Provost's Initiative on Faculty Mentoring

The Provost's Initiative for Faculty Mentoring sponsors several Notre Dame faculty members each year to participate in the “Faculty Success Program,” a 10‐week intensive mentoring experience offered as an online program by the NCFDD. The Faculty Success Program is facilitated by a cohort of tenured faculty members and is designed to equip faculty with the skills and strategies necessary to increase research productivity, promote effective time management, and maximize work‐life balance. For additional information about NCFDD’s program, please visit: ncfdd.org.

The Office of the Provost extends an invitation to tenure-track faculty members to apply for sponsorship to the mentoring program each fall and spring semester.

Application Procedures for the Faculty Success Program

Spring 2026: January 26 - April 5, 2026 

 

Apply by October 1, 2025

Eligibility

All full‐time assistant and associate professors on the tenure track are eligible to participate. 

Mentoring information for TPAC faculty is available here.

To maximize opportunities to participate, Notre Dame faculty members who have already received support from the Provost's Initiative on Faculty Mentoring may not reapply. However, faculty members are also able to sign up for the NCFDD's Faculty Success Program on their own. 

Allowable expenses

The Office of the Provost will cover the tuition costs for each faculty member selected for this online program.

Deadline 

Submit applications via this form by noon on October 1, 2025.

Application materials

Interested faculty should submit a CV and a brief statement (no more than one single‐spaced page) on why you believe this program would be beneficial for your professional development. This statement should include your name, contact information, and department/college/school affiliation(s).

Reporting requirements

Following completion of the 12‐week program, participants must submit a report to the Provost’s Office that includes (but need not be limited to):

• Statement on your overall assessment of the program, including specific ways in which you benefited from the program
• Suggestions as to how this program could be improved
• Description of any best practices or ideas identified as a result of this program that should be considered at Notre Dame

For questions, please email Maura Ryan, vice president and associate provost for faculty affairs.