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1 National Science Foundation ADVANCE Increasing the Participation and Advancement of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Careers

2 National Science Foundation ADVANCE: 2001-2004 3 types of award: Institutional Transformation Leadership Fellows

3 National Science Foundation Institutional Transformation 19 awards 5-year Cooperative Agreement Up to $750,000 per year Requires collection of defined set of indicators/cooperative agreement

4 National Science Foundation 2001 Awards for Institutional Transformation University of Colorado at Boulder University of California, Irvine Hunter College New Mexico State University University of Washington University of Wisconsin Georgia Tech University of Puerto Rico, Humacao University of Michigan

5 National Science Foundation 2003 Awards for Institutional Transformation Kansas State Utah State Case Western University of Alabama, Birmingham University of Texas, El Paso University of Rhode Island University of Montana Virginia Tech University of Maryland, Baltimore County Columbia University, Earth Institute

6 National Science Foundation Leadership Awards Focus on programs that enhance career development and promotion to senior professorships, academic and administrative leadership positions Opportunity for discipline-specific overview of issues

7 National Science Foundation Fellows Proposals 2001 and 2003* Enable promising individuals to establish or re-establish full-time independent academic careers after a postdoc, OR after a 2- to 8-year interruption for family responsibilities, OR after a spouse relocates *not offered in current solicitation

8 National Science Foundation UM ADVANCE (grant awarded Fall of 2001) reports significant progress in the recruitment of women scientists and engineers at the University of Michigan:  As a proportion of all science and engineering tenure-track offers, 15% of offers went to women in AY2001 and 41% in AY2004.  As a proportion of all science and engineering tenure-track hires, 13% of new hires were women in AY2001 and 39% in AY2004 One Example

9 National Science Foundation ADVANCE: New Solicitation Institutional Transformation deadline: July 22, 2205 Leadership deadline: July 15, 2005 PAID (Partnerships for Adaptation, Implementation, and Dissemination) deadline: January 26, 2006 $6M in FY2005 and $4M in FY2006

10 National Science Foundation Institutional Transformation Awards To define and implement effective approaches to increase participation and advancement of women faculty into senior and leadership ranks To implement changes necessary to institutionalize approaches Program seeks to create a positive, sustainable and permanent change in the academic climate

11 National Science Foundation Leadership Awards Support for national and/or discipline- specific leadership Support efforts of individuals, small groups, and organizations to increase diversity in the academic workforce Support work that has systemic impact, e.g. addresses transitions between career stages

12 National Science Foundation Partnerships for Adaptation, Implementation, and Dissemination (PAID) Broaden the impact of institutional transformation efforts Seeks innovative approaches to adapting or implementing effective programs, policies, or practices, particularly addressing senior faculty and leadership level positions Support efforts at departmental or college level E.g. workshops and planning activities Encourages undergraduateand minority-serving institutions and women’s colleges that are ‘underserved’ in the current ADVANCE portfolio


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