To enhance the teaching and educational training of Howard University students pursuing degrees in economics

To strengthen graduate pathways in the geosciences by providing professional development opportunities and peer mentoring for students and mentor training for faculty

To support projects submitted to Higher Education Forward, in response to an RFP on effective communication related to equity, academic freedom, and democratic values in higher education, to be managed by Amalgamated Foundation and processed by JustFund.

To host a conference that will highlight learnings from the SEISMIC and SELC projects and facilitate discussions on the need for and strategies toward STEM departmental reform

To transform existing systems and establish new infrastructure to facilitate opportunity and success for graduate students from historically marginalized backgrounds

To transform the graduate student experience by fostering collaborative engagement within and across STEM departments to build a multi-layered, cohort-based community of peers and mentors

To develop an infrastructure that increases diversity, fosters inclusion, and closes equity gaps among Ph.D. students in the physical sciences and engineering

To develop new and expand existing strategies for supporting Black, Indigenous, and Latine students in STEM graduate programs and to disseminate best practices to other R2 universities

To build a networked improvement community that serves to enact systemic change with a focus on equitable participation, experiences and outcomes in the physical sciences and engineering

To create a successful systemic change model for recruiting, enrolling, and retaining students in STEM graduate programs, closing equity gaps in retention and graduation