Rutgers University Faculty Advancement and Institutional Re-imagination (RU FAIR) is a five-year program funded by a grant from NSF ADVANCE (Award: HRD-0810978) for Institutional Transformation designed to increase the participation and advancement of women in academic science and engineering careers by changing institutional culture and practices. Our programs examine institutional policies and practices that disadvantage women and work to improve the academic career trajectory of women through a long-term, systemic approach to institutional transformation.
RU FAIR ADVANCE builds upon the strong foundation of the university’s efforts to address issues of diversity and equity by offering several independent and parallel strategies to increase the retention, recruitment, and promotion of women in science, social science, engineering, and mathematics (SEM) disciplines at Rutgers University. The goal of the RU FAIR program is to remove barriers to recruitment and retention of women faculty, to advocate for greater diversity in senior leadership positions and to provide higher visibility to the achievements of Rutgers’ women faculty in SEM disciplines.
These goals can be summed as two overarching or meta-initiatives that drive institutional transformation and RU FAIR programs and activities: 1) Recruitment and Retention and 2) Leadership and Professional Development. Five sub-initiatives serve these overarching meta-initiatives—communication, networking and liaisons, mentoring, visibility, and family/work-life balance. The grant provides several mechanisms for accomplishing these goals.
For more information, please download the Rutgers RU FAIR ADVANCE full proposal.
To view current and past Request for Proposals (RFP's) for faculty funding, visit our Funding page.
