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Catalyzing Broadening Participation in Engineering
Catalyzing Broadening Participation in Engineering
Dr. Omnia El-Hakim, Ph.D.Director of Diversity and Outreach
NSF Directorate for EngineeringCAREER Workshop April 2011
Dr. Omnia El-Hakim, Ph.D.Director of Diversity and Outreach
NSF Directorate for EngineeringCAREER Workshop April 2011
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Broadening Participation at NSF
NSF committed to B.P. strategic plan via:
1. Prepared a diverse globally engaged STEM workforce.
2. Expanding efforts to B.P. from underrepresented groups and diverse institutions in all NSF activities.
3. Integrating research with education, and building capacity.
4. Improving processes to recruit and select highly qualified panels’ reviewers.
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U.S. Demographic DataENG BS Degrees Granted 1997-
2007
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20,000
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50,000
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African American Asian American Hispanic
Native American White, Non-Hispanic Foreign National & Other
Data: NSF Science & Engineering Indicators; DoEd National Center for Education Statistics
ENG focused strategies for Broadening Participation:
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Create earlier diverse pipe line engaged with ENG in the Middle Schools and High Schools to provide the support needed to pursue engineering activities.
Expanding efforts to promote leadership position for faculty in their early and mid career positions.
ENG focused strategies for Broadening
Participation(Continue): Support graduate students and Postdoc
opportunities to increase the pool of diverse faculty from underrepresented groups, women, persons with disability and veterans.
Integrating international research experiences for women, veterans; and underrepresented groups in the U.S.
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Opportunities: Broadening Participation in Engineering
Broadening Participation Research Initiation Grants in Engineering (BRIGE)
Research to Aid Persons with Disabilities (RAPD) CAREER and REU ERC Diversity Plan ADVANCE: Increasing the Participation and Advancement
of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Careers Graduate Research Fellowships for Women Graduate Research Diversity Supplements (GRDS) Diversity Workshops (various topics of interest to focus
on Broadening Participation and reaching out women, underrepresented groups, Vetrans; and persons with disabilities)
Programs for Native Americans
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BRIGE Program
For undertaking exploratory investigations, acquiring preliminary data, and/or developing collaborations.
Include a plan showing how the proposed activities will increase:› Participation of engineers from underrepresented
groups, and› The number of such individuals that serve as role
models for the scientific workforce Funding for two years up to $175K Success rate is 25% for 2008, 31% for 2009, and
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Graduate Research Diversity Supplement
(GRDS) Supplement to ENG ongoing awards. Submitted by PI of an existing ENG award. Only one new Ph.D. student to be
supported under each grant. Funding for 2010 $2.25 M, 41k/fellow for
60 fellows. Dear Colleague Letter and FAQs available
on web site (DCL NSF 11 -13; and FAQ NSF 11-14). This year submission date was January 20th 2011.
Engineering Areas of Emphasis
NSF Grand Challenges› Science, Engineering, and Education for
Sustainability (SEES) and Clean Energy › Cyber Infrastructure for the 21st Century (CIF21)
National Priorities› Innovation Ecosystem› Advanced Manufacturing› Enhancing Access to the Radio Spectrum (EARS)› National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI)› National Robotics Initiative (NRI)
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Engineers of the Future
The directorate emphasizes support for› CAREER awards› Activities that promote the entry and retention of
veterans and other non-traditional students in engineering programs
Spc. Timothy Roy, 44th Expeditionary Signal Battalion, performs maintenance on computer servers and routers at Camp Echo, Iraq, in 2008. Credit: Spc. Evan D. Marcy; Courtesy of U.S. Army
REU student Brittney Perry at work. Credit: Biomimetic MicroElectronic Systems ERC, USC
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$53 M for CAREER
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Resources
Directorate of Engineering:
http://www.nsf.gov/eng Funding Opportunities:
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/ Broadening participation Portfolio:
http://www.nsf.gov/od/broadeningparticipation/framework-evaluating-impacts-broadening-participation-projects_1101.pdf
Omnia El-Hakim Ph.D, [email protected]
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