Fox said that she, Lewis and Avery had met with the Faculty's ad-hoc committee on diversity to discuss establishing a mentorship program for women in the sciences, aimed at filling the gap created by the demise of Radcliffe College's Science Alliance.
Lewis suggested a proposal that would use Trust funds to pay a graduate student a stipend to lead her or his science department's mentorship program.
"Peer advising is good, but a student has to meet with women at various career stages," Lewis said. "This way, someone would be charged with making sure these events happen."
Avery said the Trust will look into creating a pilot mentorship program in one science department to explore the logistics of how such a Trust-sponsored initiative might function.
The Trust committee will next meet in early May.
Avery said the group will put the finishing touches on the grant application and will discuss how future Trust committee members will be selected.