DI&A has developed a menu of evidence-based programs that are campus-wide efforts. These can be included in proposals, complete with background information, and references. The idea behind proposal collaboration between the DI&A office and PIs is to leverage the programs and resources that are already in place or to create new opportunities campus-wide.
The DI&A Office and the Office of Research and Technology Transfer collaborate on supporting the development and inclusion of DI&A efforts in grant proposals. For more information or support, please fill out this form letting us know what you need help with. The appropriate office will get in touch with you.
For needs that are outside the scope of campus-wide DI&A efforts, the Research Development team will route you to an on-campus or off-campus consultant for custom workshops, experts as Co-PIs or Senior Personnel, customized plans, evaluation, and other needs.
RESOURCES to Support Proposals & Grants
Overview of DI&A Requirements in Federal Proposals
NSF for most proposals requires a statement on broadening participation and/or diversity, equity & inclusion. DOE now requires similar statements. USDA and other federal agencies are developing similar requirements. For large proposals, a successful DI&A approach must include three components: 1) recruitment, 2) culture of inclusion for retention & success, 3) measurement of impact. Other areas that are a bonus for NSF and required for some DOE programs is outreach, community engagement, and research on social justice and equity for the system of study.
1. Toolkit of resources for Justice 40: https://research.mines.edu/j40toolkit/
2. NSF’s 2023 Diversity and Stem Report : https://ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsf23315/
Broadening Participation via Student Recruitment
Research shows that making personal and meaningful contact with potential underrepresented students, in coordination with a university-wide recruitment program and a strong commitment to DI&A, can improve the diversity of applicant pools. DI&A will collaborate to diversify students in your recruitment efforts.
Unconscious Bias & Minimizing Microaggressions Workshops
We all bring unconscious bias to our interactions with others. Mines DI&A Ambassadors offer workshops on demand: Minimizing Unconscious Bias can help during recruitment, grading, evaluations, etc, while Mitigating Microaggressions trains people to intervene when they experience or witness a microaggression. These workshops are for ALL PIs and students and can help foster an inclusive research culture and broaden participation through hiring decisions.
You can request these workshops here: https://www.mines.edu/diversity/workshops-training
Fostering an Inclusive Research Culture
Inclusion is critical to encourage participation, foster innovation, support career growth, and retain diverse populations of students and faculty. DI&A offers coaching and workshops to help research groups, large and small, plan for and implement strategies successfully cultivate an inclusive research culture.
Inclusive Classrooms
DI&A and Trefny have an inclusive classroom checklist that you can use to improve your classroom climate. Trefny also offers a workshop on inclusive classrooms that you can request and integrate into your proposal; particularly useful for education and workforce development proposals.
Utilize the inclusive classroom checklist found here: https://www.mines.edu/academic-affairs/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2022/08/Inclusive-Teaching-Practices-Tips-Checklist.pdf
Girls Lead the Way (High School Outreach via Society of Women Engineers)
The annual Girls Lead the Way conference welcomes approximately 200 high school girls to a full day event, introducing them to engineering, and the Mines campus. Participants leave more aware of the wide variety of careers available to them, and more confident that they have the ability to succeed in pursuit of their passions.
Help support SWE and inspire the next generation of women scientists and engineers by contributing ideas or hosting an interactive STEM demo/activity station. This event is an excellent opportunity to highlight your discipline, support SWE’s leadership team, and encourage girls to puruse their interest in STEM.
Girl Scout Engineering Day (4th & 5th Grade Outreach via Society of Women Engineers)
Girl Scout Engineering Day is one of Society of Women Engineer’s (SWE) signature outreach events and is an exciting and rewarding venue for SWE members to share their love of STEM with aspiring young scientists and engineers.
Help support SWE and inspire the next generation of women scientists and engineers by contributing ideas or hosting an interactive STEM demo/activity station. This event is an excellent opportunity to highlight your discipline, support SWE’s leadership team, and encourage girls to puruse their interest in STEM.
Girls on the Rise (Middle School Outreach via Society of Women Engineers)
Middle school girls interact every fall with current Mines students in nine, half-hour long engineering and/or applied math and sciences activities designed to engage students with STEM majors at Mines. Each activity is set up as an experiment where girls hypothesize an outcome, test their hypothesis, collect results, and make conclusions on the scientific principles they witness. Girls on the Rise was introduced in fall 2019 to complete efforts to outreach to girls at all levels of K-12.
Help support SWE and inspire the next generation of women scientists and engineers by contributing ideas or hosting an interactive STEM demo/activity station. This event is an excellent opportunity to highlight your discipline, support SWE’s leadership team, and encourage girls to puruse their interest in STEM.
Girls are SMART (1st- 5th Grade Outreach via Society of Women Engineers)
The annual Girls are SMART event gathers girls in grades 1st – 5th on the Mines campus to engage in STEM through art and explore what it means to be an engineer and scientist. A variety of topics are covered that relate to many of the disciplines studied at Mines.
Help support SWE and inspire the next generation of women scientists and engineers by contributing ideas or hosting an interactive STEM demo/activity station. This event is an excellent opportunity to highlight your discipline, support SWE’s leadership team, and encourage girls to puruse their interest in STEM.
Other: DI&A text for Facilities, DI&A at Mines, etc.
DI&A has other resources and text available for you to use in your proposals; contact us for more information. Examples include:
- Facilities text describing Mines DI&A resources
- Overview of DI&A at Mines
- Summary of DI&A data at Mines
- Corporate external advisory board
- DI&A Council with access to DI&A experts and ambassadors across campus