ARISE I: Checklist for Action
Recommendations to:
Federal Agencies
- Create Targeted Grant Programs for Early-Career Faculty
- Create Seed Funding Programs for Early-Career Faculty
- Pay Special Attention to Early-Career Faculty in Regular Grant Programs
- Develop Supportive Polices for Primary Caregivers
- Explore Targeted Grant Mechanisms and Policies to Foster Potentially Transformative Research
- Adopt Funding Mechanisms and Policies That Nurture Transformative Research in All Award Programs
- Strengthen Grant Review Processes
- Invest in Program Officers
- Establish New Programs Only if They Have Critical Mass
- Track Demographics on a Government-Wide Basis
Universities
- Actively Mentor Early-Career Scientists
- Create Seed Funding Programs for Early-Career Faculty
- Reconsider Promotion and Tenure Policies
- Address the Needs of Primary Caregivers and Childbearing Needs
- Accept Institutional Responsibility for a Greater Portion of Faculty Salaries
- In Building New Facilities, Shoulder a Larger Share of the Financial Cost
- Spread the Wealth: Ensure a Greater Number of New Investigators by Capping the Number of Start-up and First Awards to a Single Individual