Review and Timeline

Review Process

Science program staff will review applications using the following criteria: 

• Impact on the field or community: the event will have a positive impact on or importance for the scientific field and/or community by, e.g.:

• • • Bringing together groups that have not had the opportunity to previously connect
    • Collecting, generating, teaching, or disseminating new information
    • Addressing an important scientific or systemic challenge, or
    • Supporting groups in the field that have been historically marginalized
• Inclusion, diversity, and accessibility
  • • The event organizers have a thoughtful and clearly articulated plan to ensure the event is inclusive, accessible, and representative of diverse identities both within their target audience and within the event organizing committee and event program
• Program goals
  • • The event will expand the Science program’s reach in scientific communities relevant to our program in new ways
    • The event contributes to the Program’s overall goals and priorities