Office of Research

Creating Equitable Pathways to STEM Graduate Education

Limited Submissions

The Higher Education Program at the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation is seeking to invest in Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) and in the establishment of partnerships between MSIs and graduate programs at other colleges and universities. The Foundation’s Creating Equitable Pathways to STEM Graduate Education grants will support institutional pathways from MSIs to master’s and doctoral degree programs in astronomy, biology, chemistry, computer science, data science, Earth sciences, economics, engineering, marine science, mathematics, physics, and statistics. The intent is to facilitate the creation and strengthening of diverse, inclusive, and equitable pathways to and through STEM graduate education with the recognition that student pathways are too often disrupted by systemic racism, discrimination, and bias through prevailing institutional and departmental policy and practice. This is our second year announcing this call, inspired by the innovative work underway across the country and with the recognition that much more work needs to be done.

All projects must have at least one MSI partner. When two or more institutions are the proposed grantees, it is preferred that the primary PI be housed at the MSI.

Application Instructions

Please submit:

1. A one‐page letter of intent with a description of proposed aims and approach, and a verification of MSI status for the PI’s institution or the partner institution.

2. CV (not NIH format) of the PI

to research@uw.edu by 5:00 PM Wednesday, March 30, 2022.The sponsor deadline is 5/1/2022 for a required LOI (OSP deadline 4/20/2022).

Opportunity Details

Program web page

Program Announcement No.

2022

Deadlines
03/30/2022 UW Internal Deadline Closed
04/20/2022 OSP Deadline
05/01/2022 Sponsor Deadline
Sponsor

Alfred P Sloan Foundation

Funding amount

$500,000

Maximum Number of Applications

1 (1 for UW Bothell, 1 for UW Tacoma and 1 for UW Seattle)

Eligible groups
  • All campus

Inquiries and Contact Information

Investigators who identify a grant, award or fellowship program that restricts the number of applications that can be submitted from an Institution should immediately contact their Chairperson, Associate Dean for Research (or Dean, if no ADR) and the Office of Research (see below) if they intend to prepare a response. Failure to do so, or to meet the deadlines for submission of pre-proposal, will preclude submission of the application through the Office of Sponsored Programs.

For general inquiries, or to request a listing of a limited submission opportunity that should be but is not already listed, please email us at limitedsubs@uw.edu.