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Faculty Development - NCFDD

About NCFDD

The University of Virginia is proud to be an institutional member of the NCFDD. Our membership is part of our ongoing commitment to recruit and support field shaping faculty and graduate students who advance academic excellence, facilitate reciprocal engagement, and develop scholarship that meets the grand challenges of our world. NCFDD is a nationally recognized center dedicated to helping faculty, post-docs, and graduate students make successful transitions throughout their academic careers by providing professional development, training, and mentoring. NCFDD resources are applicable across fields of inquiry and focus on a range of topics that include strategies for increasing productivity, writing grants, overcoming academic perfectionism, developing a daily writing plan, managing time more effectively, maintaining work-life balance, and resolving conflicts, among others. The benefits of NCFDD membership include greater success with publications and securing external funding for research, increased confidence as an independent scholar, healthier relationships with departmental colleagues, and more.

As an institutional member of the NCFDD, UVA's graduate students, post-docs, and faculty can sign up to receive institutional resources at no cost. Once you sign-up you will have access to resources and support outlined below.

Membership Includes Access to:

  1. The Monday Motivator (weekly email including productivity tips)

  2. Monthly core curriculum, guest expert webinars, and multi-week courses

  3. The Career Center resources

  4. Audio and video recordings, slides and transcripts from all webinars

  5. Moderated monthly writing challenges and monthly mentor matches

  6. Discounted Faculty Success Program registration

  7. Online accountability and tracking software to alumni of the Faculty Success Program

  8. Private discussion forum for peer-mentoring and problem solving

The Office of the Provost and the Division for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion cosponsor 20 faculty to participate in the Faculty Success Program each summer. As an institutional member of the NCFDD, UVA's graduate students, post-docs, and faculty can sign up to receive institutional resources at no cost. Once you sign-up you will have access to resources and support outlined below. To sign up for your individualized dashboard through our membership, go to: facultydiversity.org. Scroll down the institution menu on the first page and choose University of Virginia. You will then be asked to sign in with your UVA ID

For more information, please contact Jenne S. Knight, Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Development.

How to Activate your UVA Institutional Membership

  1. Visit "Join the NCFDD Community"

  2. Click on University of Virginia in the dropdown (or start typing and the university name will appear)

  3. Complete the registration process

  4. Activate your account by clicking the confirmation in the email you receive

For more information about UVA's Institutional Membership with NCFDD contact Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Development Jennie S. Knight If you encounter any technical issues, please contact membership@facultydiversity.org.