GRANTED Project
NSF's Growing Research Access for Nationally Transformative Equity and Diversity (GRANTED) initiative has recently awarded a conference grant for CLASP. This grant provides the funding for CLASP to host a series of facilitated, virtual brainstorming sessions and an enhanced in-person conference to support three objectives:
- Strengthen CLASP's Community of Practice (CoP) Traditions, which lead to the development of tools and scalable
models advancing research at PUI LACs - Broaden Participation within the CLASP Community
- Reduce Systemic Barriers to Information by Improving Collaboration Between CLASP and External Funders (including NSF)
Additionally, the grant aims to support the needs of organizations such as minority-serving institutions and reduce systemic barriers to accessing information about and from external funders. With this project, research professionals will develop strategies for building the capacity and effectiveness of research administration across a diverse range of institutions; build protocols that improve outreach to, and support for, institutions that serve a significant number of underrepresented students in the sciences; and create procedures for representing and advocating for their research contributions. Currently, Charlotte Whited, Associate Director of the Grants Office and Compliance Officer at Carleton College, serves as the project's Principle Investigator. Findings from this project will provide early insight into how to increase partnership, knowledge sharing, and enhance communication between research administrators at diverse PUI LACs.