Challenging systemic barriers to promote the inclusion, recruitment, and retention of URM faculty in STEM.

Black/African Americans, Hispanic/Latinxs, and Native Americans remain chronically underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Values misalignment, implicit/explicit bias, and hypercompetition in the funding climate disproportionately affect underrepresented minority (URM) postdoctoral fellows transitioning into faculty positions. URM scientists must increase and be given opportunities to establish independent research programs.