NSF Internal Competition: Cultural Transformation in the Geoscience Community

Summary

William & Mary is holding an internal competition for the National Science Foundation's "Cultural Transformation in the Geoscience Community (CTGC)" Funding Opportunity. CTGC is a program in the Directorate for Geosciences to support institutional transformation that leads to the development of STEM learning and research ecosystems focused on inclusivity and broadening participation leadership development. Proposals are welcome in any geoscience research fields and related disciplines.

Full Description

The CTGC funding opportunity invites creative proposals to foster an innovative and inclusive geoscience community that reflects the diversity of the United States and is ready and well prepared to understand how the Earth system can continue to sustain society and propose solutions to the complex challenges society is facing due to climate and environmental change. Proposals are expected to be rooted in evidence-based best practices on justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion and learning ecosystems to tackle multidimensional and transdisciplinary questions that require different perspectives. Proposals will need to show how these perspectives will not only be brought to the scientific enterprise but also how they ensure that participants from groups that were historically excluded will be welcomed, supported, and fully included in the laboratories, research facilities, or any other place where research and related activities take place. Proposals are invited that will lead to institutional transformation through the development of STEM learning and research ecosystems focused on inclusivity and broadening participation and leadership development.

The Cultural Transformation in the Geoscience Community (CTGC) is seeking proposals that will:

1. Establish sustainable and long-term STEM learning and research ecosystems that will connect individuals’ academic training with informal and work-based training opportunities through strong collaborative relationships and career-pathway mapping among schools, informal learning environments, private sector partners, and university and research partners.
2. Support the professional development of cohorts of individuals at different career stages through transition points, address areas where data demonstrates failure to engage or alienation from the research ecosystem of historically marginalized groups. Those engaged in this program will be proficient Earth system science team members whose contributions are cultivated in inclusive learning and workspaces.

**An institution is permitted to be the lead institution on only one application. For more information, please visit the NSF solicitation. 

The internal due date for review and determination of grant to move forward on the behalf of W&M is 4/18/22 at 4PM ET.  Questions should be sent to wosp@wm.edu.

The agency due date is 5/2/22 by 5PM EST.