📧 Negotiating the Offer 

Hello there!

Thanks for your patience as I navigate your offer and take in feedback from my advisors and mentors. In the spirit of transparency, I have [number here] of offers for a TT position, and I am waiting to hear back from [XX] other locations. That said, your offer is my top priority—I envision myself doing great work with you all. I mean it when I say I'm eager to potentially join your department.

With the other offers I've received thus far and with my research agenda and plans—along with aspects such as cost-of-living and student loan repayment—here is the offer I would like to say yes to for you can expect me to be at my best and to thrive in your department and university.

• Starting Salary: $XX,XXX

• Start-Up Funds: $X,XXX

• Personal Computer Start-Up: $X,XXX (including taxes for purchases)

• Yearly Research/Travel Stipend: $X,XXX

• And other details that you might need to finagle.

Please let me know what else you might need from me or if you want to talk more over the phone. I hope to hear from you soon.