Tasha Inniss

"What I’ve seen is an increased focus and acknowledgment of supporting our various institutions,"

"We invited faculty from the region, from HBCUs in the region, to come and participate in our technical assistance workshop,” Inniss said. “We actually invited program officers to come to campus to present on the different programs in DRL, and then we had a coaching component."

"Now, I have the knowledge and the understanding of what helped me to be productive in my own individual career that I’m able to kind of share that knowledge with my junior faculty, colleagues,"

"I’m helping people to understand your notice of award and all [the] award conditions, and what does this mean? [I’m] also helping people to understand how to effectively manage their awards, and what certain things mean. What does participant support cost? When do you have your budget, and how do you expand your budget, and just providing all that different context and information to help people to be effective with their grants."

"I know at NSF there was always a concerted effort to avoid implicit biases, and so I applaud them for that, and they continue to do that—to have an understanding that diversity breeds innovation, and I think that a lot of federal agencies understand that,” Innis said. “But also having opportunities for HBCUs and MSIs to lead on different programs—I think that is really helpful, and has helped us as well."