Portal for Links to Academic Career and Leadership Development Opportunities

Connect with a Community of Support

The Center for Faculty Success and Engagement has a variety of faculty-oriented workshops, support and resources designed for faculty at any stage of their career.

Visit the Center for Faculty Success and Engagement webpage for additional information. 

Faculty Peer Mediation Program

The Faculty Mediator program is available, with training provided by the National Conflict Resolution Center for those interested in volunteering to perform this role on campus. 

NCFDD

Faculty members employed by UC San Diego have access, through the Center for Faculty Success and Engagement, to a complimentary membership to the NCFDDs organizational website. For more information or to activate your account go to the NCFDD website to register for free. 

This membership includes access to webinars on topics about skills for academic appointees such as moving from resistance to writing, overcoming imposter syndrome, finding the joy in academic research, the art of saying no, cultivating mentors, and more relevant topics.

UC Learning Professional Development Opportunities

The UC Learning Center has a plethora of Professional development resources covering a broad range of topics. Resources include books, eCourses and ILP classes. Single Sign-On account required.  

The UC Learning Center also has Skillsoft's Percipio content library available. This includes video courses, audiobooks, practice labs, bootcamps, and live events.

Center for Faculty Success and Engagement (FSE)

FSE has a New Faculty Academy (NFA) for new and early career faculty. This program is designed to help new faculty understand general expectations, learn strategies for success and advancement, and build a community of colleagues. You can find more information on the FSE Faculty Development page.

Hellman Fellow Program

Full-time, non-tenured, general campus and Scripps Institution of Oceanography ladder-rank faculty who are approaching their third year of appointment or beyond are eligible for consideration. The Hellman Fellowship Program was established at UC San Diego in 1995 through the generosity of Chris Hellman and the late Warren Hellman. This program is designed to provide up to $50,000.00 of financial support and encouragement to young faculty in the core disciplines who show capacity for great distinction in their research and creative activities. Funds awarded are intended as one-time support for activities that will enhance the individual's progress towards tenure; therefore, prior to receiving a Fellowship, faculty recipients will have served at least two years at the assistant professor rank as evidence of their promise of distinction. Previous Hellman Fellows are ineligible. Funds may be used for *summer salary support, research and laboratory equipment, travel, and other research-related expenses including salaries for students or research assistants, but may not be used to replace faculty salaries during the academic year. (*At the request of the donors, summer salary support should not comprise the majority of the proposed budget).  See the website for more details. 

UC Humanities Research Institute

The University of California Humanities Research Institute (UCHRI) offers a Manuscript Workshop and Research Development Program. The purpose of this workshop is to provide junior UC faculty in the humanities and qualitative social sciences with their publication goals and network building.

Center for Advancing Multidisciplinary Scholarship for Excellence in Education

The Center for Advancing Multidisciplinary Scholarship for Excellence in Education (CAMSEE) is a research, learning, and teaching community focused on undergraduate education. They welcome participation from all members of UC San Diego who wish to contribute their experience and expertise to advance pedagogy and discipline-based educational research, while improving education. 

Teaching+Learning Commons

The UC San Diego Teaching+Learning Commons is dedicated to helping faculty at UC San Diego innovate in the classroom. They offer various workshops, consultations and toolkits for educators. Visit their Programs for Faculty page and Workshops and Courses for Educators pages for details. 

Academic Senate funding programs

The UC San Diego Academic Senate sponsors several university-wide grant funding programs where grants can be requested for Senate Faculty and eligible non-Senate research faculty for research related travel and expenses.

Altman Clinical and Translational Research Institute (ACTRI)

As part of their Workforce Development Trainings and Activities programs, ACTRI has the K12 Scholar Program mentored career development award funded by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS). This program aims to develop the junior translational scientists capable of accelerating the movement of research discoveries into clinical and community health settings.

Blink funding list-serve

Blink's Funding Opportunities is also a good resource page with access to funding list-serve information and more. 

Division of Physical Sciences: Research Communications Program

The Research Communications Program draws on scholarship in the sciences, science communication, science education, the arts and other fields to provide the guiding theoretical perspective and the practical experience that is critical to communicating effectively with a wide range of audiences, including those with questions or concerns about the methods, findings or implications of scientific research. Please read more about this program and join their next workshops.

Funding lists provided by Schools

The School of Arts and Humanities has compiled a list of funding opportunities. 

The School of Social Sciences also has internal faculty research support opportunities.

Research Affairs - Research Compliance Training

The UC San Diego Office of Research Affairs provides a variety of training classes and workshops for faculty and researchers on research compliance. Faculty can learn more about required and recommended training for not only themselves, but for others who may work on various sponsored projects with them. 

UC Humanities Research Institute Opportunities

The University of California Humanities Research Institute (UCHRI) offers many system-wide funding and development opportunities that support collaborations between faculty members and individual professional development. Take a look at the UCHRI Grants page to see funding and collaboration opportunities offered.  

UC San Diego internal funding opportunities

 The UC San Diego Internal Funding and Limited Submissions page is a new source of information about some of the funding opportunities that are managed by UC San Diego, such as the Chancellor's Research Excellence Scholarships (CRES), Center Launch, and limited-submission competitions. You will also find applications for special programs such as faculty awards and leadership training opportunities.

Academic Personnel Leadership Training Programs

Senior faculty members on general campus or at SIO who have taken on roles as Department Chairs are invited to participate in the quarterly Department Chair Workshops that cover important topics to campus leaders in academic roles.  These quarterly workshops provide faculty with current information on high priority topics for the University including strategic planning, budget strategies, fundraising, faculty recruitment and diversity, and more.  

In addition, also available to general campus and SIO faculty, the multi-day Faculty Leadership Academy (January-May) is open to senior Senate faculty who may not yet serve in an administrative role but would like to acquire the skills for leadership needed to provide guidance to their departments or units. 

Rady School of Management 

Rady School of Management Provides Executive Education and Executive MBAs.  

• Executive Education
• Executive MBAs

Staff Education Development Resources and Courses

UC San Diego Staff Education and Development provides information on the system-wide Gartner Resources for all UC employees. These resources include training on leadership and development via four Leadership Councils employees can toggle between after creating individual log-ins. Content includes webinars, 360 assessment tools, a course content library, job aid templates, access to best practices studies, and research services for members. Access can be set up in only a moment.

Staff Education and Development also offers some programming that all UC San Diego employees can participate in. These include:

• Professional Development Resources
• Managerial and Leadership Development programs
• Team/Organizational Development

UC Learning Leadership Development 

The UC Learning Center has a leadership training resources including books, eCourses, and events. Single Sign-On account required.  

HS Office of Faculty Affairs

UC San Diego Health Sciences Office of Faculty Affairs has a number of development programs and faculty engagement activities for Health Sciences faculty. Some of their programs are highlighted below.

HS Center for Excellence

UC San Diego's Health Sciences Center of Excellence (HSCOE) Faculty Career Development Program is designed to improve the retention and success of new faculty in academic science and medicine at UC San Diego.

HS Faculty Mentor Training Program (FMTP)

UC San Diego's Health Sciences Office of Faculty Affairs has also developed a Faculty Mentor Training Program to support the success of junior faculty and improve their engagement while enhancing senior faculty training in effective mentoring. This program facilitates the adoption of a formalized faculty mentorship program and offers training for both groups.

The National Center of Leadership in Academic Medicine (NCLAM)

NCLAM is a Health Sciences professional development program with a mentoring component for junior faculty at UC San Diego. NCLAM helps junior faculty develop skills appropriate for their academic career, implement a personal strategic plan, and expand their network of colleagues within Health Sciences and the University. 

Staff Ed Compliance Management

UC San Diego faculty require mandatory training in Cyber Security Awareness, Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment Prevention, UC Ethical Values and Conduct, and job-specific offerings for academic appointees. To view the courses faculty are responsible for and the frequency of taking them, view Compliance Training: Audiences and Deadlines and drop in on BLINK Compliance and Required Training. Some courses are available as e-courses and others in-person.  

To learn how to access your assigned, required compliance training,  view the BLINK UC Learning Center Learner Guide’s View Your Schedule and Assigned Activities Instructions.

Academic Personnel, UC San Diego Family Accommodation and Work/Life Programs Curated Page

Faculty interested in professional development are also often interested in maximizing the work/life balance needed to sustain a high-performance academic career.  In addition to the work/life balance resources mentioned above, UC San Diego is also pleased to offer its academic appointees a curated page of family-friendly and work/life programs available locally. Visit the Family-Friendly and Work/Life Programs page for more information.

 UC Course Offerings about Personal Financial Planning

UC calendars for course offerings about personal financial planning toward retirement are available for both General Campus appointees and those in the Health Sciences. In addition, relevant links and information about UC and UC San Diego resources for personal finance management can be found on APS's new Faculty Retirement Resources page. 

UC Work/Life Pages and Initiatives

The new UC Systemwide WellBeing Initiative unites faculty and staff across UC in its mission to improve our collective emotional, financial, nutritional and physical wellbeing. By sponsoring programs, resources, and events, this program aims to provide and make easily accessible to all employees the tools and knowledge needed to lead a healthy and thriving life.
 
In addition, the UCOP Work/life programs site provides system-wide information on programs and policies that impact and improve work/life balance.