SUNY System Administration is seeking 100 faculty members to participate in a systemwide community of practice that will provide a mechanism for professional learning and cross-campus collaboration to support faculty to integrate discipline-specific AI-enabled skills in course-level student learning outcomes.
This is open to tenured and tenure-track faculty (or equivalent) at State-operated campuses and community colleges who have teaching obligations during the 2026-2027 academic year and anticipate having continued teaching obligations in 2027-2028. This community of practice is intended for faculty who teach undergraduate courses and who have not previously integrated discipline-specific AI-enabled skills in course-level student learning outcomes or who are at the beginning stages of this kind of work.
Supporting Faculty in the Responsible Use of AI - Call for Applications
FAQs
Q: How is "or equivalent" defined in terms of the stipulation that the faculty be tenured or tenure-track (or equivalent)?
A: We have not defined “or equivalent” because we recognize this may vary across and within campuses, and that access to tenure varies across the system.
Q: Are full-time lecturers or clinical faculty eligible to apply?
A: Yes, we will accept applications from full-time lecturers and clinical faculty.
Q: Are faculty librarians, who teach courses across disciplines, eligible to apply?
A: Yes, however, the intent of this opportunity is for discipline-specific work, defined by disciplinary cluster rather than major; therefore, in the application, a disciplinary cluster will need to be selected and in response to the “Interest in Participating” question the applicant should answer within the scope of the description of the community of practice.
Q: Are adjunct faculty eligible to apply?
A: No, this opportunity is not intended for adjunct faculty.
Q: Are non-teaching professionals, who also teach, eligible to apply?
A: No, this opportunity is not intended for non-teaching professionals, even if they also teach.
Q: Are faculty teaching only graduate courses eligible to apply?
A: No, participating faculty must teach at least one undergraduate course and select at least one undergraduate course to be updated through their participation in this community of practice.
Q: I have a sabbatical planned during 2026-2027 or 2027-2028, am I eligible to apply?
A: No, participating faculty must have teaching obligations during each semester of the 2026-2027 academic year and anticipate having continued teaching obligations in 2027-2028
Q: Do you have more information and/or advice regarding what course(s) I should be selecting, or how I should be making that choice.
A: The selection of courses is at the discretion of the applicant with support from their department chair or direct supervisor. The selected course(s) should align with the guidelines in the call for applications. In other words, the course(s) should enhance student learning and preparedness for success in their field. Additionally, the course(s) should be in the major, regularly offered (e.g., annually), and required or an elective that has consistently significant student enrollment as defined by the campus and appropriate for the course type and program(s) to which it applies.
Q: Will I be obligated to teach the selected courses each semester this academic year and perhaps the next as well?
A: No, there is no obligation to teach the selected courses in any given term, because we recognize this might be beyond the control of the proposing faculty member. Instead, we ask that faculty commit to seeking approval for updated course(s) through applicable campus processes if necessary and implementing updated course(s) in 2027-2028 if offered. We do want to ensure that selected faculty are actively teaching, which is why we have limited this to faculty who have teaching obligations during the 2026-2027 academic year and anticipate having continued teaching obligations in 2027-2028.
Q: What is the schedule of meetings and other related professional learning activities?
A: The specific schedule is not yet set but is intended to start in November 2026 and occur monthly through April 2027, with other activities occurring outside of monthly meetings, most of which would be asynchronous. All professional learning activities are intended to occur remotely.
Q: In addition to the confirmation form from my department chair or direct supervisor, would it be helpful to submit a more extensive letter of support?
A: No, in your application, please only upload a completed and signed Confirmation Template from your department chair or direct supervisor.
Q: My department chair or direct supervisor is having difficulty adding their signature to the Confirmation Template. How should they add their signature?
A: If there is difficulty digitally signing the confirmation, the preferred alternative is to have your chair sign it manually and scan or take a picture of it to upload. If that is not possible, you could upload the pdf unsigned with a copy of an email indicating signature added to the PDF, or you could upload the completed, unsigned PDF and forward an email from your chair to SupportFacultyAIUse@suny.edu signifying confirmation.
For questions about this fellowship refer to the FAQs above, attend an information session (dates and zoom links below), or email further inquires to SupportFacultyAIUse@suny.edu.
Information Sessions
Tuesday, September 8th, 11:30a–12:00n, Zoom link
Monday, September 14th, 10:30a–11:00a, Zoom link