The mission of the Michigan Program for Advancing Cultural Transformation (M-PACT) is to promote greater inclusive excellence in the biomedical and health sciences at the University of Michigan and beyond by hiring and supporting 30 new tenure-track assistant professors with a demonstrated commitment and expertise in promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) via their research, teaching, and/or service activities.
M-PACT’s leadership team has scholarly and administrative expertise and experience in diversifying and supporting faculty, including areas spanning basic biomedical, clinical/translational, and social/behavioral science fields. This deep experience–including understanding of cultural barriers to DEI and how these barriers emerge in different disciplines–make them ideal mentors for faculty committed to promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in the health sciences.
The FIRST Faculty Cohort announcement will be posted soon. Cohort faculty recruitment is currently in process.
U-M, NIH jointly invest $79M to support, expand DEI efforts in biomedical, health sciences
The University of Michigan and the National Institutes of Health will jointly invest $79 million to support and recruit 30 new faculty members to the… Continue Reading
Michigan Program for Advancing Cultural Transformation
U-M launched the Michigan Program for Advancing Cultural Transformation (M-PACT) with a five-year, $15.8 million grant from the National Institutes for Health Faculty Institutional Recruitment for Sustainable Transformation (NIH FIRST) initiative, along with a $63.7 million university investment in June 2023. The mission of M-PACT is to achieve greater inclusive excellence in the biomedical and health sciences at the University of Michigan and beyond. M-PACT will achieve its goal of inclusive excellence by recruiting 30 new tenure-track assistant professors with a demonstrated commitment and expertise in promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) via their research, teaching, and/or service activities across 11 biomedical and health science schools and colleges across the University.
