Spring Creek Project Faculty Residency
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Oregon State University faculty are invited to apply for a Spring Creek Project Faculty Residency at the Cabin at Shotpouch Creek. To be eligible, applicants must be engaged in a writing and/or research project aligned with the mission of the Spring Creek Project. Those working on projects at the intersection of environmental science and writing, art, music, social science, or the humanities would be a good fit. Faculty may apply for a solo residency or a collaborative residency (the collaborator is not required to be OSU-affiliated).
Residents receive exclusive use of Shotpouch Cabin for approximately one week. The cabin offers a profound experience of concentrated solitude and simple living that is conducive to curiosity, reflection, and sustained focus. Residents will provide a short letter describing their experience and how it influenced their work within 4 weeks of session end.
Dates and Application Deadline
Two residency sessions for faculty are available during summer:
- Session 1: July 11 – July 17
- Session 2: August 1 – August 7
Application deadline: 11:59pm Monday, January 5, 2026.
Applicants will be notified of status by February 16.
Review and selection
Dedicated to creating conversations among writers, philosophers, artists and others in the humanities and environmental sciences, the Spring Creek Project works to nurture collaborations among people with various ways of seeing, understanding, and expressing the relation between humans and the rest of the natural world. A committee composed of writers and researchers familiar with this mission will review all applications.
For More Information
Please visit our website or contact Joy Jensen at joy.jensen@oregonstate.edu.
About the Cabin at Shotpouch Creek
The Cabin at Shotpouch Creek is a comfortable retreat nestled in the Oregon Coast Range on a 70-acre nature preserve about 25 miles west of Corvallis. It overlooks Shotpouch Creek, a tributary of the Tum Tum River in the Marys River Watershed. From the cabin, miles of hiking trails climb into the forest- and fern-covered hills. The cabin is furnished with two bedrooms, a well-equipped, simple kitchen, electric heat, and a landline telephone. There is no internet or cell phone service. The cabin and land are entirely smoke-free, and we cannot allow pets. Residents must provide their own transportation to the cabin. More information will be provided before the stay.
About the Spring Creek Project
The mission of the Spring Creek Project is to bring together the practical wisdom of environmental science, the clarity of philosophy, and the transformational power of the written word and the arts to envision and inspire just and joyous relations with the planet and with one another. Dedicated to creating conversations among writers, philosophers, artists, and others in the humanities and environmental sciences, we work to nurture collaborations among people with various ways of seeing, understanding, and expressing the relation between humans and the rest of the natural world.