| Faculty Development |
 ADVANCE supports new initiatives for formal Faculty Development Programs to ensure that all faculty—women and men—have access to the types of resources that cultivate opportunities for success at the highest levels in academic and academic leadership. Our faculty development initiatives seek to provide fair and transparent access to the types of resources that support career success at Brown University and the wider scientific community. |
| The Research Opportunities Coordinator provides specialized assistance for faculty engaged in sponsored funding. The ROC brokers new collaborations among faculty, notifies faculty of opportunities for sponsored project support, and helps faculty negotiate the funding process. The underlying goal of this initiative is to increase external research funding for faculty, thus promoting their success at Brown as well as within their own scientific discipline. We expect this service to be particularly helpful to Assistant Professors who might not yet have tacit knowledge of negotiating the funding process but mid-career faculty may also find it helpful to work with the CRO as they development new collaborative research initiatives or topics of interest. |
| The Mentoring Program provides a formal mechanism for faculty to connect with mentors outside of their department with whom they can speak candidly about their experiences and learn to negotiate the academic environment at Brown. Mentors will assist with junior faculty with professional development by providing information about university policies, culture and resources. |
