The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign received a $1,000,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education Program (CFDA 47.076) to implement the "Illinois Advance Adaptation (I-ADVANCE)" initiative. The project aims to foster gender equity in STEM fields by addressing organizational barriers that impede the full participation and advancement of diverse faculty. Key objectives include: (1) developing a faculty workload dashboard to improve transparency and accountability around unrecognized work; (2) training faculty fellows to conduct equity-focused initiatives within their home departments; and (3) launching an advocates and allies network to shift institutional culture towards greater equity and inclusivity. Formative and summative assessments will be conducted by internal and external evaluators, and the project is positioned to serve as a model for other research-intensive land grant institutions. The award period runs from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2027.
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