02/12/2024
By Julie Nash 

The Office of the Provost is pleased to help support tenured or tenure-track Faculty members with the opportunity to participate in the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD) Faculty Success Program, which helps tenure-track and tenured faculty cultivate the skills necessary to increase research and writing productivity while maintaining a healthy work-life balance. We have sponsored a total of 28 faculty members since Spring 2022, and the feedback we are receiving has been very positive. 
 
As a Faculty Success Program participant, you will learn how to: 

  • Set achievable personal and professional goals that align with UMass Lowell’s priorities and your own values. 
  • Create a realistic and concrete plan to meet your goals. 
  • Establish and maintain a healthy and sustainable daily writing habit. 
  • Develop a publication portfolio (helpful for promotion). 
  • Better manage your time spent on teaching, service, research, and writing so that it aligns with your goals. 
  • Identify obstacles that are holding you back and strategies to move through them. 
  • Prioritize your physical and emotional health. 

The 2024 summer session runs from May 20, 2024, to July 28, 2024.

Deadline to apply for funds from the Office of the Provost: March 1, 2024.
 
Cost 
 
Standard tuition is $5,150 per participant. Priority registration rate is $4,150.

Provost's Office Support 
 
The Provost’s Office will provide up to five $2,150 Fellowships for full-time, tenure-stream faculty to participate in this program. Faculty will be required to pay the difference of the remaining tuition cost ($2,000), using a combination of their Professional Development funds, matching funds from the faculty member’s home department, college, start-up funds, or other sources. Please reach out to your department chair directly to initiate a discussion. 

Application for Funding 
 
Complete this online form to apply for funding. Applications must be received by the March 1 deadline. Faculty members who receive the funding will be notified of the decision by March 11. The Provost’s Office will coordinate submitting of the applications with the NCFDD’s office. 
 
Expectations and Requirements for Recipients of Program Funding Support: 

  • Faculty who receive Faculty Success funding are expected to complete the Faculty Success Program and to participate in the weekly calls and exercises, as described in the program. 
  • Within a year following completion of the program, recipients either individually or in small groups will be asked to share with the university community their learning outcomes from their participation. Sample activities include: 
    • Agree to lead a workshop or participate in a panel session for campus-wide seminars on related topics (e.g., Faculty Symposium, CELT workshops, etc.)
    • Create a podcast or write a professional blog for your department’s or college’s communication outlets (e.g., social media accounts, newsletter) on relevant topics related to lessons learned from your participation in the program (e.g., career planning). 
    • Via a brown-bag seminar or colloquium, present to students, staff, or faculty in your department or college, relevant lessons learned from your participation in the program (e.g., time management). 
    • Facilitate a weekly or monthly writing group with graduate students or faculty in your department or college.
    • Host and facilitate a discussion about one of NCFDD’s virtual workshops for faculty in your department or college. 

Eligibility 
 
Full-time, tenure-stream faculty members at UMass Lowell are eligible to apply for program support funding. 
 
About NCFDD 
 
UMass Lowell is an institutional member of the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD), which provides all of UML’s faculty members, post-doctoral fellows and graduate students free access to a number of the NCFDD’s programs and resources. If you haven’t signed up for a membership, please do so in order to take advantage of the available NCFDD’s programs and resources to support faculty, including support for academic life, and professional development. To activate your membership, visit the NCFDD website. 
 
If you have questions, contact  Shaima_Ragab@uml.edu.