What does it mean to serve as Research Fellow for the Course Quality Program?

Serving as a CQ Research Fellow is a leadership opportunity for faculty who have successfully completed Course Quality professional development and received QM certification for a course. A Research Fellow is an important role in our program because as a teaching faculty member, you will be contributing to the research and application of the Quality Matters Rubric and Standards. Having also gone through one of our programs, you can provide the unique support that members of the program will need. Your expertise will be called upon in group meetings and through some of our online forums. We cannot do this without you! 

Who should participate? 

Any faculty who have completed any of the Course Quality professional development programs, has at least one Quality Matters course certification, and have a strong desire to contribute to scholarly research related to Quality Matters Rubric for Higher Education.  

Research Fellow Responsibilities

1. Completes the Designing Quality Online Learning Research workshop [YR 1]
2. Develop an educational research agenda related to Quality Matters and course design [YR 1]
3. Consults with DELTA and other research fellows about the research project [YR 1]
4. Collaborates with faculty, DELTA staff, and/or students at NC State [YR 1, 2]
5. Shares research data as a poster or oral presentation locally and at a national conference [YR 2]
6. Publishes peer-reviewed manuscript on CQ research [YR 2]
7. Serves as a mentor to CQ Research Fellow [YR2]

Incentive for Program Completion

• $5000 award annually 
• $350 registration cost covered for DQOLR Workshop

Competitive Priorities

Priority consideration is given to applications that:

• Seek to improve student success as defined by the NC State Strategic Plan
• Demonstrate support from the department and/or college
• Experience with research design and publication 
• Indicate a flexible schedule to design and implement an educational research agenda
• Indicate completion of one or more CQ Programs