How Fellows are Chosen
Texas A&M faculty members nominate candidates for Hagler Fellows. The Institute motivates professors to often ask,
“Who is the most important scholar in my field that I might nominate as a fellow?”
The fields, specialties, and all other aspects of the resulting annual cohorts of fellows ultimately depend on faculty members’ desires and each college’s emphasis on enhancing its excellence by using the Hagler Institute. For example, the first nine classes have included fellows from eleven other countries. To promote collaboration, the Institute requests that each Hagler Fellow be in residence from three months to one year, and it offers flexibility in scheduling those visits. Over the last two years, the average fellow was in residence for more than six months over a three-year period.
The Institute chooses fellows through a rigorous evaluation process, by:
Providing two nomination slots per college and one nomination shared by colleges for each call for nominations, and one nomination for each Hagler Institute College Chair
Inviting all faculty members to confidentially nominate scholars they would like to work with, scholars who meet the Institute’s standards, and scholars approved for recruiting by the college’s dean
Considering for Hagler Fellow appointments only scholars or leaders who have made outstanding achievements in their field, have earned top professional awards, are active, and have a record as an excellent mentor
Relying on a revolving panel of multidisciplinary University Distinguished Professors to evaluate and decide which confidential nominees will be recruited as a fellow
Once a fellow is recruited, the Hagler Institute pays 70 percent of that fellow’s salary and provides two fellowships for graduate students to work with the fellow.
