Broaden SABER is funded through the Leading Culture Change Through Professional Societies of Biology (BIO-LEAPS) program of the National Science Foundation. 

The goals of this project are as follows: 

1. Broadly and systematically advertise and recruit for SABER to broaden its reach to organizations, institutions, and individuals who are not currently aware of SABER, 
2. Offer travel support for individuals who are members of groups typically underrepresented in biology or who work at historically black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions to attend the national meeting,  
3. Offer mentorship related to inclusion to individuals in leadership positions at SABER, and 
4. Develop networking, mentoring, and leadership opportunities to sustain the involvement of diverse members within SABER.

Project Team Members include Dr. Samiksha Raut, Principal Investigator (PI), University of Alabama at Birmingham; Dr. Sara Brownell, Co-PI, Arizona State University; Dr. Bryan Dewsbury, Co-PI, Florida International University; Dr. Marcos García-Ojeda, Co-PI, Past-President, SABER, University of California, Merced; Dr. Miriam Segura, Co-PI, President-Elect, SABER, University of North Georgia.

Broaden SABER is sponsoring the 2025 BERS Series! This webinar and learning community series will feature research talks focused on topics related to making undergraduate science education more inclusive. 

Webinars are 1 hour, immediately followed by an optional 30-minute learning community to discuss the talk and how it is relevant to one's own teaching, research, or institution. 

These events are free, online, and open to faculty, staff, graduate students, or undergraduates. These seminars begin at 9 am PT/ 10 am MT/ 11 am CT/ 12 pm ET on Thursdays. 

Special offer!  Non-members who register and attend 4 webinars + accompanying learning communities will receive one year of free SABER membership. Register for the series below. 

Click here to download the series flyer to share with your network 

Broaden SABER invites applications to host a Co-PI visit at your institution. 

• ASCB
  December 14-16, 2024
• ASMCUE
  November 15-17, 2024
• ABRCMS
  November 13-16, 2024
• SACNAS
  October 31-November 2, 2024
• Ecological Society of America
  August 4-9, 2024
• ASM Microbe
  June 13-17, 2024