Carnegie Mellon University will lead an alliance to develop a new careeradvancement model, Project ELEVATE, through the Alliances for GraduateEducation and the Professoriate (AGEP), with Johns Hopkins University andNew York University also part of the team.
Carnegie Mellon University will lead an alliance to develop a new career advancement model, Project ELEVATE,through the Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP), with Johns Hopkins University andNew York University also part of the team.
The model will be funded by a $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Eff ective summer2022, the institutions will team up to develop a new model that promotes equitable advancement of early-careertenure-stream engineering faculty from underrepresented groups in STEM.
Project ELEVATE (Equity-focused Launch to Empower and Value AGEP Faculty to Thrive in Engineering) will focuson three major areas: equity-focused institutional changes that support the advancement of AGEP faculty;developing and sustaining an infrastructure that facilitates impactful mentorship of AGEP junior faculty in supportof career advancement; and professional development that equips all engineering faculty and institutional leaderswith skills to implement inclusive practices and to support career advancement.
Alaine Allen, CMU College of Engineering associate dean for diversity, equity and inclusion, will champion efforts as the principal investigator. The full CMU project team includes
Shelley Anna, professor of chemical engineeringand associate dean for faculty and graduate aff airs, and strategic initiatives in the College of Engineering and
William Sanders, the Dr. William D. and Nancy W. Strecker Dean of the College of Engineering, as co-principal investigators, and
Neetha Khan, research development associate in the College of Engineering, as the project manager.
“Project ELEVATE will provide a framework for institutional change at private, highly-selective research institutionsto enable all faculty to be members of a collaborative community,” said Allen. “I’m proud to lead a project that willsupport equity design and implement strategies that increase the number of historically underrepresented STEM faculty and promote systemic change.”
