QEM /CAREER Workshop. Wanda E. Ward, PhD. Office of International and Integrative Activities (IIA) National Science Foundation March 14, 2014

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1 QEM /CAREER Workshop Wanda E. Ward, PhD Office of International and Integrative Activities (IIA) National Science Foundation March 14, 2014

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6 First Lady Michelle Obama speaking at the White House in connec;on with the launch of the ini;a;ve. Official White House photo.

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8 Leadership o Expand best prac.ces NSF wide across the pathway Defer award start date for child birth/adop.on No cost extension for parental leave o Provide resource to accommoda.on career life balance opportuni.es such as support for research technicians o Enhance program management Educate/train program officers, reviewers & panelists Revise program solicita.on; issue FAQs & announcements Promote family friendliness for panel reviewers Virtual panels Increase use of NSF lacta.on room in Health Unit o Support research/evalua.on on women in STEM issues o Promote federal policy Title IX o Lead by example to become a model agency for gender equity

9 Partnership o With ins.tu.ons of higher educa.on Suppor.ng & promo.ng ins.tu.ons best prac.ces Extending the tenure clock; dual career opportuni.es o With Federal agencies Exchange best prac.ces BeVer harmonize family friendly policies & prac.ces Issue joint statements o With professional associa.ons/socie.es; for example hvp://

10 Communications o NSF Town Halls o Brochure and Other Outreach Materials o Internal Virtual Orienta.on/Training Resources o NSF webpage and program specific webpages For Details: hvp:// life balance/

11 FY2013 o Strengthened career life balance opportuni.es through broader porcolio of NSF ac.vi.es o Integrated CLB opportuni.es through programs such as the Graduate Research Fellowship Program(GRFP), postdoctoral programs, and the Increasing the Par.cipant and Advancement of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Careers Ins.tu.onal Transforma.on (ADVANCE IT) o Updated solicita.on language and policies to make proposals less burdensome FY2014 o Expanding the pathway approach to career life balance opportuni.es to other NSF supported programs, expanded interagency collabora.ons, and agency university partnership

12 CAREER Awardees GRFP Awardees ADVANCE-IT Awardees Postdocs on NSF Awards

13 To support additional personnel To sustain research when the PI is on family leave Funding for up to 3 months of salary support For a maximum of $12,000 in salary compensation Total supplemental funding request may exceed $12,000

14 Clearly specify that this is a CLB supplemental funding request; Provide a description of how the technician (or equivalent) would be used to sustain the research effort while the PI is on leave; Provide a budget and budget justification in support of requested costs; Identify the proposed period of performance for the technician; and Include the following statement: The Authorized Organiza.onal Representa.ve hereby cer.fies that the request for a technician is because the PI is, or will be, on family leave status (or equivalent) from the ins.tu.on in accordance with the ins.tu.on s policies.

15 CAREER Awardees FY Supplemental Awards FY Supplemental Awards ADVANCE FY Supplemental Awards GRFP Awardees FY Supplemental Award

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17 Federal agencies and research universi.es need to take concerted ac.on to provide a suite of family responsive policies and resources for America s researchers to change the problems [cited] and keep young researchers in the pipeline to fast track academic careers in the sciences Staying Compe;;ve,

18 A core strategy in support of NSF s mission is broadening opportuni;es and expanding par;cipa;on of groups, ins;tu;ons, and geographic regions that are underrepresented in STEM disciplines, which is essen;al to the health and vitality of science and engineering. NSF is commined to this principle of diversity and deems it central to the programs, projects, and ac;vi;es it considers and supports.

19 The crea.ve engagement of diverse ideas and perspec.ves is essen.al to enabling transforma.ve research. Infusing science and engineering excellence into varied individual, ins.tu.onal, and geographic networks promotes opportuni.es for discovery and nurturing of talent wherever it may be found.

20 Broadening Par,cipa,on Focused Programs 1 ADVANCE: Increasing the Par.cipa.on and Advancement of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Careers All All 2 Alliances for Graduate Educa.on and the Professoriate EHR, MPS HRD 3 Broadening Par.cipa.on Research Ini.a.on Grants in Engineering 2013 (BRIGE) ENG All 4 Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) and HBCU Research Infrastructure for Science and EHR HRD Engineering (RISE) 5 EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program Track 3: Building Diverse Communi.es IIA EPSC 6 Experimental Program to S.mulate Compe..ve Research: Workshop Opportuni.es (EPS WO) All All 7 General & Age Related Disabili.es Engineering (GARDE) PD ENG CBET 8 Historically Black Colleges and Universi.es Undergraduate Program EHR HRD 9 Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Par.cipa.on (LSAMP) EHR HRD NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathema.cs EHR DUE 10 Ocean Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships GEO OCE 11 Ocean Sciences Research Ini.a.on Grants GEO OCE 12 Partnerships for Research and Educa.on in Materials MPS DMR 13 Partnerships in Astronomy & Astrophysics Research and Educa.on MPS AST 14 Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology BIO 15 Research on Educa.on and Learning EHR DRL 16 SBE Postdoctoral Research Fellowships SBE SMA 17 Tribal Colleges and Universi.es Program EHR HRD

21 Broadening Par,cipa,on Emphasis Programs 1 Advancing Informal STEM Learning EHR DRL 2 American Compe..veness in Chemistry Fellowship MPS CHE 3 Centers for Chemical Innova.on MPS CHE 4 EMERGING FRONTIERS IN RESEARCH AND INNOVATION EFRI, CHE, ENG, MPS 2014 DMR 5 Gen 3 Engineering Research Centers (ERC): ENG EEC 6 Graduate Research Fellowship Program All All 7 Innova.ve Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers EHR DRL 8 Integra.ve Graduate Educa.on and Research Traineeship Program All All 9 Interna.onal Research Experiences for Students All All 10 Major Research Instrumenta.on Program: All All 11 Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers MPS DMR 12 Math and Science Partnership (MSP) CISE, EHR ACI, CCF, CNS, IIS, DUE 13 Mentoring Through Cri.cal Transi.on Points in the Mathema.cal Sciences MPS DMS 14 NSF Earth Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowships GEO EAR 15 NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathema.cs EHR DUE 16 Postdoctoral Fellowships in Polar Regions Research GEO PLR 17 Research Experiences for Undergraduates All All 18 Research Training Groups in the Mathema.cal Sciences MPS DMS 19 Science and Technology Centers: Integra.ve Partnerships All All 20 Science of Learning Centers PD All All 21 STEM C Partnerships: Compu.ng Educa.on for the 21st Century CISE, EHR ACI, CCF, CNS, IIS

22 Dear Colleague Le9ers 1 Research Assistantships for High School Students (RAHSS) SBIR/STTR Phase DCL II Supplements ENG IIP 2 Research Assistantships for High School Students (RAHSS) BIO supplements DCL BIO All 3 SBIR/STTR Supplemental Funding for Community College Research Teams DCL ENG, EHR IIP, HRD, DUE 4 Supplemental Opportunity for SBIR/STTR Mentoring DCL ENG IIP 5 Broadening Par.cipa.on in Compu.ng Alliance Program (BPC A) N/A CISE CNS 6 MPS Alliances for Graduate Educa.on and the Professoriate Graduate AST, CHE, DMR, DCL MPS Research Supplements DMS, PHY 7 S.mula.ng Research Related to the Science of Broadening Par.cipa.on DCL SBE BCS, SES 8 Prepare, Engage, and Mo.vate a Diverse STEM Workforce DCL EHR HRD 9 Balancing the Scale: NSF's Career Life Balance (CLB) Ini.a.ve N/A All All 10 Career Life Balance (CLB) Ini.a.ve DCL All All 11 Supplemental Opportunity for Small Business Innova.on Research and Small ENG, Business Innova.on Research/Small Business Technology Transfer for DCL EHR CREST/HBCU RISE Collabora.ons IIP, HRD 12 Research Experiences for Veterans/Teachers DCL ENG All 13 Engineering Research Experiences for Veterans DCL ENG CMMI, CBET, ECCS 14 Research Experience for Teachers (RET): Funding Opportunity in the DCL BIO All 15 Biological Sciences Research Assistantships for High School Students (RAHSS): Funding to Broaden Par.cipa.on in the Biological Sciences 16 Announcement of Efforts to Increase Hispanic Par.cipa.on in STEM Fields DCL DCL BIO All BIO, CISE, EHR, ENG 17 Alliances for Graduate Educa.on and the Professoriate (AGEP) Program DCL MPS DMR 18 Broadening Par.cipa.on in Engineering (BPE) N/A ENG All 19 Research in Disabili.es Educa.on (RDE) and Research on Gender in Science and Engineering (GSE) in the New Research on Educa.on and Learning (REAL) Solicita.on NSF DCL EHR All All

23 The Project Descrip.on must contain, as a separate sec.on within the narra.ve, a discussion of the broader impacts of the proposed ac.vi.es. Broader impacts may be accomplished through the research itself, through the ac.vi.es that are directly related to specific research projects, or through ac.vi.es that are supported by, but are complementary to the project. NSF values the advancement of scien.fic knowledge and ac.vi.es that contribute to the achievement of societally relevant outcomes. Such outcomes include, but are not limited to: full par,cipa,on of women, persons with disabili.es, and underrepresented minori.es in science, technology, engineering, and mathema.cs (STEM); improved STEM educa,on and educator development at any level; increased public scien,fic literacy and public engagement with science and technology; improved well being of individuals in society; development of a diverse, globally compe,,ve STEM workforce; increased partnerships between academia, industry, and others; improved na,onal security; increased economic compe,,veness of the United States; and enhanced infrastructure for research and educa,on.

24 1. Advance knowledge and understanding and benefit society (e.g., link to teaching and learning opportuni3es and/or development of curricular resources ) 2. Explore crea,ve, original, or poten,ally transforma,ve concepts (e.g., disseminate models, theories, and findings broadly) 3. Provide a well reason, well organized plan with a mechanism to assess success (e.g., use evidence to guide implementa3on and share outcomes) 4. Led by well qualified individual, team, or ins,tu,on (e.g., outreach and engagement that broaden the par3cipa3on of underrepresented groups) 5. Make provision for adequate resources to carry out the proposed ac,vi,es (e.g., leverage partnerships, collabora3ons, and networks to enhance the infrastructure for research and educa3on)

25 NSF should implement a bold new ini;a;ve, focused on broadening par;cipa;on of underrepresented groups in STEM that emphasizes ins;tu;onal transforma;on and system change; collects and makes accessible longitudinal data; defines clear benchmarks for success; supports the transla;on, replica;on and expansion of successful broadening par;cipa;on efforts; and provides significant financial support to individuals who represent the very broadened par;cipa;on that we seek. hvp:// Full_ _CEOSE_Report_to_Congress_Final_ pdf

26 Attention to policies competing with BP agenda Definition of NSF s BP portfolio Need for more aggressive and strategic outreach, engagement and partnerships Need to revise/improve NSF systems, processes and infrastructure Strategic utilization of Congressional and White House reporting requirements Development of new strategic framework for action Need for program development inclusive of best practices and innovative approaches/strategies Model BP agency in terms of internal management and human capital Improved communications

27 Thank You!