Thank you for your interest in the Neuroscience tenure-track position at Carleton College!
Please submit your application by September 1, 2026, for full consideration; late applications will be considered to the extent we can within the interview timeline. If your questions aren’t answered below, please email neurojobs@carleton.edu. For more about Carleton and the Northfield area, further information for faculty candidates is available here.
The application process begins by submitting your written materials, and then we will invite a subset of applicants to interview via video, followed by an on-campus interview for a small set of finalists. We expect to conduct on-campus interviews in the second half of October.
The Application
Your application should include the following documents, described in more detail below: 1) a cover letter, 2) curriculum vitae, 3) teaching philosophy, and 4) research statement.
- cover letter
The most helpful cover letters include an overview of what attracts you to the position in the Neuroscience Program at Carleton College. In addition to describing your interest in the position, describe your qualifications including teaching experiences and your broad research goals, including how your contributions to the scholarly field have positioned you to achieve those goals. Teaching experience can be acquired in many ways such as mentoring undergraduates and graduate students, being a teaching assistant or being the instructor of record. A cover letter is usually 2 pages maximum. - CV
- statement of teaching philosophy
Your teaching statement should address your pedagogical philosophy, describing how it fits into an undergraduate liberal arts environment. Describe your past teaching experiences, particularly those that illustrate your teaching philosophy. This is also the place to identify the existing classes at Carleton that you would be prepared and excited to teach and what classes you envision creating. Your teaching statement is your opportunity to discuss your engagement with and efforts related to teaching students from a variety of backgrounds with diverse perspectives, both in your past and how you envision contributing to a college community that embraces diversity as a core value.
- research statement
Discuss your research program and how you would pursue it in an undergraduate liberal arts environment. Hearing about approaches you have taken in the past and the type of work you intend to do in the future is helpful. Provide details on how and if you would include a diverse set of undergraduate researchers in your program.
After an initial selection process, applicants may receive a request for the contact information for three references. It is helpful if you explain to those writing recommendation letters for you that you are applying for a position where teaching experience is important.