Vanessa Diaz (Virginia Tech)
Yasin Koc (University of Groningen)
Brandy Tiernan (Western Carolina University)