Career & Tools

WriteNow Summer Session Beta is an online support platform designed to help keep grad students and postdocs accountable so that they can achieve their big academic milestones. Read on for more info about this program and how to sign up. Today is the last day to register!

By Daina Tagavi, Professional Development Peer
Friday, May 8th, 2020 - 9:15am


WriteNow Summer Session Beta is the first program offering graduate students and postdocs this level of access, tailored support, and accountability in the WriteNow platform, an online platform designed to help keep your accountable and achieve major goals of finishing big academic milestones.

You must be a NCFDD member to access this program, however, all UCSB students and postdocs are automatically members as part of the university-wide partnership with NCFDD. Find out more about NCFDD and how to activate your membership here.

Program Details
Through the 12-week WriteNow Summer Session Beta program, exclusively for graduate students and postdocs, participants will:

  • Use the custom WriteNow platform to track and collect data regarding their own writing and research productivity.
  • Set and achieve goals related to productivity and self-care.
  • Join other participants in small groups to form a community of support for mutual success.
  • Receive tailored support from the NCFDD team.

As part of the program, students will have access to these services from May 17 - August 8, 2020 (12 Weeks). The cost is $145. Registration Closes May 8, 2020. Register for WriteNow Summer Session Beta.