The next step

The phone interview seemed to go well, and it's clear that I fit the description of the person for whom they are looking. It seems likely that I will be invited to the campus to give a talk about my research and have several interviews with members of the search committee. While there, I will also have a chance to ask hard-hitting questions of my own, evaluate the lab and office space, request startup funds to get my lab running (which are standard and these days get up to $250,000+), and survey their crops of grad students.

Timing is a bit of a problem, since they are looking for someone to start in the Fall term (late August!), which is inconvenient for many reasons... Anyway, we have decided to not worry about it and just go with it for now to see what pans out. One good thing is that the search committee realizes that they are asking a lot of someone to start in a couple of months, so there should be some flexibility on their part.