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UAB ADVANCE Institutional Transformation Award

UAB ADVANCE Institutional Transformation Award. 2003-2008 National Science Foundation. UAB ADVANCE Institutional Transformation Award.

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UAB ADVANCE Institutional Transformation Award

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  1. UAB ADVANCE Institutional Transformation Award 2003-2008 National Science Foundation

  2. UAB ADVANCE Institutional Transformation Award • The mission of the UAB ADVANCE program is to increase the participation and advancement of women in science, engineering, and social science academic careers. • The UAB Office for the Advancement of Women in Science and Engineering (OAWSE) was created in the Fall 2003 to serve as a resource for women faculty on campus and to run the UAB ADVANCE program. • Our programs are for faculty in the Schools of Natural Sciences and Mathematics (NSM), Engineering, and Social and Behavioral Sciences (SBS). • The focus of our work is to increase awareness of the issues involving all women in academia, and to help develop and disseminate best practices to improve retention and recruitment of women faculty at UAB.

  3. Principle Investigators Jeannette Doeller - Associate Dean, Graduate School Eli Capilouto - Acting Provost Jim McClintock - Interim Dean, Graduate School, former Dean, NSM Linda Lucas - Dean, Engineering Wendy Gunther-Canada - Associate Professor, Government, SBS OAWSE Staff Jeannette Doeller - Director Fran Wood - Executive Assistant Mirjam-Colette Kempf - Research Associate Helena Sviglin - Program Manager Kellie Carter - Publications Specialist Darrell Ray - Financial Officer Thomas Harris - Webpage Designer UAB ADVANCE Program Personnel

  4. Executive Board Jeannette Doeller - Director Wendy Gunther-Canada - Associate Professor, Government, co-PI Mirjam-Colette Kempf - Research Associate Carolyn Braswell - Assistant Vice President, Equity and Diversity Julia Austin - Director, Professional Development Program, Graduate School Helena Sviglin - Program Manager Advisors/Contributors Carol Garrison - UAB President Tennant McWilliams - Dean, SBS Lowell Wenger - Dean, NSM Rose Scripa - Associate Provost, Undergraduate Programs/Faculty Affairs Louis Dale - Vice President, Equity and Diversity Virginia Gauld - Vice President, Student Affairs UAB ADVANCE Program Personnel

  5. UAB ADVANCE Program Elements • Faculty Awards • 3-6 ADVANCE Senior Professorships • 5 ADVANCE Junior Professorships (one per year) • 2 Transition Award (one in years 2,4) • UAB ADVANCE Symposium (2004, 2006, 2008) • To present progress and highlights of the UAB ADVANCE program to the campus community, and to inform the community on the issue of advancement of women in academic science and engineering careers • Visiting Scholars Program • To bring women scientists and engineers to UAB as part of regular seminar series for networking, role models • Faculty Career Development Program • For field-specific training programs • Materials Sciences/Engineering Assistant Professor to attend leadership workshop • Work with Julia Austin, Director, Graduate School Professional Development Program, to develop workshops/seminars

  6. UAB ADVANCE Program Elements • Research Grant Program • To support program-initiated and/or investigator-initiated research • Funded items • UAB ADVANCE Academic Climate Survey (data entry complete) • UAB Spouse/Partner Relocation program • Supplemental Start Up Funds • To support recruitment and hiring of women faculty • Awards given • Assistant Professor, Department of Government, SBS, 1/04 • Assistant Professor, Department of Government, SBS, 2/04 • Website Developmenthttp://www.uab.edu/advance • External Advisory Board • Sue Rosser, Dean, Ivan Allen College, and co-PI, ADVANCE project, Georgia Institute of Technology • Ansley Abraham, Director, Southern Regional Educational Board Doctoral Scholars Program • Joan Lorden, Provost, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

  7. UAB ADVANCE Program Elements • External Evaluation • AAAS Research Competitiveness Service (RCS) • Ed Derrick, Director RCS, will provide coordination • AAAS Panel members: Amanda Hunt, Yolanda George, Shirley Malcom • Additional consultants: Suzanne Brainard (U Washington), Anne Machung (U California Office of the President) • UAB site visit April 12-14, 2004 • NSF Indicators • Data collection, analysis and reporting underway

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