| NSF Org: |
EES Div. of Equity for Excellence in STEM |
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| Initial Amendment Date: | June 2, 2022 |
| Latest Amendment Date: | August 16, 2024 |
| Award Number: | 2149899 |
| Award Instrument: | Continuing Grant |
| Program Manager: |
Veronica Acosta
vacosta@nsf.gov (703)292-4894 EES Div. of Equity for Excellence in STEM EDU Directorate for STEM Education |
| Start Date: | June 15, 2022 |
| End Date: | May 31, 2027 (Estimated) |
| Total Intended Award Amount: | $797,220.00 |
| Total Awarded Amount to Date: | $463,266.00 |
| Funds Obligated to Date: |
FY 2024 = $163,410.00 |
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| Recipient Sponsored Research Office: |
70 WASHINGTON SQ S NEW YORK NY US 10012-1019 (212)998-2121 |
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| Primary Place of Performance: |
6 MetroTech Center Brooklyn NY US 11201-0001 |
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| NSF Program(s): | AGEP |
| Primary Program Source: |
04002627DB NSF STEM Education 04002526DB NSF STEM Education 04002425DB NSF STEM Education |
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| Award Agency Code: | 4900 |
| Fund Agency Code: | 4900 |
| Assistance Listing Number(s): | 47.076 |
ABSTRACT
Carnegie Mellon University, Johns Hopkins University, and New York University will work as an Alliance team to develop a model to promote the equitable advancement of early career tenure-stream engineering faculty from underrepresented groups (African Americans, Hispanic Americans, American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and Native Pacific Islanders). Faculty who belong to these populations will be referred to as AGEP faculty in the context of the AGEP program. The goal of this AGEP Faculty Career Pathways Alliance Model (FCPAM) is to develop, implement, self-study, and institutionalize a career pathway model, that can be adapted for use at other similar institutions, for advancing early career Engineering faculty from these populations of interest to the AGEP program. This AGEP FCPAM will provide a framework for institutional change at private, highly selective research institutions that will enable all faculty to be members of a collaborative community. Improving the experience of these faculty can lead to increased diversity in the Engineering faculty and ultimately result in graduating more Engineering students from diverse populations and increasing diversity in the Engineering workforce.
Improving equity and inclusion is critical to advancing engineering faculty, educating America?s future engineering workforce, fostering individual opportunity, and contributing to a thriving U.S. economy. The NSF AGEP program, therefore, funds grants that advance and enhance the systemic factors that support equity and inclusion and, consequently, mitigate the systemic inequities in the academic profession and workplace. FCPAM awards are intended to support the development, implementation, evaluation, and institutionalization of Alliance models that will advance AGEP faculty, within similar institutions of higher education. FCPAM collaborators also study how socio-cultural, economic, structural, leadership and institutional variables affect the formation of the FCPAM, and the strategies or interventions the collaborators implement to advance AGEP faculty.
The Alliance interventions will focus on three major areas, 1) equity-focused institutional change designed to make structural changes that support the advancement of AGEP faculty, 2) developing and sustaining an infrastructure that facilitates impactful mentorship of AGEP junior faculty in support of career advancement, 3) inclusive professional development that equips all Engineering faculty and institutional leaders with skills to implement inclusive practices and to support career advancement. Evidence-based practices from the Women in Engineering ProActive Network and the NSF INCLUDES ASPIRE Alliance's Inclusive Professional Framework, will be foundational for this AGEP FCPAM's activities. An internal evaluator will lead the self-study and formative assessment which will advance knowledge concerning the institutional barriers that negatively impact the advancement of AGEP faculty in academic Engineering careers. Attention will be given to the role cultural and intersectional identities play in the success of AGEP faculty. An external evaluator will provide a summative assessment using a culturally responsive framework to assess the implementation of project activities and the development of the Alliance model.
This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.
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