“We’re excited about this opportunity to promote a more inclusive climate and recruit more women in STEM fields and beyond.”ADVANCE: Organizational Change for Gender Equity in STEM Academic Professions supports the development, implementation and evaluation of innovative systematic change strategies that promote gender equity for STEM faculty. As of last fall, 13.5% of tenured and tenure-track faculty in STEM areas of study at UT Dallas were women. In addition, 0.7% of STEM faculty were underrepresented women — a group that also is a focus of the grant. Activities will include expansion of the campus mentoring program, development of employee resource groups for women faculty in STEM and faculty workshops on promotion. “This plan will result in greater gender equity in STEM disciplines that can be scaled to all schools on campus,” Adams said.