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ADVANCE Welcome

Welcome to the home page of the Advance Portal Website. This site aims to link the activities of NSF Advance grant recipients. You can find information by using the menus to the left of the page or the search feature on the right. If you have any questions about anything here or know of links that should be added, feel free to contact us.


Announcements

From PhD to Professoriate, April 22, 2013 by Peggy Layne

From Ph.D. to Professoriate: The Role of the Institution in Fostering the Advancement of Postdoc Women is a new resource book developed by the National Postdoctoral Association as part of NPA ADVANCE. The book provides an overview of our current understanding of the various factors impeding postdoc women's continuation in academia and recommended practices that have shown promise for aiding these women in overcoming these obstacles. The goal is to help focus institutions' efforts to support postdoc women to foster their career advancement.

 

2013 ADVANCE Program Workshop, December 13, 2012 by Peggy Layne

The 2013 ADVANCE Program workshop was held in Alexandria VA on March 3-5, 2013.

Presentations from the workshop are available on the AWIS website.

 

Current NSF ADVANCE Solicitation, December 13, 2012 by Peggy Layne

The current NSF ADVANCE solicitation is available. Proposals for Institutional Transformation and IT-Catalyst grants will be accepted in 2013.

Deadline for letters of intent is October 4, 2013.

Deadline for full proposals is November 12, 2013.

 

Congratulations to new ADVANCE grant recipients:, September 27, 2012 by Peggy Layne

Lafayette College
California Polytechnic State University
Howard University
University of New Hampshire
University of Virginia
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Rochester Institute of Tech
University of Cincinnati
University of Massachusetts Lowell
University of California-Davis
Universidad Metropolitana
University of Maryland Baltimore County
University of Texas - Pan American
Institute for Women's Policy Research

 

 

Science of Broadening Participation, March 20, 2012 by Peggy Layne

NSF issued a Dear Colleague letter announcing support for the Science of Broadening Participation on January 12, 2012:

A Science of Broadening Participation will employ the cognitive, behavioral, social and economic sciences to inform approaches to broadening participation and will strengthen our national science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) capabilities and competitive advantage.

 

NSF ADVANCE 2011 PI Meeting Presentations, November 29, 2011 by Peggy Layne

AWIS has posted audio recordings and slides from the 2011 NSF ADVANCE PI Meeting. Links to individual sessions will be added to the portal soon.

 

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ADVANCE Grantees

Take a look at all NSF ADVANCE grant recipients here.

ADVANCE at NSF

“The goal of the ADVANCE program is to develop systemic approaches to increase the representation and advancement of women in academic science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) careers, thereby contributing to the development of a more diverse science and engineering workforce.” more

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ADVANCE Listserve

This mailing list is for the use of the ADVANCE PIs, Directors, and Program Developers. It will enable us to share best practices, helpful web sites and programs, discuss common goals, etc. You can subscribe here.

ADVANCE Indicators Toolkit

The methods and procedures outlined in this toolkit will help you to meet the NSF reporting requirements. The appendix tables and charts can be used as templates for preparing your own tables. more

Program Evaluation Toolkit

This toolkit will help provide guidance for program evaluation and help with making effective presentations based on quantiative data collection. more