1. New Faculty Orientation …how to succeed at research / creative activity and have a little fun along the way Holly Wichman Department of Biological Sciences

2. A little bit about me

3. You are already a success

4. Make good use of your time Poor use of time is the biggest impediment to tenure and to successful research

5. The great dividing line between success and failure can be expressed in five words; “I did not have time”. Franklin Field

6. The great dividing line between success and failure can be expressed in five words; “I did not have make time”.

7. In truth, people can generally make time for what they choose to do; it is not really the time but the will that is lacking. Sir John Lubbock

8. IMPORTANT and URGENT IMPORTANT and URGENT IMPORTANT and NOT URGENT NOT IMPORTANT and URGENT NOT IMPORTANT and URGENT NOT IMPORTANT and NOT URGENT redrawn from Seven Habits of Highly Effective People Importance Urgency

9. IMPORTANT and URGENT Crisis Deadline IMPORTANT and URGENT Crisis Deadline IMPORTANT and NOT URGENT Planning Writing Thinking IMPORTANT and NOT URGENT Planning Writing Thinking NOT IMPORTANT and URGENT Interruptions Busywork NOT IMPORTANT and URGENT Interruptions Busywork NOT IMPORTANT and NOT URGENT Trivia Time wasters NOT IMPORTANT and NOT URGENT Trivia Time wasters from Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

10. IMPORTANT and URGENT Crisis Stress IMPORTANT and URGENT Crisis Stress IMPORTANT and NOT URGENT Focus Productivity IMPORTANT and NOT URGENT Focus Productivity NOT IMPORTANT and URGENT Illusion Distraction NOT IMPORTANT and URGENT Illusion Distraction NOT IMPORTANT and NOT URGENT Escape Waste NOT IMPORTANT and NOT URGENT Escape Waste from Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

11. IMPORTANT and NOT URGENT

12. Put it in writing – Break it down into bite-sized chunks – Annual plan / weekly goals Say it out loud to someone else Use the buddy system to set goals Have a plan

13. Include life in your plan – Partners – Family and friends – Self Schedule your research time Have a plan

14. MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday 8:00 AM Writing 8:30 AM Research 9:00 AM 9:30 AM Teaching prep 10:00 AM 10:30 AM Genetics 11:00 AM IBEST 11:30 AM Office hrs 12:00 PM 12:30 PM SeminarFaculty Mtg Research 1:00 PM 1:30 PM Grad Affairs 2:00 PM 2:30 PM BAGTeaching prep 3:00 PM 3:30 PM  Mtg Expt'l Biol L1 Mtg 4:00 PM Office hrsFaculty Club 4:30 PM eveningWritingTeaching prepBead NightWritingSocial time

15. You need to know the rules if you are going to win the game Communicate with your chair and the senior members of your department Find mentors and role models Pay attention to your annual and 3 rd year reviews Make sure your job description accurately reflects your job and your use of time

16. What is expected of you in terms of grant funding and publications? Do you need to demonstrate independence from you graduate / postdoc mentors? How is collaborative research credited in your unit? You need to know the rules…

17. Make time to read and think…

18. “The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas.” Linus Pauling

19. Find a good niche…

20. “The scientist is not a person who gives the right answers, he's one who asks the right questions.” ― Claude Lévi-Strauss

21. Publish! …soon and often… Publish! …soon and often…

22. “Surely you were aware when you accepted the position, Professor, that it was publish or perish.” originally from the New Yorker

23. Don’t wait for perfect to publish – learn to recognize good enough. Plan ahead to achieve good enough. Build on good enough in your next publication.

24. …how to succeed at research and have a little fun along the way

25. Create synergistic collaborations You make your own research community Create synergistic collaborations You make your own research community

26. Not so big you get lost in the crowd, Not so small that there is no one to interact with. It’s just right. A place where you can make things happen.

27. My Community: Biology Mathematics Statistics Computer Sciences Biophysics Business Art Philosophy

28. Get to know faculty outside your discipline / college -Participate -University committees (use sparingly at first) Get to know faculty outside your discipline / college -Participate -University committees (use sparingly at first)

29. Ongoing… Renfrew Interdisciplinary Colloquium (Tues 12:30) Faculty Club (monthly - Friday September 18 th 4:00) Faculty Lounge (Brink Hall almost any time)

30. Germinating ideas…

33. Integrated Research and Innovation Center Fall 2016

34. One of our best kept secrets Sarah Koerber skoerber@uidaho.edu Proposal Development Specialist http://www.uidaho.edu/research/fundingagencies/proposal

36. Take care of the people who take care of you

37. Learn the rules and take responsibility: compliance budgets personnel

38. If it only takes a minute (and you need to do it eventually) just do it now

39. Keep track of what you accomplish

40. Keep running lists: grants submitted / funded projected and actual expenditures publications (funding cited, student authors) people

41. Celebrate what you accomplish

42. Find a balance between high risk and bread-and-butter research

43. Develop a line of research that doesn’t cost much

44. Don’t spread yourself too thin

45. Know when to say yes and how to say no

46. http://mariahcasey.typepad.com/leadermom/