National Council for Research on Women

Diversity in Leadership

Diversifying the Leadership of Women’s Research Centers is a two-year Ford Foundation-funded project aimed at promoting the leadership of women of color from historically underrepresented groups in the United States within the Council and within its women’s research, policy and advocacy member centers. The project offers four $2,000 grants for centers to conduct a self analysis of their status with respect to diversity; and four $8,000 grants for centers to conduct a one-year project to implement a leadership diversity strategy. Matching funds are expected from the center’s home institution where appropriate. The Council will convene two conferences that will provide the selected project centers an opportunity to share and evaluate their experiences. A special panel of the selected project centers is also planned at the National Women’s Studies Association annual meeting. Ultimately, it is anticipated that project strategies will become models for gaining access to leadership by women of color that can be replicated within the Council and throughout its member network.

The new deadline for electronic proposal submissions is Wednesday, 30 January, 2007 at 5pm. Projects will be selected by February 29, 2008.

Click on the following link for the Request for Proposals (RFP)

Click here for Guidelines for Writing a Proposal for “Diversifying the Leadership.” (pdf, 56KB)

The Project will be assisted by an Advisory Committee. Members are as follows:

1. Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Director, Women's Research & Resource Center, Spelman College

2. Ruth Zambrana, Professor and Graduate Director, Women’s Studies Department & Director of CRGE, University of Maryland, College Park

3. Angela Ginorio, Director of Women’s Studies, University of Washington, Seattle

4. Yolanda Broyles-Gonzalez, Professor and Head of Women’s Studies, Univ. of Arizona; Director, Mexican American Studies and Research Center, University of Arizona

5. Carol Hollenshead, Director, Center for the Education of Women, University of Michigan

6. Sandra Morgen, Professor of Women’s Studies, Penn State [formerly headed the Center for the Study of Women in Society, University of Oregon]

7. Damary Bonilla, Latina Initiative Project Manager, Girls Incorporated

For further information, please contact:

Delores M. Walters, Ph.D., Director of Research for Institutional Diversity tel: 212-785-7335 x204 email:dwalters@ncrw.org

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