ADVANCE mini-grants

Funding program aimed at mentoring, networking, research collaboration

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11:01 a.m., Feb. 9, 2015--The University of Delaware ADVANCE Program, which is aimed at diversifying and strengthening UD’s faculty, is offering mini-grants to encourage mentoring, networking and research collaborations. 

Mini-grants support primarily women post-tenure and women faculty of color at all ranks. Mini-grants may fund travel to attend conferences or engage in collaborative research; participation in external mentoring or faculty-development programs; and new research directions post-tenure. 

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Mini-grants also may be given to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) or social and behavioral science (SBS) departments or groups of faculty wishing to initiate innovative mentoring or networking activities for women.

Proposals are invited from faculty or teams of faculty in National Science Foundation‐supported departments for initiatives that support these objectives. Any faculty member from NSF-supported disciplines may apply for a mini-grant. However, women post‐tenure and women faculty of color at all ranks (or proposed projects that benefit these groups) will receive priority for funding. 

Recipients will be required to submit a final report to UD ADVANCE including an assessment of the effectiveness of the grant activities. 

Application materials include a CV, letter of support from department or program head, two-page proposal narrative describing the request, and budget justification.

Applications will be considered on a rolling basis. Proposals will be evaluated for organization and clarity, feasibility, demonstration of need, expected outcomes, strength of alignment with UD ADVANCE objectives, and budget (matching funds are encouraged but not required).

Download the call for proposals here. Email application materials to ud-advance@udel.edu

About UD ADVANCE

Supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF), UD ADVANCE is aimed at diversifying and strengthening UD’s faculty. Specifically, UD ADVANCE seeks to support and advance the careers of women faculty in STEM and SBS. 

The objectives of UD ADVANCE are to:

  • Improve departmental microclimates for women faculty, especially women of color;
  • Educate, mentor and support women STEM/SBS faculty, especially women post-tenure and women of color;
  • Increase the transparency of policies, procedures and practices that affect faculty careers and enhance institutional data gathering, analysis and presentation; and
  • Coordinate actions and discussions of diversity across the campus.

Article by Diane Kukich

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