Turn Your Research Into a Clear, Compelling Funding Story Learn how to communicate your research in plain language that resonates with funders and partners beyond your discipline. Download this free worksheet designed to help faculty turn their research into a story they can use in emails, conversations, proposals, and pitches to non academic audiences. You … Read more
Author: Lisa Hanasono, Ph.D. In the NCFDD’s Faculty Success Program (FSP), we invite academics to think of their lives as a book with many chapters. Each chapter represents a specific time period in a person’s life such as their graduate school years, a post doc period, life as an early career scholar, becoming parents of … Read more
Facilitator: Rachel McLaren, PhDProfessorUniversity of Iowa How the Faculty Success Program Can Transform your Professional AND Personal Life On-Demand Webinar Recording Ready to finally make a breakthrough in your writing and research productivity? If you’ve ever started a semester with big goals—only to end the term feeling frustrated or behind—this on-demand webinar is for you. … Read more
A Weekly Planning Template Designed for Faculty: Simple, Practical, and Stress Reducing Create more intentional weeks with a 30 minute ritual that helps you protect writing time, stay focused, and reduce overwhelm. Download Your Free Template What You Will Get A free, ready to use Weekly Planning Template created specifically for the realities of academic … Read more
At the beginning of each semester, many faculty set thoughtful goals. Finish a manuscript. Restart a stalled grant proposal. Make visible progress on a long-delayed project. The intentions are sincere, and the stakes feel real. Yet as the weeks pass, those plans often slip beneath the weight of teaching, meetings, service, and daily responsibilities. What … Read more
Author: NCFDD Academic life is often portrayed as collaborative, intellectual, and community driven. In reality, many faculty describe it as isolating from the earliest stages of graduate school through the years leading to tenure. The pressure to perform, the expectation to manage everything independently, and the lack of built-in peer support can make even the … Read more
Author: Rebecca Pope-Ruark I spend a lot of my time teaching faculty and academic leaders about burnout, which the World Health Organization (2019) defines as “a syndrome resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed.” It has three characteristics: exhaustion, depersonalization or cynicism toward those you work with, and real or perceived … Read more
Burnout in higher education is widespread and deeply felt. Faculty are teaching, mentoring, researching, and serving their institutions all at once. The workload rarely slows down, and many academics find themselves running on empty long before the semester ends. What was once fulfilling can start to feel like survival. Recognizing burnout is not a sign … Read more
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, are harder to access. Research offices are overextended. And the work of identifying funders, tailoring proposals, and navigating institutional requirements often falls squarely on individual shoulders. The result? Faculty are … Read more
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 to grit their teeth and simply push harder. Late nights, working through weekends, and skipping breaks are treated as badges of honor. The message is clear: if you are strong … Read more