This presentation from the 2009 PI Meeting covers: physicists don't know what current research is already being done, additional challenges, the mixed acceptance of diversity goals, the need for context, how to get data into the hands of natural scientists

Our goal? Engage STEM women in cross-sectional (academia-industry-community) partnerships. We will build on partnerships that have resulted in unique opportunities for STEM faculty: the JPMorgan Chase Technology Center, the Biomaterials Institute, the Center of Excellence in Environmental and Energy Systems, and Welch Allyn's Blue Highway are just a few examples. The provision of opportunity grants and on-campus workshops/collaboration events are the two core activities in this initiative.

A central goal of the SU-ADVANCE initiative is to prepare women faculty to excel at the interface of interdisciplinary, cross-sector (academia-industry-community) research. Toward that end, funding is available through the SU-ADVANCE initiative to facilitate the development or enhancement of collaborations between female STEM faculty and their fellow researchers in for-profit industry, in government, or not-for-profit research labs or other organizations. These grants are aimed at heightening the professi

Each year, over the next four years, the program will fund Interdisciplinary and Engaged Research Seed Grants of up to $20,000 each to be used toward collaborative projects that include the integration of two or more disciplines (interdisciplinary research), and/or projects that involve external partners and that benefit the public good (engaged research).

The University of Maryland is nationally and internationally known for its outstanding equity and diversity efforts. A major key to the institution's success in these arenas is its decentralized equity and diversity structure. This structure encourages the campus' conceptualizations of equity and diversity as "community responsibilities" rather than the purview of a single person's role and function or office's mission.

Starting August 25, 2011, Lehigh ADVANCE is accepting applications for a new small grant to help STEM faculty move from discussion of interdisciplinary collaboration and leadership in meetings and seminars to action that has an impact on their careers. The funds can be used towards travel by Lehigh faculty and visiting scholars to promote interdisciplinary collaboration or for assistance to Lehigh faculty towards tuition and travel to attend a professional leadership program.

Lehigh ADVANCE is accepting applications for a new small grant mechanism to help faculty move from discussion of interdisciplinary collaboration and leadership in meetings and seminars to action that has an impact on their careers. The funds can be used towards travel by Lehigh faculty and visiting scholars to promote interdisciplinary collaboration or for assistance to Lehigh faculty towards tuition and travel to attend a professional leadership program.

Lehigh ADVANCE Grants for Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Leadership APPLICATION FORM

There is a gap in research examining the gendering of intellectual preferences for and professional consequences of interdisciplinary science. The Lehigh ADVANCE Social Science Research Team will explore the effects of interdisciplinary organization on promoting the careers of women STEM faculty. Results of the investigations will be published in peer-reviewed journals and presented at national scholarly conferences.

Starting August 25, 2011, Lehigh ADVANCE is accepting applications for a new small grant to help STEM faculty move from discussion of interdisciplinary collaboration and leadership in meetings and seminars to action that has an impact on their careers.

Now is the time for Lehigh's STEM women faculty to enroll in I-WISEN, the Interdisciplinary Women in Science and Engineering Network. I-WISEN will be launched in Fall 2011.

LU-WISE Luncheons will be held monthly starting in September 2011. Women STEM faculty, adjuncts, professors of practice, and post-doctoral researchers are invited to informal luncheons to become familiar with one another and share experiences. At Lehigh STEM disciplines are: Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Mathematics, Physics, Psychology, Sociology/Anthropology, Economics, and the disciplines within the College of Engineering.

The P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science will be counted among sponsoring organizations of the upcoming Women’s International Research Engineering summit, to be held in Orlando, Florida at the end of March 2011. The WIRES summits are international summits for women who are interested in pursuing international collaborative researching opportunities.

Lehigh University hosts the 18th Annual LVAIC Undergraduate Women’s Studies Conference. All undergraduate students at Lehigh Valley Colleges are invited to submit their original work to the conference. Submissions of a variety of scholarly, scientific, and creative projects with relevance to issues of women and gender in a variety of forms will be accepted until January 27, 2012.

March 1 is the deadline to apply to participate in third Women's International Research Engineering Summit (WIRES): Connecting Women and Completing the Circuit of International Research Collaboration.

Lehigh ADVANCE provides two types of funding opportunities for STEM departments and faculty at Lehigh University.

Dr. Christine Stanley, the Vice President and Associate Provost for Diversity, and her Advisory Council annually assess the progress made by each university unit (academic colleges and offices) toward reaching diversity goals. The ADVANCE team is working with Dr. Stanley’s office to leverage this new institutional practice to further the goals of the ADVANCE program.

Engagement Across the Institution - Building a Critical Mass for Texas A&M’s ADVANCE Program

The goal of the NSF ADVANCE Program is to increase the participation of women in the academic science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) and social, behavioral and economic (SBE) science careers.

This presentation from the 2013 PI meeting describes the impact of a collaborative ADVANCE program including universities and government laboratories in the Dayton area.