Recently Postponed and Concluded Faculty Development Programs

Associate Professor Leadership Development at UCSD

This program is closed. A similar program may be launched in the future.

Historical program information

The Associate Professor Development Seminar was started in late 2019 to aid new Associate Professors and Associate Teaching Professors with the transition to a tenured faculty role and it's new set of challenges. This program was put together in recognition that the professional success of faculty hinges not only upon achievement in research and teaching, but also on a faculty member’s ability to grow personally and to achieve a satisfying balance between the many roles and responsibilities - as leader, teacher, mentor, advisor, colleague, and more - of faculty. This was a development opportunity designed for newly tenured associate professors and associate teaching professors who have achieved security of employment as one way to support our faculty in achieving long-term professional success. This program was ended due to the Covid-19 pandemic in mid March of 2020.

2023-2025 COVID Career Support Program (CCSP)

This program closed to new applications on February 14, 2023. All funding for accepted applications concluded on June 30, 2025.

Historical program information

This temporary program was announced by Executive Vice Chancellor Elizabeth Simmons and Chancellor Pradeep Khosla to help mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on the scholarly trajectory of faculty who were at the Assistant Professor or Assistant Teaching Professor rank during academic years 20-21 and/or 21-22. Eligible faculty could apply for teaching relief to help them fully reengage with their research and creative activities.

Departments of accepted recipients were reimbursed for course teaching relief, to be used between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2025.

FAQ

Q. Did this program change the timeline to tenure?

No. Faculty still progress towards tenure at the normal rate.

Q. How does taking CCSP impact my review?

Similar to ASMD, CCMD, and other programs that provide course relief, this program reflected an approved teaching load modification and your review will not be negatively impacted by taking advantage of CCSP. However, pre-tenured and pre-security of employment faculty also must establish a teaching portfolio that provides “clearly demonstrated evidence of high quality teaching.”

Q. What were the program terms?

Department Chairs and School Deans were required to endorse each request.
Course relief had to be taken by June 30, 2025. If a teaching faculty member elected the equivalent funding, it had to be used between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2025.
CCSP Awards were given on a one-time basis and applied to one quarter within the specified program dates. Multiple award requests were not approved.
A CCSP award did not relieve the awardee of other department responsibilities and University service. The CCSP was an in-residence program, and the award of a CCSP did not confer a leave of absence.
No faculty member could simultaneously use CCSP, CCMD and policy-based ASMD or exceptions to APM 710 for course release in the same quarter
The total amount of combined CCSP, ASMD, CCMD and APM 710 exceptions could not exceed two quarters during any one academic year, excluding the ASMD child-bearing provision which allows up to three quarters of modified duties for the child-bearing appointee.

Q. Who was eligible?

Eligible faculty were Assistant Professors (LRF) and Assistant Teaching Professors (LPSOE) who were Pre-tenure, Pre-Security of employment in the 2020-2021 and/or 2021-2022 academic years.