NAU Supported NCFDD Membership

About NCFDD

NCFDD is a nationally recognized, independent organization dedicated to supporting over 285,000 faculty, graduate students, and postdocs on their path to successful academic careers. They offer a range of resources, including professional development programs, training, and mentoring support.

As an Institutional Member of NCFDD, we encourage faculty members and academic professionals from all levels to sign up for a complimentary sub-account membership. This provides you with exclusive access to their extensive online resources, including a range of webinars, resources, and programs.

How to Activate Your Account

Visit this NAU/ NCFDD webpage
Click “Activate my Membership”
Register using your @nau.edu email address
Your inbox will have an “Activate Account” email from ncfdd. Follow those instructions.

Benefits of Your NCFDD Institutional Membership

An NCFDD subscription offers faculty at NAU a critical external support system focused on career advancement and well-being. Its primary benefits include dramatically increasing research productivity through structured programs like the 14-Day Writing Challenges; providing access to a broad, interdisciplinary community and external mentoring via discussion forums and expert webinars; delivering essential professional development strategies for effective time management, network building, and navigating the promotion process; and emphasizing work-life balance and equity support, making it an invaluable, comprehensive resource to complement internal university resources.

Weekly Monday Motivator
Hidden Handbook series
Access to Dissertation Success Curriculum for graduate students
Private Discussion Forum for peer-mentoring, problem-solving, & moderated writing challenges.
Accountability Buddy Matches
14-Day Writing Challenge: a 2-week free offering to foster consistent, productive writing habits and access to our WriteNow platform. Participants commit to daily writing, track progress, and engage with a supportive community.