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Catalyzing Broadening
Participation in
Engineering
Dr. Omnia El-Hakim, Ph.D.
Director of Diversity and Outreach
NSF Directorate for Engineering
CAREER Workshop April 2011
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 Data
ENG BS Degrees Granted 1997-2007
African American
Asian American
Hispanic
Native American
White, Non-Hispanic
Foreign National & Other
50,000
40,000
30,000
20,000
10,000
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Data: NSF Science & Engineering Indicators; DoEd National Center for Education Statistics
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ENG focused strategies for
Broadening Participation:
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.
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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
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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
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Funding for two years up to $175K
Success rate is 25% for 2008, 31% for 2009, and 26%
for 2010.
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BRIGE Awards
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NY
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NV
CA
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WV
CO
KS
AZ
PA
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NE
UT
OK
NM
MO
KY
AR
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GA
Awardees
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SC
LA
PR
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NC
TN
TX
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Graduate Research Diversity
Supplement (GRDS)
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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.
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Engineering Areas of
Emphasis
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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
$53 M for
CAREER
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The directorate emphasizes support for
› CAREER awards
› Activities that promote the entry and retention of veterans
and other non-traditional students in engineering
programs
REU student Brittney Perry at work.
Credit: Biomimetic MicroElectronic Systems ERC, USC
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
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Resources
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Directorate of Engineering:
http://www.nsf.gov/eng
 Funding Opportunities:
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/
 Broadening participation Portfolio:
http://www.nsf.gov/od/broadeningparticipation/fr
amework-evaluating-impacts-broadeningparticipation-projects_1101.pdf
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Omnia El-Hakim Ph.D, [email protected]
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