The ADVANCE program contributes to the National Science Foundation's goal of a more diverse and capable science and engineering workforce. The 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 [which includes social, behavioral, and economic sciences] faculty in academic workplaces and the academic profession.
The program provides grants to enhance the systemic factors that support equity and inclusion and to mitigate the systemic factors that create inequities in the academic profession and workplaces. The solicitation includes four funding tracks: Institutional Transformation (IT), Adaptation, Partnership, and Catalyst. Please see the RFP for additional information on each track.
- Internal deadline: Please complete the notification of interest (NOI) form by 5/7/2020, by 5:00 p.m.
- Limit: Eligible IHEs can submit one (1) proposal to IT-Preliminary, Adaptation, OR Catalyst. IHEs may be partners on multiple Partnership proposals in the same competition, but can be the lead organization only on one (1) Partnership proposal in the same competition.
- Sponsor deadlines:
- Letter of Intent (LOI) due date: 8/3/2020 (required only for Adaptation and Partnership tracks)
- Preliminary proposal due date: 4/22/2021 (required for IHEs wanting to submit a full Institutional Transformation proposal)
- Full proposal deadline (Adaptation and Partnership tracks): 11/4/2020
- Full proposal deadline (Catalyst proposals): 8/7/2020
- Full proposal deadline (Institutional Transformation proposals): 10/7/2021
