As the academic year winds down, many faculty find themselves running on momentum alone. The instinct is to push through the final deadlines, answer the...
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From Isolation to Impact: The Role of Community in Securing Research Funding
Securing research funding has always required persistence, but for many faculty, the process now feels increasingly solitary and increasingly uncertain. Traditional sources of support, like federal grants,...
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Stop Going It Alone: How Academic Community Fuels Real Progress
Faculty life is often described as a balancing act. Teaching, research, service, and personal responsibilities compete for attention, and the instinct for many academics is...
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Building Strong Peer Communities: A Resource for Leadership and Advancement
Author: Chrystal Bruce, PhD, Associate Dean, John Carroll University The NSF ADVANCE Partnership Project, Advancing STEM Careers by Empowering Network Development (ASCEND), was conceived to...
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Closing the Year with Intention: Reflections Before Reset
Author: NCFDD As the academic year draws to a close, it is tempting to focus only on the next set of deadlines, the next proposal,...
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Rethinking Your Research Funding: A Conversation with Franco Montalto, PhD
Author: NCFDD Ahead of the start of our new Rethinking Your Research Funding course, we’re spotlighting the experts who helped shape the curriculum. Franco Montalto,...
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Rethinking Your Research Funding: A Conversation with Sabrina Noel, PhD, RD
Author: NCFDD Ahead of the start of our new Rethinking Your Research Funding course, we’re spotlighting the experts who helped shape the curriculum. Sabrina Noel,...
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Rethinking Your Research Funding: A New Course for Today’s Faculty
Federal funding has long been the gold standard for research support, but today’s realities tell a different story. Award rates are shrinking, political climates are...
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Flawed by Design: The Problem with Teaching Reviews for Tenure (and What to Do About It)
Author: Chavella T. Pittman, PhD, Effective & Efficient Faculty Most campus procedures for reviewing teaching for retention, tenure, and promotion run counter to best and...
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Embracing Innovation in Academia: How Faculty Can Leverage AI Without Losing Their Voice
Author: NCFDD Artificial intelligence is reshaping higher education. Tools that can generate text, summarize sources, or analyze data are now freely available to anyone with...
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From Burnout to Renewal: Rethinking Mid-Career in Academia
When you first imagined your academic career, you may have pictured the mid-career stage as a time of ease. Tenure would be behind you, the...
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Rethinking Your Research Funding: A Conversation with Jolie Sheffer, PhD
Author: NCFDD Ahead of the launch of our new Rethinking Your Research Funding course, we are spotlighting the experts who helped shape the curriculum. Jolie...
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5 Questions Every Faculty Member Should Ask Before Their Next Grant Cycle
Securing research funding is a high-stakes process for faculty. Whether you are applying for your first major grant or working to sustain a long-term project,...
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Being Agile in Uncertain Times: Scrum Project Management for Faculty
Author: Rebecca Pope-Ruark, PhD As we enter this new academic year, we do so confronting a sea of change, concern, and uncertainty based on our...
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Why We Built a New Online Community for Academics
At NCFDD, we’ve spent the past 15 years building programs, tools, and resources to support faculty development at every career stage. But one thing we...
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