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.
PROGRAM NAME | Publication No. | Directorate | Division |
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ADVANCE: Organizational Change for Gender Equity in STEM Academic Professions | 20-554 | All | All |
Advancing Informal STEM Learning | 24-601 | 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 Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology | 24-575 | EDU | EES |
EPSCoR Collaborations for Optimizing Research Ecosystems Research Infrastructure Improvement Program | 23-587 | OIA | |
EPSCoR Graduate Fellowship Program | 24-588 | BIO, CISE, EDU, ENG, GEO, MPS, OIA, SBE, TIP | DGE |
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 | |
EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement-Focused EPSCoR Collaborations Program (RII-FEC) | 24-573 | All | All |
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 |
Hispanic-Serving Institutions: Equitable Transformation in STEM Education (ETSE) | 24-578 | 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 |
Ideas Lab: Advancing Research Capacity at HBCUs through Exploration and Innovation | 23-626 | All | All |
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 | 24-593 | 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.
PROGRAM NAME | Publication No. | Directorate | Division |
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Accelerating Research Translation | 23-558 | All | All |
Advanced Technological Education | 24-584 | EDU | DUE |
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 | 24-590 | 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 | 24-576 | ENG | EEC |
Global Centers | 24-556 | All | All |
Graduate Research Fellowship Program | 24-591 | 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 Institutional Partnership Pilot (NRT-IPP) Program | 24-566 | All | All |
National STEM Teacher Corps Pilot Program | 24-577 | EDU | DRL, DUE, EES |
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 |
NSF-Simons Collaboration on a National Institute for Theory and Mathematics in Biology | 21-607 | BIO, MPS | DEB, IOS, MCB, DMS |
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 Undergraduates | 23-601 | All | All |
Science and Technology Centers: Integrative Partnerships | 24-594 | BIO, CISE, EDU, ENG, GEO, MPS, OIA, OISE, SBE | |
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 | |
U.S. National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) Program | 24-597 | All | All |
Dear Colleague Letters
PROGRAM NAME | Publication No. | Directorate | Division | ||
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NSF 24-094 | EDU | DUE | ||
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NSF 24-092 | CISE | CNS | ||
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NSF 24-091 | OD | OIA | ||
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NSF 24-089 | EDU, CISE | EES,CNS | ||
Expanding Geographic and Institutional Diversity in Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE) | NSF 24-079 | SBE | ALL | ||
Enhancing STEM Education, Research Capacity, and Workforce Development in Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Jurisdictions | NSF 24-077 | EDU | ALL | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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TIP, EDU, BIO, ENG, GEO, CISE, SBE, MPS | All | ||
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NSF 22-072 | GEO | OPP, OCE, EAR, AGS | ||
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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 | ||
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NSF 22-065 | TIP | TI | ||
Ocean Technical Workforce Education | NSF 22-059 | EDU, ENG, GEO | DUE, OCE, ENG All | ||
Human-Environment & Geographical Sciences (HEGS) Research Experience for Graduates (REG) and Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Supplements | NSF 22-048 | SBE | BCS | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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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