Faculty Development
CULTIVATE: Our Grants Mentoring Program
Success in securing external funding requires more than just a great idea; it requires a strategic approach to proposal development. CULTIVATE is our signature grants mentoring program, designed to pair faculty with experienced peers and resources to sharpen their grant-seeking skills.
- Mentorship: Connect with seasoned investigators who provide feedback on project design and narrative flow.
- Strategic Planning: Learn how to align your research goals with agency priorities.
- Peer Support: Join a cohort of scholars dedicated to elevating the research profile of Wake Forest.
NCFDD
Wake Forest is an Institutional Member of the NCFDD, a nationally recognized organization providing online career development and mentoring resources for faculty, postdocs, and graduate students. All Wake Forest faculty, postdocs, and graduate students can access these benefits for free by activating a membership with a wfu.edu email account. Through this membership, faculty gain access to organized and on-demand NCFDD programming in four key areas designed to support extraordinary writing and research productivity while maintaining a full and healthy life outside of work. Over 150 WFU faculty have participated in programs like “Every Semester Needs a Plan,” “Building a Publishing Pipeline,” the popular “14-Day Writing Challenge,” and the NCFDD flagship, “Faculty Success Program”
Grants Learning Center
Interactive modules designed to walk faculty through the various stages in developing competitive proposals, featuring NSF CAREER, federal and non-federal funding resources.