Faculty Development

Building and nurturing an environment where faculty can work and create effectively is critical to “developing virtuoso talent.”

Engineering and Purdue Opportunities

  • Securing Industry Funding: “How to Become a Rainmaker” is a session where successful colleagues will share their strategies for developing industry partnerships. Participants will also gain an understanding of university models for industrial grants, contracts and IP agreements.
  • Teaming Science Workshop: NIH and NSF are increasingly paying attention to teaming science for large center proposals. Michelle Bennett, a leading expert in team science, conducts an on campus workshop on developing strategies for success in collaboration and team science for multi-investigator teams and centers.
  • University Opportunities: Here, you’ll find a number of initiatives and organizations designed to help you enhance your leadership and teaching skills available at Purdue and externally.

External Opportunities Supported by the College

  • Executive Leadership in Academic Technology, Engineering, and Science (ELATES): Fellowship for senior women faculty that prepares them to lead large-scale research programs, assume prestigious appointments, be recognized as thought leaders, and excel as teachers, mentors and role models.
  • National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity: Purdue is an institutional member of NCFDD, which affords our faculty access to resources such as a weekly motivational email, the full NCFDD Core Curriculum, guest expert webinars, intensive multi-week courses facilitated by national experts and more. Popular offerings include online mentoring programs, the Faculty Bootcamp (FSP) and Post-Tenure Pathfinders. A nomination process is available to support participation in FSP and Pathfinders, where the faculty member pays $500 and the school/division and the college share the remaining costs.
  • National Effective Teaching Institutes: The National Effective Teaching Institute (NETI-1) is a three-day effective teaching workshop held twice a year.