Provost Wendell Pritchett and Vice Provost for Faculty Laura Perna have announced this year’s call for proposals for the Excellence Through Diversity Fund. The Fund provides resources for innovative projects by Penn faculty that advance diversity and inclusion. Penn faculty with the rank of assistant, associate, or full professor, in any track, are eligible to apply.

The Fund may support various types of projects, including:

• Implementation of Schools’ strategic plans to diversify and enhance the climate for faculty and student populations
• Research on topics related to diversity and inclusion
• Projects that foster and support diversity on campus
• Projects that involve collaborations across disciplines and traditional boundaries of academic work

Projects may include cross-school research, conferences and events, large-scale faculty development work, and projects that assess the climate for diversity and inclusion at Penn. Priority will be given to projects that address current issues, promote notable collaborations, and foster new understandings of diversity and inclusion.

Proposals are due, by email, to the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty by 5 p.m. on April 30, 2021.

For more information, please see the complete Call for Proposals. For questions, please contact Lubna Mian at mian@upenn.edu.