The National Science Foundation (NSF) invests in women’s advancement and works in conjunction with these institutions below. One NSF program is "ADVANCE: Increasing the Participation and Advancement of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Careers."
NSF ADVANCE program announcement
- http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf05584
Institutional Transformation awards made by NSF:
Round 1 -
- Georgia Institute of Technology
- http://www.advance.gatech.edu/index.html - Hunter College the City University of New York, PI Virginia Valian.
- http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/genderequity/ - New Mexico State University
- http://www.nmsu.edu/~advprog/ - University of California-Irvine, PI Susan Bryant.
- http://advance.uci.edu/ - University of Colorado, Boulder
- http://advance.colorado.edu - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, PI Abigail Stewart.
- http://www.umich.edu/~advproj/ - University of Puerto Rico, Humacao
- http://cuhwww.upr.clu.edu/~advance/ - University of Washington
- http://www.engr.washington.edu/advance/ - University of Wisconsin-Madison
- http://wiseli.engr.wisc.edu/index.html
Round 2 -
- Case Western Reserve University, PI Lynn Singer.
- http://www.case.edu/admin/aces/ - Columbia University's Earth Institute, PI Robin Bell.
- http://www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu/advance/index.html - Kansas State University, "Institutional Transformation at Kansas State University,", PI Ruth Dyer.
- http://www.ksu.edu/advance/ - University of Alabama at Birmingham, PI Rosalia Scripa.
- http://www.uab.edu/advance/ - University of Maryland, Baltimore County, "Project UPWARD," PI Freeman Hrabowski.
- http://www.umbc.edu/advance/ - University of Montana, "The University of Montana Partnership for Comprehensive Equity," PI Penelope Kukuk.
- http://pace.dbs.umt.edu (See article) - University of Rhode Island, "A Change in the Culture at the University of Rhode Island," PI Joan Lorden.
- http://ww2.wdg.uri.edu:81/testsite/index.php?id=408 - University of Texas at El Paso, "An Initiative for Transforming Climate and Opportunities to Foster Academic Diversity," PI Evelyn Posey.
- http://dmc.utep.edu/advance/ - Utah State University, "ADVANCE-US: Applying a Business Model to a University," PI Christine Hult.
- http://websites.usu.edu/advance/ - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, "Virginia Tech," PI Mark McNamee.
- http://www.advance.vt.edu/
Round 3 -
- William Marsh Rice University, PI Kathleen Matthews.
- Iowa State University, "Comprehensive Institutional Intervention Strategy at Iowa State University," PI Susan Carlson.
- University of Arizona, "Eradicating Subtle Discrimination in the Academy," PI Leslie Tolbert.
- Brown University, "Investing in Leadership Potential and Faculty Opportunities at Brown University," PI Pamela O'Neil.
- University of Illinois at Chicago, " Women in Science and Engineering System Transformation (WISEST)," PI Mrinalina Rao.
- Duke University, "TOPS--Target of Opportunity Strategies - Increasing the Participation and Advancement of Women in Academic Engineering," PI Kristina Johnson.
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte, "For the Future of the UNC Charlotte Faculty," PI Joan Lorden.
- Foundation at New Jersey Institute of Technology, "More Than The Sum Of Its Parts: Advancing Women at NJIT Through Collaborative Research Networks," PI Nancy Steffen-Fluhr.
- Marshall University Research Corporation, "Advancing Women in Science, Math and Engineering at Marshall," PI Marcia Harrison.
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, "RAMP-UP: Reforming Advancement Processes through Institutional Transformation," PI Cheryl Geisler.
- Cal Poly Pomona Foundation, Inc., "The Path to Leadership: Collaborative Institutional Change," PI Barbara Hacker.
- University of Maryland Eastern Shore, "The University of Maryland Eastern Shore ADVANCE Program," PI Anna Vaughn-Cooke.
- Cornell University, "Advancing Cornell's Commitment to Excellence and Leadership," PI Carolyn Martin.
- University of Utah, "The Women Engineering Faculty Leadership Network," PI JoAnn Lighty.
ADVANCE Leadership awards made by NSF:
- American Chemical Society, "Strengthening Our Academic Foundations", PI Sally Chapman.
- American Economic Association, "CeMENT: Workshops for Female Untenured Faculty in Economics," PI Rachel Croson.
- Computing Research Association, "Advancement of Research Oriented and Education Oriented Associate Professors to Full Professo," PI Soffa, Mary.
- Gallaudet University, "Collaborative Research - FORWARD to Professorship," PI Charlene Sorensen.
- George Washington University, "Collaborative Proposal - FORWARD to Professorship," PI Rachelle Heller.
- Montana State University, "Big Sky Leadership Initiative to Advance Women Into Careers in Research Leadership," PI Susan Capalbo.
- National Academy of Sciences, "Women in Science and Engineering: A Guide to Maximizing their Potential," PI Laurel Haak
- North Carolina State University, "Peer Mentoring Summits for Women Engineering Faculty of Color," PI Christine Grant.
- Northeastern University, "Cross-Disciplinary Initiative for Minority Women Faculty," PI Gilda Barabino.
- Pennsylvania State University Park, "Collaborative Research: Women in Cognitive Science," PI Judith Kroll.
- Pennsylvania State University Park, "ADVANCE Leadership Award," PI Marian Walters.
- SUNY at Stony Brook, "Collaborative Research: Women in Cognitive Science," PI Suparna Rajaram.
- University of California, Hastings College of the Law, "Breaking Through the Glass Ceiling in Academic Science and Engineering," PI Joan Williams.
- University of California-Santa Cruz, "Collaborative Research: Evolving Biological Sciences - WEBS Symposia for early career female scientist," PI Samantha Forde.
- University of Michigan Ann Arbor, "Initiative for Minority Female Environmental Faculty," PI Dorceta Taylor.
- University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, "Collaborative Proposal - FORWARD to Professorship," PI Catherine Mavriplis.
- University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, "Determining and Using National Science Faculty Demographics to Empower Women and Guide Solutions," PI Donna Nelson.
- University of Washington, "Collaborative Research: Evolving Biological Sciences - WEBS Symposia for Early Career Female Scientists," PI M. Claire Horner-Devine.
- Virginia Commonwealth University, "Collaborative Research: Leadership Skills and Community Building Program for Junior Women Engineering," PI Rosalyn Hobson.
- William Marsh Rice University, "Collaborative Research: Women in Cognitive Science," PI Randi Martin.
Other ADVANCE related sites
Virginia Valian - gender differences researcher (CUNY)
Career mapping (Kansas State)
http://maxweber.hunter.cuny.edu/psych/faculty/valian/valian.htm
http://www.k-state.edu/advance/Initiatives/career_maps.htmlCommittee on the Advancement of Women Chemists http://coach.uoregon.edu/coachfiles/workshops.html
http://coach.uoregon.edu/coachfiles/aboutcoach.htmlCommittee on the Status of Women in Physics http://www.aps.org/educ/cswp/skills/index.cfm
University of Washington Leadership Workshops
http://www.engr.washington.edu/advance/workshops/#Fall2002University of Wisconsin http://wiseli.engr.wisc.edu/initiatives/labmanagement/labmanagement_main.htm
UC-Irvine http://advance.uci.edu/ (events, and then events archive)
University of Colorado http://advance.colorado.edu/workshops_events.html
Georgia Tech http://www.adept.gatech.edu/download.htm
University of Michigan http://sitemaker.umich.edu/advance/faculty_career_advising
Columbia University http://www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu/advance/events_past.html
Woodhull Institute http://www.woodhull.org/introduction.php
U of Rhode Island http://ww2.wdg.uri.edu:81/testsite/index.php?id=540; http://ww2.wdg.uri.edu:81/testsite/index.php?id=538
Off-topic – Training for Hiring Committees
University of Wisconsin http://wiseli.engr.wisc.edu/initiatives/hiring/training_hiring.html
