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National Programs

UW ADVANCE has received numerous grants that vary in their scope but the goal is always the same: to increase the participation of women and underrepresented minorities in STEM at UW and throughout the nation.

Active Grant-funded Programs

BRAINS

Broadening the Representation of Academic Investigators in NeuroSciences

BRAINS Website

BRAINS is designed to accelerate and improve the career advancement of neuroscience postdoctoral and assistant professors from underrepresented groups. Participants build a strong sense of career self-efficacy through a combination of symposias, virtual workshops, peer networks, mentoring relationships, and career consultations over two-year periods.

Dates
2011 - present
Team
  • Dr. Sheri Mizumori, Principal Investigator
  • Dr. Joyce Yen, Co-PI
  • Dr. Claire Horner-Devine, Co-PI
Funding Source
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health

Completed Grants with Active Websites

LiY!

LEAD-it-Yourself!

Visit the LIY! Website

LEAD-it-Yourself! (LiY!) is an online toolkit that enables academic institutions across the country to plan and host faculty leadership workshops. The LEAD-it-Yourself! website provides a forum in which institutions of higher education may share, customize, and rate open source leadership curricula and event planning materials with peers nationwide.

Dates
2013 - 2019
Team
  • Dr. Eve Riskin, Principal Investigator
  • Dr. Joyce Yen, Co-PI
  • Dr. Jan Spyridakis, Co-PI
Funding Source
National Science Foundation ADVANCE Program

Interrupting Bias in the Faculty Search Process

A case study film and facilitation guide

Visit the Interrupting Bias Website

Interrupting Bias is a case study film and facilitation guide for faculty search committees. It illustrates common instances of bias that often occur during faculty hiring. The film and facilitation guide packet make it possible to disseminate this teaching tool to programs across the country. The film was first shown at the UW ADVANCE LEAD Workshop in June 2009. The case study film continues to be available online.

Dates
2010
Team
  • Dr. Joyce Yen, Principal Investigator
  • Coleen Carrigan Co-PI
Funding Source
Henry Luce Foundation

PEERs

Promoting Equity in Engineering Relationships

Visit the PEERs Website

PEERs is a program for and by students to improve diversity at the University of Washington College of Engineering. During this grant, the PEERs program created an annual seminar exposing engineering students to factors impacting diversity, equity, and inclusion in engineering, two capacity building institutes, a college of engineering climate survey, and a cadre of engineering student advocates and allies (PEERs leaders). PEERs focuses on the long-term goal of increasing the participation of all underrepresented groups in engineering.

Dates
2009 - 2015
Team
  • Dr. Phyllis Wise, Principal Investigator
  • Dr. Joyce Yen, Co-PI
  • Dr. Sheryl Burghstahler, Co-PI
  • Dr. Sapna Cheryan, Co-PI
Funding Source
National Science Foundation

Inactive Grant-funded Programs

LATTICE

Launching Academics on the Tenure-Track: an Intentional Community in Engineering

Visit the LATTICE Website

LATTICE included a professional development intervention for early-career, post-PhD women as they navigated engineering faculty careers and a research study to understand why the intervention works. LATTICE built on the experiences of the BRAINS, WEBS, and Peer Mentoring Summits programs.

Dates
2015 - 2020
Team
  • Dr. Joyce Yen, Principal Investigator
  • Dr. Julie Iv (NCSU), Co-PI
  • Dr. Claire Horner-Devine, Co-PI
  • Dr. Eve Riskin, Co-PI
  • Dr. Christine Grant (NCSU), Co-PI
  • Dr. Coleen Carrigan (CalPoly), Co-PI
Funding Source
National Science Foundation ADVANCE Program

On-Ramps into Academia

Transition from industry to faculty careers

Visit the On-Ramps Website

On-Ramps was a series of national workshops offered for women Ph.D.s in STEM fields, currently working in industry and interested in transitioning to an academic career. Speakers were women who had already made successful transitions into academia, and topics addressed included transferring skills and strengths to the academic environment, creating a C.V., building a research program and more.

Dates
2008- 2011
Team
  • Dr. Eve Riskin, Principal Investigator
  • Dr. Ana Mari Cauce, Co-PI
  • Dr. Joyce Yen, Co-PI
  • Dr. Matthew O'Donnell, Co-PI
  • Dr. Suzanne Brainard, Co-PI
Funding Source
National Science Foundation ADVANCE Program

LEAD

Leadership Excellence for Academic Diversity

Visit the LEAD Website

LEAD was a series of leadership development workshops for department chairs, deans, and emerging leaders in STEM offered from 2007-2009. Workshops addressed departmental and university culture and the professional development of faculty. Over 200 chairs, deans and faculty leaders from over 40+ institutions attended 3 national workshops. Past workshop materials and presentations are available online. LEAD grew out of 2 pilot national workshops, funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Dates
2006 - 2010
Team
  • Dr. Ana Mari Cauce, Principal Investigator
  • Dr. Eve Riskin, Co-PI
  • Dr. Joyce Yen, Co-PI
Funding Source
National Science Foundation ADVANCE Program

WEBS

Women Evolving Biological Sciences

Visit the WEBS Website

WEBS was an annual three-day symposium aimed at addressing the retention of female ecologists and evolutionary biologists and issues related to the transition of women from early career stages to tenure track positions and leadership roles in academic and research settings.

Dates
2006 - 2013
Team
  • Dr. Claire Horner-Devine, Principal Investigator
  • Dr. Joyce Yen, Co-PI
  • Dr. Samantha Forde (UCSC), Co-PI
Funding Source
National Science Foundation ADVANCE Program and DEB Program