Faculty Affairs and Professional Development

FAPD develops a vibrant, healthy and engaging community where everyone can thrive, advance the school’s mission and cultivate the school's core values.

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Explore the promotion and tenure process at overview session

Whether you plan to go up for promotion in 2026 or want to avoid a last-minute deluge of required activities when it's your turn to go up sometime in the future, plan to attend this introductory session on the promotion and tenure process. The session kicks off a series of workshops that lasts through December.

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Get strategies for ensuring psychological safety for learners

Learn practical strategies to create learning environments where learners feel secure taking interpersonal risks, asking questions and making mistakes without fear of humiliation or punishment at this interactive workshop, Oct. 7. Develop an action plan to integrate principles into teaching practices.

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Preparing for your annual review: What to know about Elements

All faculty will be required to have an accurate, up-to-date listing of teaching, research and service activities loaded into their Elements account before annual reviews begin in January. Some data will be auto-populated, but you should expect to need to refine your listings manually. Find out what you need to know about Elements@IU.

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Our Mission

  • Establish and sustain a culture that promotes faculty vitality and organizational learning.
  • Train, educate and empower faculty and staff leaders who can promote the development of others and craft a culture of wellness that is welcoming of all.
  • Plan, communicate and implement evidence-based faculty and leadership development activities.
  • Ensure effective and successful recruitment, appointment, orientation, retention and promotion of faculty.

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Our Team

With a shared focus on fostering excellence in teaching, research, clinical care and service, our team is passionate about empowering faculty members to thrive and make a lasting impact in academic medicine. 

(We also like to come together to do good and have fun. At left, the FAPD team partnered with Random Acts of Flowers to create dozens of bouquets of flowers for patients at IU Health and other central Indiana hospitals.)

Meet the FAPD team

Programs

Academy of Teaching Scholars

Communicating Science

Enhancing Your Scientific Career

Faculty Learning Communities

Kelley School of Business Partnership Programs

Leadership in Academic Medicine Program (LAMP)

Leadership in Academic Medicine Program (LAMP) PLUS+

New Provider and Faculty Orientation

On Grant Writing

Skill Enhancement Award

Stepping Stones

Upcoming Events

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Download a printable list of FAPD events and programs in 2025-26

Plan your professional development with ease! Download our events-at-a-glance PDF to see a list of — and register for — all professional development opportunities available to faculty through FAPD during the academic year 2025-2026. You'll find more than 100 sessions covering topics related to teaching, research, mentorship and leadership.

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