The ICIS 2026 Junior Faculty Consortium (JFC) will focus on research, teaching, and service activities, including how to achieve balance in these activities and navigate the challenges of academia.

In addition to senior faculty mentors, the JFC will host about 60 junior faculty in person. A major focus of the JFC is to allow junior faculty to interact with respected, experienced senior faculty leaders and administrators. In addition to facilitating interaction between junior and senior faculty, the topics and exercises during the JFC Camp will be organized to allow senior faculty leaders to share key lessons learned from their careers. This input can help shape, focus, and inform discussions of critical issues to junior faculty.

The program will consist of a series of interactive activities combined with small group discussions with senior faculty members about how to achieve goals and expectations, break through barriers, and deal with unexpected challenges, as well as how to balance goals and expectations with personal lives, and how to find mentorship and guidance along the way. The conference will also include two panel sessions (promotion and tenure; Senior Editors and Editors in Chief). The JFC tentative schedule is available below.

The main goal of the JFC is to offer all participants insights into academic careers that can help them be valuable, marketable, and successful, from their own perspective and from the perspective of their university and the academy. Prospective participants must apply to participate.

Criteria for participation in the JFC will include faculty who:

1. Have a completed Ph.D.
2. Are an untenured faculty in an academic position in the Fall of 2026; and
3. Have registered for the conference as an AIS member.

Timeline

Fees

Lunch, refreshments, and snacks are provided at the JFC. ICIS 2026 conference full conference registration is required. An additional $85* registration fee is required to participate in the JFC in Lisbon.

*Subject to change.

Application Process and Deadline

Please submit your application here:

The form will ask you to include a short description of how you meet the above-mentioned criteria.