Dell Medical School

University Programs

In addition to the programming offered at Dell Med, UT Austin offers faculty career and professional development programming through the following offices:

  • The Provost's Office of Faculty Affairs and Faculty Development (EVPP)
  • The Center for Teaching and Learning, and
  • Office of the Vice President for Research, Scholarship, and Creative Endeavors (OVPR)

For more information on faculty development programs at UT Austin, visit the Office of Faculty Development website.

Overview of Programs and Key Dates

Program

Sponsoring Office

Key Dates

Provost’s Mentored Faculty Scholars- One-year program; 16 faculty members are selected for 1:1 mentoring and skill-building workshops to assist mentees expanding their scholarly portfolio and its societal impact. This program augments traditional, within-department faculty mentoring at UT by facilitating mentor-mentee pairing across departments, or colleges. 

Eligible faculty: Any tenured or tenure-track faculty member- best suited to faculty who are late-stage Assistant Professors, or already tenured Associate or Full Professors.

EVPP/OVPR

Application deadline has passed.

Aspiring Leaders Academy- One year program; 15 mid-career tenured faculty who are interested in pursuing academic leadership. The purpose of the academy is to proactively develop academic leaders through a twice-monthly, structured curriculum as well as a hands-on shadowing experience with an existing leader.

Eligible faculty: Professional-track faculty, tenured associate and tenured full professors.

EVPP

2024-25 ALA Members have been chosen and notified.

Research Leaders Academy- One-year program; 15 principal investigators (tenured or professional track faculty, or research scientists) who aspire to lead, or who are already leading, large-scale research initiatives. Faculty fellows will engage in eight, three-hour interactive workshops and individual mentorship.

Eligible faculty: Tenured or professional track faculty, or research scientists.

EVPP/OVPR

Applications to open in Academic Year 2025-26

Provost's Distinguished Leadership Service Academy (DLSA)- 5-year program; an organization of distinguished tenured and senior non-tenure track faculty members who strive to foster and promote leadership training for UT faculty colleagues that focuses on service and mentoring-related topics. 

Eligible faculty: Tenured faculty with three academic years of full-time employment at UT in a rank higher than the tenure-track assistant professor rank. Also open to professional-track faculty who have worked at UT for at least three years in a rank higher than the lowest professional-track rank.

EVPP

2024-25 DLSA Members have been chosen and notified.

Professional Track Peer Networking Circles - Annual program; allows faculty of all ranks to connect and share experiences with peers from across the University. Each “circle” promotes discussion of best practices centered on a particular theme facilitated by a professional track faculty colleague.

Eligible faculty: open to faculty of all ranks.

EVPP

Registration deadline has passed.

R01 Writing Groups Program-One-year program; targeted to early-career and new-to-NIH PIs. This program centers 4-6 person writing groups, matched according to shared research interests and availability. Writing Groups meet regularly throughout the academic year to make progress on their R01 applications.

Eligible faculty: Principal Investigators working on an NIH R01 application.

OVPR

Registration for the 2025-2026 academic year will open Summer 2025.

Faculty Writing Communities - This Fall Semester program will consist of six communities, each with 10 faculty, that will meet for two hours each week in a dedicated space throughout Fall 2024. Faculty will be grouped into communities based on time availability. 

Eligible faculty: Tenured and tenure-track faculty. Professional-track faculty of any rank and benefits eligible in the academic year of engagement.

EVPP

Registration deadline has passed.

Associate Professor Experimental (APX)-One-year program; newly promoted, tenured, associate professors are invited to take part in a design thinking and flash funding faculty retreat that gives newly tenured associate professors dedicated funds and focused time to envision new research directions with colleagues in diverse academic disciplines.

Eligible faculty: Invitation only. OVPR’s office invites newly promoted associate professors with tenure (recently promoted from assistant to associate professor with tenure) each spring.

OVPR/EVPP

By invitation only.

Provost’s Teaching Fellows-One-year program; includes faculty of all ranks from across campus. Faculty participants strive to improve teaching and learning at UT Austin through individual initiatives in their own classroom, department, and college as well as collective engagement across the cohort to promote educational excellence and teaching. 

Eligible faculty: open to faculty of all ranks.

Center for Teaching & Learning

Applications are due by Dec. 2, 2024 by 9 a.m.