• DC NASA Space Grant Consortium
  Headquartered right here at AU, the DC NASA Space Grant Consortium funds internships and summer research experiences at NASA.
• AU Career Center (AU students only)
  The Office of Merit Awards in the Career Center offers excellent opportunities through its CareerWeb and other resources.
• Postdoctoral Fellowships
  CAS offers fellowships including the Academic Diversity Fellowship, Afghan Exile Scholar Fellowship, Postdoctoral Fellow in Holocaust Studies, and (forthcoming) Scholar-at-Risk Postdoctoral Fellowship.

CAS Diversity Committee

• Núria Vilanova, CAS DEI Officer
  vilanova@american.edu
• Seçil Akin, Post-Doc Academic Diversity
• Naoko Chun, DEI Fellow-Arts
• Steven Dashiell, Post-Doc Academic Diversity
• Nabina Liebow, CAS LEAD Director
• Bashir Mobasher, Post-Doc Fellow, Afghan Exile
• Cathy Schaeff, DEI Fellow-STEM
• Ashley Tisdale, Post-Doc Academic Diversity
• Sarah Trembath, DEI Fellow-Humanities
• Delio Vasquez, Post-Doc Academic Diversity
• Buck Woodard, DEI Fellow-Social Sciences

CAS Diversity Fellows

• Cathy Schaeff, STEM
• Naoko Chun, Arts
• Sarah Trembath, Humanities
• Buck Woodard, Social Sciences 

Initiative on STEM Education, Equity and Ethics (ISE3)

The ISE3 mission is to prepare diverse student populations for transferable academic and non-academic 21st-century careers in science and technology.
 

• NSF Advance Grant

• NSF Advance Grant is a two-year grant of $300,000 from the National Science Foundation for an analysis of gender and racial equity among its STEM faculty, with the aim of increasing AU’s number of women and underrepresented minority STEM faculty.

• Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Driving Change & ISE3

• The Driving Change award through AU's Initiative for STEM Education, Equity and Ethics (ISE3) seeks to effect genuine and lasting culture change on research university campuses so that undergraduate students from all backgrounds, particularly from historically excluded groups, will excel in STEM and graduate from college well prepared to pursue advanced degrees and eventually assume leadership roles in STEM. AU was invited to submit a proposal to this highly competitive process; only 38 of 99 schools are generally invited, many of who are R1s.

• CAS Antiracist Curriculum Development Grant Application
  Through AY22-23, we will provide up to $1,500 per project to support collaborative work by two or more CAS faculty on antiracist curriculum development projects such as building department- or program-wide bibliographies or subject guides, development of a course to be taught (sequentially) by more than one faculty member, or other collaborative contributions to this initiative. Funds may be used for RA wages, books, subscriptions, honoraria to outside experts (not for stipends), etc. Subject to availability of funds. Apply online: Grant Application Form.

• AU Partnership with the CIRCUIT program at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL)
  The Circuit Program offers undergraduate students an opportunity to participate in a yearlong cohort-based research experience as integral members of APL project teams and participate in unique, hands-on learning in a fun, collaborative environment.
• DC NASA Space Grant Consortium
  Headquartered right here at AU, the DC NASA Space Grant Consortium funds internships and summer research experiences at NASA.
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