Bringing your research to the next level
4-days · July 13 to 16 · FREE to Register
Lead your research group at a higher level, without taking it all back onto your own desk.
When something is not working, the reflex is to step in and fix it yourself. That is usually the wrong move. Four days of practical sessions on better ways to lead your team, and on protecting or rebuilding your own well-being in the process.
Free 48-hour access to each day. The VIP Pass keeps it all for a year, $79.
THE FOUR DAYS
More than 20 talks from coaches who work with academics, most of them former academics themselves, alongside researchers and academic leaders. You watch on your own schedule and pick what fits your week. Topics span leadership, mentoring, team systems, grant and scientific writing, making the right decisions, and protecting your own well-being.
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JULY 13
Day 1: YOU
Wellbeing, Identity & Mindset
The skills that keep the job from hollowing you out. Burnout, identity, the comparison trap, and what it actually takes to protect your own well-being inside an academic career.
Get off the Burnout Bus
Peter Anderson, PhD PCC
Inner Citadel ConsultingGet off the Burnout Bus
Self-Compassion and Agency for Overworking FacultyWhy high autonomy and high uncertainty are a burnout recipe -- and two immediately usable skills to start slowing the cycle down.
The Faculty Comparison Trap
Brielle Harbin, PhD
Your Cooperative ColleagueThe Faculty Comparison Trap
Why You Feel Behind (Even When You're Not)What is actually driving that quiet calculation when a colleague announces a new publication -- and why it has very little to do with your work.
Beyond Achievement
Whitney Swander, MPP
Whitney Swander Coaching & FacilitationBeyond Achievement:
The Soul-led Life AuditA practical framework for examining where your time and energy go versus what actually makes you feel most alive -- and one action to close the gap.
The Worry Habit
Laura Timm, ACC
Laura Timm CoachingThe Worry Habit
Practical Mindfulness Skills for Anxiety and Uncertainty in Research LeadershipWhy worry runs on autopilot as a learned habit -- and a simple three-step method to work with it rather than push through it.
How to Love and Leverage Public Speaking for Your Academic Career
Echo Rivera, PhD
Creative Research CommunicationsHow to Love and Leverage Public Speaking for Your Academic Career
The myths most academics still believe about presentations in 2026 -- and practical tips for building the kind of talk that actually changes audiences, policies, and networks.
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JULY 14
Day 2: YOUR RESEARCH
Writing, publishing, funding, and the systems that make it sustainable
The systems that keep research moving when your schedule is already full. Writing consistently, building a multi-year funding strategy, and creating real time for deep work without working more.
How to Publish Consistently with a Busy Professor Schedule
Anna Clemens, PhD
Researchers' Writing AcademyHow to Publish Consistently with a Busy Professor Schedule
The most common mistakes that stall consistent publication -- and whether AI actually helps or gets in the way.
Feedback That Builds Writers, Not Anxiety
Tanya Garcia, PhD
Coaching with Tanya / UNC Chapel HillFeedback That Builds Writers, Not Anxiety
Why vague feedback backfires, and how two simple questions can make any comment more effective without raising defenses.
Design Your Multi-Year Strategy to Get Funded
Ana Pineda, PhD
I Focus and WriteDesign Your Multi-Year Strategy to Get Funded
How to plan across multiple funding calls, why failure needs to be built into the process, and which elements -- from papers to science communication -- actually maximize your chances.
The Four Levers of Time Management
Stefanie Robel, PhD
GLIA-LeadershipThe Four Levers of Time Management
Four concrete levers -- how you spend your hours, how much you protect for deep work, the energy you bring to it, and the boundaries that hold most weeks -- that create real, usable time without working more.
Why Well-Written Proposals Still Fail in 2026
Morgan Giddings, PhD
SCI-FoundryWhy Well-Written Proposals Still Fail
The Model-First Shift That Makes Them Fundable
You did everything right and still got rejected. The problem isn't your prose — it's that fundability is decided before the writing starts. We'll trace what a scientific model actually is (not your hypothesis), why reviewers can only fight for ideas they can hold in their head, and how to find the exact break point in your own proposals. -
JULY 15
Day 3: YOUR TEAM
Leadership, mentoring, collaboration, and what it actually means to be the boss
Nobody taught you how to be someone's boss. A full day on the leadership and mentoring skills that running a research group actually requires.
Four Strategies to Learn the Leadership Skills You Need to Lead Your Research Group
Jen Heemstra, PhD
Washington University in St. LouisFour Strategies to Learn the Leadership Skills You Need to Lead Your Research Group
A clear picture of the skills needed to lead yourself, lead others, and develop future leaders -- with concrete examples for how to actually learn and practice them.
The Agile Research Engine
Stefanie Robel, PhD
GLIA-LeadershipThe Agile Research Engine
A project management approach that fits academic research
How to apply agile principles to research workflows so projects keep moving even when priorities shift, funding changes, or the data takes you somewhere unexpected.
The Faculty Uplift
Rhonda Sutton, PhD
Purposeful Path Consulting / NC State UniversityThe Faculty Uplift
Mentoring and Leadership for Faculty SuccessHow to build a mentoring plan, adapt to different communication styles, and create an environment where graduate students can hold themselves accountable.
Discovering Your Collaborative Working Style
Jennifer Askey, PhD PCC
Jennifer Askey, CoachDiscovering Your Collaborative Working Style
A Framework for Figuring Out How You -- and Your Colleagues -- Work Best
A practical introduction to the Belbin Team Roles framework, plus a clearer picture of your own natural tendencies and what frustrates you about others.
Leading Without a Script
Chris Esparza
CO Create ConsultingLeading Without a Script
How Research Team Leads Can Navigate Uncertainty with Clarity, Curiosity, and ConnectionThree skills: how to listen for what a team needs before rushing to solutions, how to use curiosity in mentoring and delegation, and how to create simple rhythms that support trust.
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JULY 16
Day 4: YOUR CAREER
Career strategy, advancement, and navigating the landscape ahead
The landscape is shifting and most of the official guidance has not caught up. How to find funding, read the job market clearly, and make career decisions based on your own values rather than academia's definition of success.
Leading for Flourishing
Shari A. Robinson, PhD
Coaching with Conviction, LLCLeading for Flourishing
Applying the Limerick Framework for Action to Transform Organizational CultureHow to move beyond fragmented wellness initiatives toward systemic change -- and at least one actionable leadership strategy to embed wellbeing into your organization or team.
Navigating Uncertainty in Higher Ed
NCFDD / Lisa Hanasono, PhD
NCFDD / Bowling Green State UniversityNavigating Uncertainty in Higher Ed: Research Funding Strategies
Panel discussionStrategies for identifying alternative funding sources, sustaining progress on existing research, and adapting when the landscape shifts under you.
Increasing Transparency in the Academic Job Market
Nafisa Jadavji, PhD FAHA
Southern Illinois University CarbondaleIncreasing Transparency in the Academic Job Market
What the data actually shows about who lands faculty positions, and practical insights for those navigating a market that is not equally legible to everyone who enters it.
What If Up Means Out?
Jennifer Polk, PhD
From PhD to LifeWhat If Up Means Out?
Rethinking Success, Security, and Meaningful Work in and Beyond AcademiaHow to distinguish job security from career security, and how to make career decisions based on your own values rather than academia's narrow definition of success.
Beyond "Leadership Skills"
Morgan Giddings, PhD
SCI-FoundryCreate to Lead
The Creative Engine Behind Real Academic ImpactCreativity isn't just for artists. For researchers in this moment, it's the skill that determines whether your work still moves. Create to Lead traces why, and what to do about it.
Who this summit is for:
Research team leads, principal investigators, lab heads, senior postdocs heading toward independence, and faculty who manage people, projects, and grants.
CHOOSE YOUR TICKET
General Admission
Free
Register and get 48-hour rolling access to each day's talks as they release:
Access to all 20+ Sessions
48 hours rolling access
Slack access to speakers and attendees
The VIP Pass
$79
For everyone who wants more than 48 hours. The VIP Pass includes:
A full year of access to every session, to rewatch whenever you need them.
Transcripts of every session.
Three live VIP sessions on Friday, July 17.
1. A get-to-know-each-other session in a fun format.
2. Dr. Stefanie Robel and special guests on what it actually takes to lead in academia, where we pick up questions from the Slack channel and take your live questions.
3. Robert Roßbach shows how he used Claude Cowork as a project manager and team member to plan and prepare The Faculty Uplift itself.
Sessions 2 and 3 will also be available as recordings afterwards
A bonus content package. The templates our clients have rated most useful, plus the first chapter of the workbook from our signature program, Research Leadership Mastery.
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