Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) has awarded its first grants in its Driving Change initiative, awarding $2.5 million each to six universities: The Ohio State University, Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, the University at Albany, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, University of Montana, and University of Virginia. 

The first six Driving Change grants are being awarded to finalist applicants that made strong arguments for their readiness to embark on this change journey with experiments that held the best promise of helping the whole community. Awarding the first six Driving Change grants is just one early step in a much longer journey, one that the Driving Change team hopes all 38 institutions in HHMI’s Learning Community will continue to travel. The expectation is that the lessons learned from the grantees as they implement their programs will feed back into the larger community, helping each one raise the bar for institutional change on their own campuses.  

The award will provide $5M total over 5 years, and the OSU administration has committed to matching that.

Read More: https://www.hhmi.org/news/inclusive-stem-learning-environments-six-institutions-committed-progress

From article by Sarah Simmons, HHMI program lead for Driving Change and David Asai, HHMI senior director, science education 

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