For Faculty Advisors | ConnectEd Research Institute

01 — Role

Full discretion.
No compromises.

Project Scope

Define exactly what the fellow works on, at what depth, and on what timeline — entirely on your terms.

Level of Engagement

Set the pace and structure of the experience to match your lab's current capacity and workflow.

Expectations & Evaluation

Establish your own expectations, standards, and methods of evaluation for the fellowship experience.

Research Ownership

Full ownership of all research data and publications produced during the fellowship period remains with you.

Fellows

What Fellows Do

Contribute to ongoing research projects
Support graduate-led work
Assist with literature review, coding, modeling, or analysis

ConnectEd

What We Provide

Applicant screening and matching
Program coordination
Administrative support
Structured fellowship framework

03 — Program Design

Designed for
everyone involved.

The Fellowship is built to benefit students, faculty, and the broader research ecosystem equally.

Student Access

Provide students with real access to research environments they would otherwise struggle to reach.

Faculty Engagement

Support faculty in meaningfully engaging emerging scholars without adding administrative burden.

Structured Participation

Facilitate short-term, structured research participation within a clear and coordinated framework.

Built around
your institution.

ConnectEd works to ensure that fellowship placements align with institutional policies and expectations. Research participation structures are developed in coordination with faculty advisors and, where applicable, institutional guidelines.

Where appropriate and consistent with institutional policy, fellowship placements may include support for research activities within the host lab.

Full discretion.No compromises.