About ADVANCE

The NSF ADVANCE program is meant to address the National Science Foundation‘s goal of growing and supporting a more diverse community in training our STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) workforce.  In particular, the NSF ADVANCE program builds upon prior NSF ADVANCE and other work concerning gender, racial, and ethnic equity to broaden the implementation of evidence-based systemic change strategies that promote equity for STEM faculty in academia and higher education.  See the NSF ADVANCE program brochure for more information.
The NSF ADVANCE Program funds four main tracks:  
  • Institutional Transformation  – “to support the development, implementation, and evaluation of innovative systemic change strategies that promote gender equity for STEM faculty within an institution of higher education.”
  • Adaptation – “to support the work to adapt, implement, and evaluate evidence-based systemic change strategies that have been shown to promote gender equity for STEM faculty in academic workplaces and the academic profession.”
  • Partnership – “to support the work to facilitate the broader adaptation of gender equity and systemic change strategies.”
  • Catalyst – “to broaden the types of IHEs that are able to undertake data collection and institutional self-assessment work to identify systemic gender inequities impacting their STEM faculty so that these can be addressed by the institution.”
The Wayne State University has been awarded two grants through the NSF ADVANCE Program: