10/20/2025
By Julie Nash

The Office of the Provost is pleased to help support tenured, tenure-track or teaching track Faculty members with the opportunity to participate in the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD) Faculty Success Program, which helps faculty cultivate the skills necessary to increase research, teaching and writing productivity while maintaining a healthy work-life balance. We have sponsored a total of 38 faculty members since Spring 2022, nearly all of whom have indicated that it had a positive impact on both their professional and personal lives. 
 
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. 

To learn more about the Faculty Success Program, get the Faculty Success Program (FSP) Guide.

Still not sure this program is for you? Reach out to faculty_success@uml.edu and we can put you in touch with a faculty member who has previously participated in the program.

The 2026 spring session runs from January 26-April 5, 2026.

Deadline to apply for funds from the Office of the Provost: October 30, 2025.
 
Cost 
 
Early Bird registration rate is $5,100.

Provost's Office Support 
 
The Provost’s Office will provide $2,500 Fellowships for full-time, tenure and teaching stream faculty to participate in this program. Faculty will be required to pay the difference of the remaining tuition cost ($2,600), 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 October 30 deadline. 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. 
  • Share what you learned: we’ve found that faculty who participate in the Faculty Success Program come away with valuable insights and strategies that benefit others in our community. We may ask participants to consider sharing what they’ve learned with your colleagues. This may be through a workshop, a panel discussion or lightning talk at the Faculty Symposium, a mentoring program, etc. We’d love to help you find a format that feels right.

Eligibility 
 
Full-time, tenured, tenure- track and teaching-stream faculty members at UMass Lowell are eligible to apply for program support funding. 
 
About NCFDD 
 
UMass Lowell (UML) 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.