Applicants are invited to apply for the 2025 SciComm Identities Project (SCIP) Fellowship.
Donor Name: National Science Foundation
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Fellowship
Deadline: 09/23/2024
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
The SciComm Identities Project (SCIP) aims to shift the paradigm of science communication training and create a more representative suite of academic science communicators. The SCIP fellowship is designed to test a training curriculum based on intercultural communication theories. They hope SCIP will elevate science communication activities as a valued aspect of academics’ institutional contributions. They aim for this project to increase representation of underrepresented minority scientists and engineers as science communicators and as public intellectuals in environmental news coverage to foster culturally relevant conservations about environmental issues.
The SCIP Fellowship is a one-year professional development opportunity for pre-tenure faculty at U.S. institutions who identify as underrepresented racial or ethnic minorities.
The fellowship is designed for researchers at the pre-tenure career stage to:
- Foster confidence and science communication skills that can be implemented and further honed throughout the Fellows’ careers
- Emphasize the importance of science communication among tenure-track faculty
- Facilitate the transfer of these skills and competencies to Fellows’ students and colleagues
Funding Information
$5,000 honorarium as an acknowledgement of the required time commitment.
Eligibility Criteria
The fellowship is open to researchers who study any aspect of natural science, social science, or engineering related to the theme of that year’s cohort. The SCIP Fellowship is designed for people who:
- Self-identify as Black or African American, Indigenous or Native American, Hispanic or Latino/a/x/e, Asian or Asian American, or Middle Eastern or North African;
- Are tenure-track assistant professors at a U.S. academic institution of higher education;
- Study anything related to the year’s cohort theme. The 2025 cohort will focus on the intersections of climate change with agriculture, aquaculture, and food security.
For more information, visit National Science Foundation.
