Funding Opportunities We Offer
The office of Faculty Diversity & Development manages faculty development programs and contributes limited support to various faculty projects. Awards and programs are listed here.
• Faculty Career Development Award
• Non-Senate Faculty Career Development
• Regents' Lecturers and Professor
• Building Community Program
Faculty Career Development Award
Faculty Career Development Awards are given annually to assistant professors, providing research support at a critical time in the pre-tenure stage. Awards are made in the form of summer ninths, one-quarter sabbatical supplements, full-quarter research leaves with salary, or a lump-sum of $3,000. Approximately 30 awards are granted annually.
2008-2009 FCDA Award Recipients
Program Description
2008-2009 FCDA Call for Applicants
2008-2009 FCDA Application
2008-2009 FCDA Call for Applicants Law
2008-2009 FCDA Application - Law
Non-Senate Faculty Career Development
The University has created a fund for professional development of non-senate faculty (NSF) members. The purpose of these awards is to provide support for the professional development of an NSF member. The Non-Senate Faculty Council on Professional Development, a committee of four current non-senate faculty members, is charged with reviewing applications for these funds and making recommendations on awards to the Vice Provost, Faculty Diversity & Development.
Program Description
Call For Applications
2007-2008 NSFCDA Application
Regents' Lecturers and Professor
The Regents’ Professors and Lecturers Program permits the appointment, on a visiting basis, of distinguished leaders from non-academic fields to enrich UCLA’s instructional program. A Regents’ Professor serves for one quarter and normally teaches one or more courses during the year. Regents’ Lecturers are available for participation in the instructional activities of the sponsoring department and other interested academic units and for informal consultations with students and faculty.
Program Description
2008-2009 RPLP Application
2008-2009 RPLP Call for Nominations
Building Community Program
Faculty Diversity & Development is providing funding to assist departments in fostering a culture of inclusion by encouraging grassroots efforts to network across departmental boundaries around issues related to gender equity and diversity in higher education and address perceived obstacles and barriers to the pursuit of careers in academia.
Building Community Program Brochure
2007-2008 BCP Application