The Office of Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs sponsors James Madison University’s institutional membership with the NCFDD. The NCFDD is an independent center that offers a wide range of resources to support the professional development and successful transitions of faculty, post-doctoral scholars, and doctoral students throughout their academic careers. The resources are broadly applicable across academic disciplines and include webinars/workshops on topics such as how to develop a daily writing plan, strategies for increasing research productivity, managing time more effectively, how to write grant proposals, and maintaining work-life balance.

Your FREE JMU Institutional sub-account to the NCFDD gives you access to the following:

• The Monday Motivator (a weekly email with productivity tips)
• Monthly productivity workshops based on NCFDD’s core curriculum
• Guest expert webinars & multi-week programs
• 14-Day Writing Challenge
• Member Library which includes audio and video recordings, slides and transcripts from all webinars
• Career Center where members can post and search job postings
• Monthly accountability buddy match
• Private discussion forum for peer-mentoring and problem solving
• Online accountability and tracking software for alumni of the Faculty Success Program and Dissertation Success Program. Both of these programs have a registration fee.

How to Activate for Your Free JMU Institutional Sub-Account:

• Go to the NCFDD website
• Click on the "For Institutions" button (at the top of the page, under the "Explore the Faculty Success Program" button).
• To the right of the sentence "Is your institution a member," click on "Search here."
  • This is under the "Why NDFDD" and "Request Partnership Info" buttons.
  • Select your Institution, using the dropdown, and scrolling down to James Madison University, or enter the name.
  • Click “Continue”
  • On the page that appears, click on “Activate My Membership”
• Complete the Account Information fields, and use your JMU email address
• You will receive a welcome email within a few minutes requesting that you confirm your account by clicking on  "Activate Account" in the email body.
• You should receive an online confirmation immediately, and you can begin fully using your new NCFDD membership by going to the "Go to Dashboard" or revisit at a later date.

If you have any issues with activating your JMU Institutional Sub-Account, email facultysuccess@jmu.edu.

If you have any questions about JMU’s Institutional Membership, email Associate Vice Provost Gilpatrick Hornsby at hornsbgd@jmu.edu.