Project Grant 2152524

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program will fund the ADVANCEGEO Partnership for Transforming Workplace Climate. The $333,561 award will support the development of a workplace climate intervention program and train-the-trainers certification program for academic departments and future faculty. It will also create online public resources for broader engagement in workplace climate interventions and a plan for sustained national impact across STEM fields...

This Project Grant award of $943,061 from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to address gender equity and diversity issues in community college computing programs. The University of Colorado Boulder, in partnership with the National Center for Women & IT and the County College of Morris, will adapt existing research-based resources, develop new resources, and facilitate professional development for faculty at nine community colleges. The goal is to...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to advance the understanding of departmental change efforts that can transform undergraduate STEM education. The $136,024 award to National Louis University, in collaboration with the University of Colorado at Boulder, Colorado State University, and Western Michigan University, will conduct a two-pronged project: (1) a landscape study on methods for supporting STEM departmental...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) program (CFDA 47.076) provides $366,027 to the CAL Poly Corporation, a non-profit organization serving as the auxiliary for California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. The project, titled "AGENTS OF CHANGE: INVESTIGATING HOW PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN FACULTY AND LEARNING ASSISTANTS ENABLE PATHWAYS FOR SUSTAINABLE INSTITUTIONAL AND CLASSROOM...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program provides $136,315 to Brown University to develop the ADVANCEGEO Partnership for Transforming Workplace Climate. The partnership aims to enact interventions at the individual and organizational levels through behavior change education and implementation of ethical codes of conduct framing harassment, bullying, and discrimination as scientific misconduct. Products will include a workplace climate intervention...

The National Science Foundation awarded $299,984 under the STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) program (CFDA 47.076) to the University of California, Los Angeles to develop the Change Leadership Development Program. The two-year project will equip graduate students and postdoctoral scholars with change leadership skills to advance inclusive, evidence-based teaching in STEM fields. Through online courses and institutes, participants will learn to influence colleagues,...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to propagate an effective faculty professional development program and leadership model that supports community college STEM faculty in creating curricula to broaden participation of underrepresented groups and prepare students to address 21st century challenges related to climate change and social inequities. Over 3 years, the $499,999 award will: 1) establish a community of...

This $205,534 project grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.076 - STEM Education) aims to develop and test a new model for advancing racial equity within STEM departments at a minority-serving institution. The "Equity Departmental Action Team (EDAT)" model will draw from existing change programs to integrate theories from systems change, social justice, social psychology, and intergroup contact. The project will pilot the EDAT model at the University of Colorado...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Advance Catalyst Program grant award of $290,974 to The Chicago School of Professional Psychology will support an institutional self-assessment to identify organizational inequities in culture and policy that impact STEM faculty outcomes. The project will result in a five-year STEM faculty equity strategic plan tailored to the institution's context and data. This work aims to examine how institutional factors interact to affect diverse STEM faculty, with...

This National Science Foundation project grant of $103,357 will support a collaborative research effort by Arizona State University to engage STEM leaders in improving diversity among faculty. Led by ASU in partnership with the University of New Mexico and University of Oregon, this NSF Advancing Excellence in Graduate Education program Catalyst Alliance project will pilot an institutional change strategy of broad significance. Over the two-year period from March 2022 to February 2024, the...