University of Southern California
To scale up to the national level a successful pilot Consortium of universities in California to build capacity for systemic change in STEM graduate education
The California Consortium for Inclusive Doctoral Education (C-CIDE) is a network of faculty and administrators across doctoral-granting universities that aims to improve diversity in STEM graduate programs and the scientific workforce in California. This grant supports C-CIDE’s Julie Posselt who is seeking to expand the consortium’s efforts to the national level. Grant funds will allow Posselt to survey graduate schools across the country and facilitate partnership agreements with 10-15 universities and 3-5 STEM Ph.D. programs; engage in strategic planning with core staff, campus liaisons, steering committee members, and expert advisors to scale up C-CIDE to a national level; and test and refine new workshop content with its current partners.