A Practical Guide to Writing about Equity Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in Grant Proposals (FEAS)

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) is a framework for creating an environment that is fair to all participants, welcoming to all individuals, merit-based, and able to thrive by permitting access to the largest possible talent pool. It recognizes obstacles and barriers that are experienced by members of equity deprived (also referred to as ‘equity seeking’) groups, and seeks to better identify talent and potential, and accommodate those with differing personal needs. Supporting EDI helps to reduce and eliminate its opposites, namely inequality, homogeneity (and thus less diverse lens, experience, point of view, and creativity), and exclusionary practices (both overt and inadvertent). Therefore, EDI follows from a moral and ethical imperative.