ADVANCE Partnership: Joining forces - A Midwestern Partnership for STEM Faculty Success

这个ADVANCE伙伴项目是中西部四所研究密集型机构之间的合作：爱荷华州立大学、北达科他州立大学法戈分校、西密歇根大学和密歇根理工大学。利用预先资金开发的项目将被整合到一个协调和便携的一揽子方案中，即综合公平支持（IES）系统。IES包括跨机构的组成部分，包括：指导社区，男性倡导者和盟友，以及部门主席的专业发展。此外，IES将通过建立IES核心小组来补充和支持IES，以促进分享和社区建设。IES核心小组将扩大到包括更多的机构成员，扩大伙伴关系项目的范围，超出原来的四个机构。该项目将在项目期间分三个阶段实施。在第一年，三所合作大学将调整现有的IES跨机构合作项目；在第二年和第三年，IES将在西密歇根大学作为试点项目实施；在第三年，合作院校将推广该项目。该项目的长期成果预计将增加中西部大学STEM系中代表性不足的女性和有家庭责任的女性的保留率和职业发展。NSF ADVANCE项目旨在通过识别和消除阻碍学术机构中不同教师充分参与和进步的组织障碍来促进性别平等。阻碍公平的组织障碍可能存在于政策、过程、实践以及组织文化和气候中。ADVANCE“伙伴关系”奖为STEM专业协会、学术和非学术非营利组织之间的合作提供支持，旨在扩大基于证据的公平战略的实施，并具有国家或地区影响力。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This ADVANCE Partnership project is a collaboration among four research-intensive midwestern institutions: Iowa State University, North Dakota State University Fargo, Western Michigan University, and Michigan Technological University. Programs developed with prior ADVANCE funding will be integrated into a coordinated and portable package, the Integrated Equity Support (IES) system. The IES includes cross-institutional components including: mentoring communities, male advocates and allies, and department chair professional development. In addition, the IES will be complemented and supported with the development of a IES Caucus to facilitate sharing and community building. The IES Caucus will expand to include additional institutional members increasing the reach of the Partnership project beyond the original four institutions. The project will be implemented in three phases over the duration of the project. In the first year, three of the partner universities will adapt and adjust existing programs for IES cross-institutional collaborations; in the second and third years the IES will be implemented as a pilot program at Western Michigan University; in the third year, the partner institutions will disseminate the program. The long-term outcome of this project is expected to be increased retention and career advancement at midwestern universities of underrepresented women and women with family responsibilities in STEM department.The NSF ADVANCE program is designed to foster gender equity through a focus on the identification and elimination of organizational barriers that impede the full participation and advancement of diverse faculty in academic institutions. Organizational barriers that inhibit equity may exist in policies, processes, practices, and the organizational culture and climate. ADVANCE "Partnership" awards provide support to collaborations among STEM professional societies and academic and non-academic non-profit organizations designed to broaden the implementation of evidence-based equity strategies and have a national or regional reach.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.