# Faculty Development Core

> **NIH NIH U54** · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · 2023 · $166,262

## Abstract

FACULTY DEVELOPMENT CORE―ABSTRACT
The Faculty Development Core (FacDevCore) for NURTURE: Northwestern University Recruitment to
Transform Under-Representation and achieve Equity will enhance an ecosystem of inclusive excellence to
support and enable a Cohort of new faculty from underrepresented groups (URGs) to thrive at Northwestern
University (NU). The FacDevCore will play a key role in complementing recent and upcoming institutional culture
change initiatives within NU by implementing innovative, personalized programs and strategies for the
NURTURE Cohort that will promote integration, strengthen community building, and foster career development
and progression. Our three overarching goals involve: 1) supporting NU-wide efforts to foster inclusive climates
within and across schools, institutes, centers, departments, divisions, and new NURTURE Scientific
Neighborhoods; 2) applying evidence-based programs and structures to promote comprehensive, customized
career advancement and strong sense of community and belonging for NURTURE faculty; and 3) offering
progressive, structured mentorship and sponsorship to empower NURTURE faculty for sustained success,
promotion, and tenure. The FacDevCore will coordinate with the Administrative and Evaluation Cores to advance
its focus on developing, evaluating, and refining a social ecology that embraces the unique strengths of Cohort
members in a context of enhanced career advancement so each member succeeds and thrives. The
FacDevCore leadership will oversee supports offered to both Cohort members and their career advancement
teams. These goals will be achieved through the following Specific Aims: Aim 1: Implement evidence-based
policies, structures, and networks that accelerate a more inclusive and welcoming academic culture for URG
faculty at NU, including achieving competency in inclusive practices and behaviors for existing and new faculty;
establishing the Safe Space Ambassadors Team to foster open dialogue and problem-solving on institutional
and structural challenges associated with academic advancements; and creating networks that reduce isolation
and increase community for the NURTURE Cohort. Aim 2: Expand skills of senior scientists within NURTURE’s
Scientific Neighborhoods to optimize the NURTURE environment by forming Neighborhoods that leverage NU’s
existing departments, institutes and centers to create coordinated, collaborative, and supportive teams for each
NURTURE cluster; implementing a holistic approach to faculty promotion and academic advancement; and
engaging senior scientists to sponsor Cohort members for leadership opportunities at NU and beyond. Aim 3:
Engage the NURTURE Cohort with faculty-driven options for training and skill-enhancement that will advance
their career, professional, and personal development. FacDevCore programming will complement existing and
planned diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives on faculty development within NU to develop and sustain
solutions to e...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10701948
- **Project number:** 5U54CA272163-02
- **Recipient organization:** NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Susanna A McColley
- **Activity code:** U54 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2023
- **Award amount:** $166,262
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2022-09-09 → 2027-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10701948

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10701948, Faculty Development Core (5U54CA272163-02). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10701948. Licensed CC0.

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