Project TRACS: Empirically Investigating Transformation through Relatedness, Autonomy, and Competence Support

蒙大拿州立大学（Montana State University）提议通过系统的方法来实施自决理论（SDT），改造他们的主校区。在其机构背景、社会科学文献和SDT原则的指导下，他们提出了一系列活动，以实现为增加妇女在STEM领域的参与和进步而确立的三个主要目标。他们的目标包括提高研究能力；改善工作与生活的平衡；改善文化协调。为了实现这些目标，他们提出了几项独特的举措，包括制定鼓励跨学科研究的政策；护理假捐款池；以及使用多元化深度招聘（激励女性进入代表性较低的STEM部门）。他们强大的SDT测试具有强大的潜力，在其区域校园和全国范围内产生更广泛的影响。

Montana State University proposes to transform their main campus through a systematic approach that operationalizes Self-Determination Theory (SDT). Guided by their institutional context, the social science literature, and the tenets of SDT they propose a number of activities to achieve three main goals established to increase the participation and advancement of women in the STEM fields. Their goals include improving research capacity; improving work-life balance; and improving cultural attunement. To achieve these goals they propose several unique initiatives including the development of policy to encourage interdisciplinary research; a care-giving leave donation pool; and the use of diversity depth hires (incentives to hire women in STEM departments with low representation.) Their robust test of SDT has strong potential for broader impacts both on their regional campuses and across the country.