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Broadening Participation Portfolio

Background

NSF has taken a variety of approaches to broaden participation across its many programs. While broadening participation is included in the NSF review criteria, some program announcements and solicitations go beyond the standard criteria. They range from encouraging language to specific requirements. Investments range from capacity building, research centers, partnerships, and alliances to the use of co-funding or supplements to existing awards in the core research programs.

The portfolio represented below is divided into three categories: (1) programs that are primarily focused on broadening participation, (2) programs that have broadening participation as one of several emphases, and (3) Dear Colleague Letters expressing interest in specific aspects of broadening participation. You may also review awards made to each program by following the link to the individual program page, then scrolling to the bottom where you will find a link that displays the awards.

The BP Funding Investment Page provides information on NSF's prior investments of programs and activities to broaden participation in STEM. Information displayed includes NSF's broadening participation funding data presented in NSF's annual budget request to Congress, as well as annual funding reported to Congress on NSF's support of minority-serving institutions.

Focused Programs

These programs have an explicit broadening participation program goal. The majority of each award's budget goes to broadening participation activities, and could involve research on the topic.

Focused Programs
PROGRAM NAME Publication No. Directorate Division
ADVANCE: Organizational Change for Gender Equity in STEM Academic Professions 20-554 All All
Advancing Informal STEM Learning 22-626 EDU DRL
Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate 21-576 EDU EES
Broadening Participation in Computing 21-571 CISE CCF, CNS, IIS
Broadening Participation in Engineering 22-514 ENG EEC
Build and Broaden 22-638 SBE SMA
Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology 23-595 EDU EES
Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) Postdoctoral Research Program (PRP) 23-555 EDU EES
Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology - Research Infrastructure for Science and Engineering 24-562 EDU EES
Computer and Information Science and Engineering Research Expansion Program 24-536 CISE CCF, CNS, IIS, OAC
Cultural Transformation in the Geoscience Community 23-539 GEO
Disability and Rehabilitation Engineering 23-5342 ENG CBET
EMpowering BRoader Academic Capacity and Education 23-617 GEO
Enabling Partnerships to Increase Innovation Capacity 23-625 All All
EPSCoR Collaborations for Optimizing Research Ecosystems Research Infrastructure Improvement Program 23-587 OIA
EPSCoR Research Incubators for STEM Excellence Research Infrastructure Improvement Program 23-588 OIA
EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII): EPSCoR Research Fellows 24-528 All All
EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: Bridging EPSCoR Communities 22-536 OIA
Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research: Workshop Opportunities (EPS-WO) 24-540 All All
Expanding AI Innovation through Capacity Building and Partnerships 23-506 CISE, EDU, ENG, GEO, MPS, SBE, TIP
Expanding Capacity in Quantum Information Science and Engineering 24-523 BIO, CISE, EDU, ENG, MPS, OIA, OISE, SBE, TIP
Geoscience Opportunities for Leadership in Diversity 21-178Y GEO AGS, EAR, OCE, OPP, RISE
Hispanic-Serving Institutions: Enriching Learning, Programs, and Student Experiences 24-551 EDU DUE, EES
Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Excellence in Research 23-598 All All
Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program 23-563 EDU EES
HSI Program Network Resource Centers and Hubs 22-602 EDU DUE, EES
Ideas Lab: Advancing Research Capacity at HBCUs through Exploration and Innovation 23-626 All All
Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions 22-611 EDU DUE, EES
IUSE: Innovation in Two-Year College STEM Education 23-584 EDU DUE
Leading Culture Change Through Professional Societies of Biology 22-542 BIO DBI
LOUIS STOKES ALLIANCES FOR MINORITY PARTICIPATION 24-563 EDU EES
Mathematical and Physical Sciences Ascending Faculty Catalyst Awards 23-628 MPS AST, CHE, DMR, DMS, PHY
Mathematical and Physical Sciences Ascending Postdoctoral Research Fellowships 23-501 MPS AST, CHE, DMR, DMS, OSI, PHY
MPS-Ascend External Mentoring 22-524 MPS AST, CHE, DMR, DMS, OSI, PHY
NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics 24-511 EDU DUE
NSF's Eddie Bernice Johnson Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (INCLUDES) Initiative 22-622 All All
Partnerships for Research and Education in Chemistry 21-620 MPS CHE
Partnerships for Research and Education in Materials (PREM) 24-512 MPS DMR
Partnerships for Research and Education in Physics 24-514 MPS PHY
Partnerships in Astronomy & Astrophysics Research and Education 24-516 MPS AST
Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology 23-620 BIO
Racial Equity in STEM Education 22-634 EDU DGE, DRL, DUE, EES
SBE Postdoctoral Research Fellowships 23-500 SBE SMA
Tribal Colleges and Universities Program 21-595 EDU EES
Tribal Colleges and Universities Program Hub (TCUP Hub) and Topical Interest Groups (TIGs) 24-548 EDU EES
Workplace Equity for Persons with Disabilities in STEM and STEM Education 23-593 All All

Emphasis Programs

These programs have an additional review criterion on broadening participation. All awards have broadening participation components (e.g., a project diversity plan) along with components not necessarily related to broadening participation.

Emphasis Programs
PROGRAM NAME Publication No. Directorate Division
Accelerating Research Translation 23-558 All All
Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) Equity Resource Center 22-556 EDU DRL
Building Research Capacity of New Faculty in Biology 22-500 BIO DBI
Centers for Chemical Innovation 23-575 MPS CHE
Computer Science for All 24-555 CISE, EDU CCF, CNS, IIS, OAC, DRL
Data Science Corps 24-560 BIO, CISE, EDU, GEO, MPS, SBE, TIP
Discovery Research PreK-12 23-596 EDU DRL
EDU Core Research 21-588 EDU DGE, DRL, DUE, EES
Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation 24-508 BIO, CISE, ENG, MPS, SBE EFMA
Engineering Research Initiation 22-595 ENG CBET, CMMI, ECCS
EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program Track-1 23-582 OIA
Experiential Learning for Emerging and Novel Technologies 23-507 EDU, TIP DGE, DRL, DUE, EES, ITE
Faculty Development in geoSpace Science 23-577 GEO AGS
Faculty Early Career Development Program 22-586 All All
Gen-4 Engineering Research Centers 22-580 ENG EEC
Global Centers 24-556 All All
Graduate Research Fellowship Program 23-605 All All
Growing Research Access for Nationally Transformative Equity and Diversity 23-221Y OIA
Harnessing the Data Revolution (HDR): Transdisciplinary Research in Principles of Data Science Phase II 21-604 CISE, ENG, MPS CCF, ECCS, DMS
Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Computing in Undergraduate Education 24-553 CISE, EDU CCF, CNS, IIS, OAC, DUE
Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) 24-529 EDU DGE
Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers 22-585 EDU DRL
International Research Experiences for Students 24-506 All All
Launching Early-Career Academic Pathways in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences 22-604 MPS AST, CHE, DMR, DMS, PHY
Major Research Instrumentation Program: 23-519 All All
Materials Innovation Platforms 19-526 MPS DMR
Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers (MRSEC) 21-625 MPS DMR
Mathematical Sciences Research Institutes 23-606 MPS DMS
Mid-Career Advancement 22-603 BIO, EDU, GEO, OIA, SBE, TIP DBI, DEB, IOS, MCB, DGE, DRL, DUE, EES, AGS, EAR, OCE, OPP, BCS, SES, SMA
National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure 15-519 All All
National Science Foundation - Future of Semiconductors 24-521 CISE, EDU, ENG, MPS, TIP CBET, CMMI, ECCS, EEC, CHE, DMR
National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) Program 21-536 All All
Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure 15-598 ENG CMMI
NSF Convergence Accelerator 2022 Joint NSF/DOD Phases 1 and 2 for Track G: Securely Operating Through 5G Infrastructure 22-538 O/D
NSF Convergence Accelerator Phases I and II for the 2021 Cohort 21-572 O/D
NSF Earth Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowships 22-625 GEO EAR
NSF Innovation Corps Hubs Program 24-532 All All
NSF Regional Innovation Engines 24-565 All All
Partnerships for Innovation 23-538 All All
Partnerships for Research Innovation in the Mathematical Sciences 24-517 MPS DMS
Physics Frontiers Centers 22-592 MPS PHY
Proposals for Atmospheric & Geospace Sciences Community Instruments and Facilities 24-535 GEO AGS
Re-entry to Active Research Program 20-586 ENG, MPS CBET, CHE
Research and Mentoring for Postbaccalaureates in Biological Sciences 23-514 BIO DBI
Research Coordination Networks in Undergraduate Biology Education 22-522 BIO, EDU DBI, DUE
Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering and Computer Science 24-503 CISE, ENG CNS, EEC
Research Experiences for Teachers Sites in Biological Sciences 21-584 BIO DBI
Research Experiences for Undergraduates 23-601 All All
Science and Technology Centers: Integrative Partnerships 22-521 All All
Science of Learning and Augmented Intelligence (SL) 19-127Y SBE BCS
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education Individual Postdoctoral Research Fellowships 23-544 EDU DGE, DRL, DUE, EES
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education Organizational Postdoctoral Research Fellowships 23-545 EDU DGE, DRL, DUE, EES
Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace Frontiers 21-597 CISE, EDU, ENG, MPS, SBE CCF, CNS, IIS, OAC, DGE, ECCS, DMS, BCS, SES
Sustainable Regional Systems Research Networks 24-533 BIO, EDU, ENG, GEO, MPS, OIA, OISE, SBE, TIP

Dear Colleague Letters

Dear Colleague Letters
PROGRAM NAME Publication No. Directorate Division
Piloting Departmental-level Systemic Change for Equity NSF 24-066 EDU EES
NSF INCLUDES Research Experience and Mentoring (REM) Supplemental Funding Opportunities NSF 24-062 EDU, ENG EES, EFMA
Science of Science Approach to Analyzing and Innovating the Biomedical Research Enterprise (SoS:BIO) NSF 24-061 SBE SES
Advancing STEM Education, Training and Workforce Development at HBCUs NSF 24-059 EDU EES
Expanding Geographic and Institutional Diversity in Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) NSF 24-056 CISE All
Assessing Societal and Economic Impacts of Place-Based Innovation NSF 24-036 TIP ITE
Planning Grants to Broaden Participation in the Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation Program NSF 24-035 ENG All
Opportunities for Research and Education in the Critical-Zone (ORE-CZ2) NSF 24-034 EDU, GEO EES, EAR
Computer and Information Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowships (CSGrad4US) NSF 24-033 CISE All
Equipment Supplements for Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST Centers) Awarded in 2021 or 2023 NSF 24-031 EDU EES
Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC) Supplemental Funding in Computer and Information Science and Engineering NSF 24-030 CISE CNS
Planning Proposals for Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST Centers) in Chemistry Research NSF 24-029 EDU, MPS EES, CHE
NSF-Lemelson Initiative on Environmental and Social Sustainability in Engineering Education NSF 24-028 ENG EEC
Mid-scale Research Infrastructure Incubators and Conferences for STEM Education Research with a Focus on Education Equity NSF 24-027 EDU DRL
Improving Undergraduate STEM Education - Adaptation, Implementation, and Dissemination (IUSE-AID) NSF 24-026 EDU DUE
Advancing education for the future AI workforce (EducateAI) NSF 24-025 EDU, CISE CNS
Veterans Research Supplement (VRS) Program NSF 23-161 All All
STEM Access for Persons with Disabilities (STEM-APWD) NSF 23-160 BIO, CISE, ENG, GEO, MPS, SBE, TIP All
Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST Centers) in Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Research NSF 23-158 EDU, SBE EES
Advice to the Community About Submitting Proposals to the GRANTED Program Description Funding Opportunity PD 23-221Y NSF 23-153 OD OIA
Growing Post-Award Research Support and Service Infrastructure for Nationally Transformative Equity and Diversity NSF 23-152 OD OIA
Research Experience for Teachers (RET): Funding Opportunity in the Biological Sciences NSF 23-146 BIO All
Research Assistantships for High School Students (RAHSS): Funding to Broaden Participation in the Biological Sciences NSF 23-145 BIO All
Advancing Computer Science Education through NSF's Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP) NSF 23-142 EDU EES
Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST Centers) Interest in Engineering Research NSF 23-124 EDU, ENG EES, EEC
Equitable and Transformative Approaches to Educating the Semiconductor Workforce (ETA-ESW) NSF 23-118 TIP, EDU ITE, DUE
High School Student Research Assistantships in the Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE-High) NSF 23-111 SBE All
A New Supplemental Funding Opportunity for Skills Training in Advanced Research & Technology (START) NSF 23-093 EDU, BIO, ENG, GEO, CISE, SBE, MPS All
Catalyzing Institutional Change to Support Greater Equity, Inclusion, and Access in STEM Academic Careers and Advanced Degree Attainment NSF 23-087 EDU EES
Planning Proposals for Partnerships for Research and Education in Chemistry (PREC) Program NSF 23-084 MPS CHE
Post-Associate and Post-Baccalaureate Research Experiences for LSAMP Students (PRELS) Supplemental Funding Opportunity NSF 23-083 EDU EES
Expanding Institutional Diversity in Support of STEM Research and Education Capacity NSF 23-081 EDU EES
INCLUDES Alliances - Strengthening and Scaling Systems Transformation NSF 23-076 TIP, EDU, BIO, ENG, GEO, CISE, SBE, MPS, OISE, OIA All
Human-Environment and Geographical Sciences (HEGS) Research Experience for Graduates (REG) and Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Supplements to support students from Minority Serving Institutions and Community Colleges NSF 23-069 SBE BCS
Planning Grants for the Historically Black College and University Excellence in Research (HBCU-EiR) Program NSF 23-067 OD OIA
GEO EMpowering BRoader Academic Capacity and Education (GEO-EMBRACE) NSF 23-058 GEO All
New to IUSE NSF 23-043 EDU DUE
CAREER Proposals Submitted to the Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR) NSF 22-099 EDU All
Supplemental Funding Requests for GEOPAths Awardees NSF 22-096 GEO All
Workforce Development in Spectrum STEM
NSF 22-095
TIP, EDU, BIO, ENG, GEO, CISE, SBE, MPS All
Post-Baccalaureate Research Experiences for LSAMP Students (PRELS) Supplemental Funding Opportunity
NSF 22-079 EDU All
Geoscience Research Experiences for Post-Baccalaureate Students (GEO-REPS) Supplemental Funding Opportunity
NSF 22-072 GEO OPP, OCE, EAR, AGS
Supplemental Funding Requests for Grade 6-12 Data Science Education
NSF 22-071 TIP, EDU, BIO, ENG, GEO, CISE, SBE, MPS, OIA All
Supporting Impactful Research, Undergraduate Education and Capacity Building at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) NSF 22-069 EDU HRD
A Supplemental Funding Opportunity for Allowable Patent Expenses (APEX) in the Partnerships for Innovation (PFI) Program
NSF 22-065 TIP TI
Computer and Information Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowships (CSGrad4US) NSF 22-061 CISE All
Ocean Technical Workforce Education NSF 22-059 EDU, ENG, GEO DUE, OCE, ENG All
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) and Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) Supplemental Funding in Computer and Information Science and Engineering NSF 22-049 CISE All
Human-Environment & Geographical Sciences (HEGS) Research Experience for Graduates (REG) and Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Supplements NSF 22-048 SBE BCS
Directorate of Geosciences-Veterans Education and Training Supplement (GEO-VETS) Opportunities NSF 22-044 GEO All
Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) Supplement Opportunity NSF 22-043 GEO All
High School Student Research Assistantships (MPS-High) Funding to Broaden Participation in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences NSF 22-041 MPS ALL
Opportunities for Research and Education in the Critical-Zone (ORE-CZ) NSF 22-025 EDU, GEO EES, EAR
TCUP Early Access to STEM (TEAS) NSF 22-024 EDU EES
Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation Planning Grants to Promote Diverse Participation NSF 22-019 ENG EFMA
Research to Improve STEM Teaching, Learning, and Workforce Development for Persons with Disabilities NSF 21-114 EDU All
Persons with Disabilities - STEM Engagement and Access (PWD-SEA) NSF 21-110 EDU HRD
Supplements to Broaden Networks and Partnerships Between NSF's Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Research Infrastructure Improvement Program (RII) Track-2 Projects and Minority Serving Institutions NSF 21-078 OD OIA
A New Supplemental Funding Opportunity for Skills Training in Advanced Research & Technology (START) NSF 21-076 All All
PHY Supplements: Growing a Strong, Diverse Workforce NSF 21-065 MPS PHY
Supporting Use of Existing Data and Samples in Atmospheric Sciences Research and Education NSF 21-064 GEO ASG
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) and Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) Supplemental Funding for the NSF Future of Work at the Human Technology Frontier: Core Research Program NSF 21-063 EDU, ENG, CISE, SBE, OD All
Access to Commercial Cloud Computing Resources for Proposers Submitting to the Computer and Information Science and Engineering Minority Serving Institutions Research Expansion (CISE-MSI) Program NSF 21-058 CISE All
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Sites Supplemental Funding for Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Program (S-STEM) Scholars in Computer and Information Science and Engineering NSF 21-047 EDU, CISE DUE, CNS
Computer and Information Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowships (CSGrad4US) NSF 21-044 CISE All
Supporting Data and Sample Reuse in Polar Research NSF 21-041 GEO OPP
Advancing Quantum Education and Workforce Development NSF 21-033 EDU ALL
Research Internships for Graduate Students at Air Force Research Laboratory (NSF-AFRL INTERN) Supplemental Funding Opportunity NSF 21-029 All All
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) and Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) Supplemental Funding in Computer and Information Science and Engineering NSF 21-028 CISE All
Broadening Participation in STEM Entrepreneurship and Innovation (BPINNOVATE) NSF 21-023 EDU, ENG, CISE, OD All
Career-Life Balance (CLB) Supplemental Funding Requests NSF 21-021 ALL All
Opportunities for Mid-Career Scientist Support in the Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences NSF 21-018 GEO AGS
Non-Academic Research Internships for Graduate Students (INTERN) Supplemental Funding Opportunity NSF 21-013 All All
Potential Support for Community Hubs for Collaborations Between NSF-funded Arctic Researchers and Arctic Residents NSF 20-112 GEO OPP
Veterans Research Supplement (VRS) Program NSF 20-111 CISE All
MPS Graduate Research Supplement for Veterans (MPS-GRSV) NSF 20-097 MPS All
MPS Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate - Graduate Research Supplements NSF 20-083 MPS AST, CHE, DMR, DMS, PHY
Build and Broaden: Enabling New Social, Behavioral and Economic Science Collaborations with Minority-Serving Institutions NSF 20-048 SBE All
Supplemental Funding Opportunity to Support Student Design Projects Directly Related to NSF Research NSF 19-078 ENG All

Research on Sexual Harassment and Other Forms of Harassment in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Contexts

 NSF 19-053 All All
Fundamental Discipline-Based Education Research (DBER) Focused on Undergraduate and Graduate STEM Education within the EHR Core Research (ECR) Program NSF 19-044 EDU All
Developing and Testing New Methodologies for STEM Learning Research, Research Syntheses, and Evaluation
NSF 19-036 EDU All
Fundamental Research on Equity, Inclusion, and Ethics in Postsecondary Academic Workplaces and the Academic Profession within the EHR Core Research Program NSF 19-035 EDU All
Research to Improve STEM Teaching and Learning, and Workforce Development for Persons with Disabilities NSF 19-033 EDU DUE, DRL
Research Assistantships for High School Students (RAHSS) - BIO supplements NSF 18-088 BIO All
Pursuing Meaningful Actions in Support of Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC) NSF 17-110 CISE All
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Supplemental Funding
NSF 15-041 CISE All
Research Assistantships for High School Students (RAHSS): Supplemental Funding to Current SBIR/STTR Phase II Awards to Broaden Participation in Science and Engineering
NSF 14-073 TIP TI

Inquiries

For further information concerning NSF's Broadening Participation programs, please contact:

Dr. Alicia J. Knoedler
National Science Foundation
Phone: 703-292-8040
E-mail: broadpart@nsf.gov