ADVANCE Partnership: ACCESS+ Initiative to Leverage STEM Professional Societies to Accelerate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Systemic Change in STEM Academic Professions

在对与性别相关的多样性、公平和包容（DEI）变革策略进行了20年的研究之后，问题不在于缺乏基于证据的政策和实践，而在于对这些策略的认识、知识和采用存在差异和不系统。ACCESS+计划的目标是通过协调和整合STEM专业协会（ProSs）的努力，加速对NSF ADVANCE受助人制定的政策和实践的认识和采用。ACCESS+计划将准备和支持一个由积极的STEM专业协会（ProS）“跨界”变革推动者组成的实践社区，他们将采取行动加速采用基于证据的政策和实践。ACCESS+提出了三项战略：1)开展以STEM性别为重点的DEI环境扫描；2)组织年度ACCESS+会议，准备多组STEM专业人员的边界专家来制定DEI行动计划；3)支持问责制并促进边界专家的努力，通过建立一个以性别为重点的DEI实践社区（CoP），加速采用循证行动计划目标。通过准备和支持选定的STEM专业人员“边界跨越者”，ACCESS+倡议将加速国家层面的集体变革，以促进ADVANCE政策和实践。ACCESS+的工作将不仅在STEM progress内部和之间，而且在成员学术机构之间，以及STEM认证机构、国家实验室、STEM行业和政府的学术影响领域，为以性别为中心的DEI工作提供信息和补充。被认为在STEM DEI方面具有国家领导地位的五个伙伴组织将利用其独特的资源和网络为拟议的工作服务。先进实施导师（AIM）网络（nsf# 0810927）和妇女科学协会（AWIS）先进资源和协调（ARC）网络（nsf# 1740860）带来了先进的专门知识和资源。WEPAN在工程领域为女性提供40年的服务经验（NSF EEC #1445076, HRD GSE #1203164, HRD ESE# 0833076, HRD GSE #0648210）。包括立志联盟（NSF #1834518, 1834522, 1834510, 1834513, 1834526, 1834521）国家变革团队将提议的工作与立志联盟和更广泛的包括努力联系起来。促进STEM成功公平变革联盟（ACCESS）项目（nsf# 1744098）为拟议的ACCESS+倡议提供了概念证明和基础。本项目将在原有ACCESS项目的基础上进行扩展、调整和扩展。作为学科“大熔炉”，STEM专业协会（ProSs）不仅服务于学术机构，也服务于有学术影响力的组织，如认证机构、国家实验室、企业和政府代表，因此在加速采用ADVANCE循证战略方面具有独特的优势。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。

After two decades of ADVANCE-funded research on gender-related diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) change strategies, the problem is not so much a lack of evidence-based policies and practices, but rather varied and unsystematic awareness, knowledge, and adoption of these strategies. The goal of the ACCESS+ Initiative is to accelerate the awareness and adoption of policies and practices developed by NSF ADVANCE grantees by coordinating and integrating efforts of STEM professional societies (ProSs). The ACCESS+ Initiative will prepare and support a community of practice of motivated STEM Professional Society (ProS) “boundary spanning” change agents who will act to accelerate the adoption of evidence-based policies and practices. ACCESS+ proposes three strategies: 1) conduct a STEM gender-focused DEI Environmental Scan; 2) organize an annual ACCESS+ convening to prepare multiple cohorts of STEM ProS Boundary Spanners to develop DEI Action Plans, and 3) support accountability and promote Boundary Spanner effort to accelerate adoption of evidence-based Action Plan objectives by establishing a STEM ProS gender-focused DEI Community of Practice (CoP). By preparing and supporting selected cohorts of STEM ProS “Boundary Spanners,” the ACCESS+ Initiative will accelerate collective, national-level change to promote ADVANCE policies and practices. ACCESS+ efforts will inform and complement gender-focused DEI efforts not only within and between STEM ProSs, but also across member academic institutions, and the academic-influencing domains of STEM accrediting bodies, national laboratories, STEM industry, and government.Five partner organizations recognized for their national leadership in STEM DEI will leverage their unique resources and networks in service of the proposed work. The ADVANCE Implementation Mentors (AIM) Network (NSF #0810927) and the Association for Women in Science’s (AWIS’s) ADVANCE Resource and Coordination (ARC) Network (NSF #1740860) bring ADVANCE-specific expertise, and resources. WEPAN brings 40 years of experience in serving women in the engineering domain (NSF EEC #1445076, HRD GSE #1203164, HRD ESE# 0833076, HRD GSE #0648210). The INCLUDES Aspire Alliance (NSF #1834518, 1834522, 1834510, 1834513, 1834526, 1834521) National Change Team connects the proposed work to the Aspire Alliance and broader INCLUDES efforts. The Alliance to Catalyze Change for Equity in STEM Success (ACCESS) Project (NSF# 1744098) provides proof of concept and the foundation for the proposed ACCESS+ Initiative. This project will extend, adapt, and expand upon the original ACCESS Project. As disciplinary “melting pots,” STEM professional societies (ProSs) serve not only academic institutions but also academic-influencing organizations like accrediting agencies, national laboratories, corporations, and government representatives, and thus are uniquely positioned to accelerate adoption of ADVANCE evidence-based strategies. 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.