Purpose: The
NSF ADVANCE program contributes to the National Science Foundation's goal of a
more diverse and capable science and engineering workforce. In this
solicitation, the NSF ADVANCE program seeks to build on prior NSF ADVANCE work
and other research and literature concerning gender, racial, and ethnic equity.
The NSF ADVANCE program goal is to broaden the implementation of evidence-based
systemic change strategies that promote equity for STEM faculty in academic
workplaces and the academic profession. All NSF ADVANCE proposals are expected
to use intersectional approaches in the design of systemic change strategies for
STEM faculty in recognition that gender, race and ethnicity do not exist in
isolation from each other and from other categories of social identity.
The solicitation includes
four funding tracks:
·
Institutional
Transformation (IT)-
up to $3,000,000 for five years.
The IT track is designed to support the development, implementation, and
evaluation of innovative systemic change strategies that promote gender equity
for STEM faculty within an institution of higher
education.
·
Adaptation, up to $1,000,000 for three years, plus
$250K for partnering with another NSF project. The Adaptation track
supports the work to adapt, implement, and evaluate evidence-based systemic
change strategies that have been shown to promote gender equity for STEM faculty
in academic workplaces and the academic profession. Adaptation projects can
either: 1) support the adaptation of evidence-based systemic change strategies
to promote equity for STEM faculty within an institution of higher education; or
2) facilitate national or regional STEM disciplinary transformation by adapting
evidence-based systemic change strategies to non-profit, non-academic
organizations. NSF expects to make six awards.
·
Partnership, up to $1,000,000 for three to five years,
plus $250K for partnering with another NSF project. The Partnership
track supports work to facilitate the broader adaptation of gender equity and
systemic change strategies. Partnership projects are expected to result in
national or regional transformation in STEM academic workplaces and the academic
profession and demonstrate significant reach. Partnership projects can focus on
the transformation of institutions and organizations and/or the transformation
within one or more STEM disciplines. NSF expects to make six
awards.
·
Catalyst, up to $300K for two years. The
Catalyst track is designed to broaden the types of IHEs that are able to
undertake data collection and institutional self-assessment work to identify
systemic gender inequities impacting their STEM faculty so that these can be
addressed by the institution. NSF expects to make four
awards.
Link
to Funding Opportunity Announcement
Institutional Limit:
2 - one proposal to
IT-Preliminary, Adaptation, OR
Catalyst; one proposal to ADVANCE Partnership as the lead
organization; however, an institution may partner as non-lead institution on
multiple Partnership proposals in the same
competition.
Internal
Competition: To
participate in the university’s selection process,please upload the
following,assembled
into a single PDF file, to the Office of the Vice President for Research via
this
portal
with a copy to your Associate Dean for Research by May 26,
2020:
·
Names
and departments or affiliations of the Project Director and other key personnel
or partners;
·
Title
of program, funding opportunity announcement number and funding track (IT,
Adaptation, Partnership or Catalyst)
·
Brief
project description (2 pages maximum)
·
Brief
biographical sketch of the PD/PI
A committee will be
convened to review the material and make a recommendation.
For questions or issues
with submission through the portal, email the limited submission mailbox
(limitedsubmissions@uky.edu), or call 257-2861.
Agency Deadlines:
·
Catalyst:
Full Proposal Target Date – August 7, 2020
·
Adaptation
and Partnership: Full Proposal – November 4, 2020
·
Institutional
Transformation: required preliminary proposal – April 22, 2021; invited full
proposal target date – October 7, 2021