Date:
HHMI Inclusive Excellence: 2017 Undergraduate Science Education Grants
Harvard Statement of Interest Deadline: June 1, 2015 by 12:00PM
HHMI Letter of Intent Deadline: July 14, 2015
HHMI Pre-Proposal Deadline: December 1, 2015
HHMI Full Proposal Deadline: October 2016
Award Amount: $1M over 5 years
Through this initiative, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute will support colleges and universities that commit to measurably increase their infrastructure, resources, and expertise to involve undergraduate students in science, resulting in expanded access to excellence for all students. The focus of the proposed work should be on engaging all undergraduate students in science and supporting their success, especially those students who come to college via nontraditional pathways. Projects may include disciplines outside of the natural sciences, but the natural sciences should be central to the proposed activities. The long-term aim is for successful strategies pioneered by the grantee institutions to serve as models to be adapted and adopted by other institutions.
An eligible institution is limited to one pre-proposal in one of two categories:
- Building Capacity Within the Institution is for colleges and universities that will use and evaluate strategies to build their own institutional capacities.
- Helping Others Build Capacity is for those institutions that have already implemented sustainable strategies that have led to measurably expanded inclusion and success of all students in science and now wish to assist other institutions that meet the eligibility requirements for this competition to achieve similar outcomes.