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	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	25-505	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.

Emphasis Programs
PROGRAM NAME	Publication No.	Directorate	Division
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 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 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

Advancing Research at the intersection of Biology and Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Machine Learning (ML)

NSF 24-131

BIO

ALL

ECosystem for Leading Innovation in Plasma Science and Engineering (ECLIPSE): Special Focus on PFAS and Microelectronics

NSF 24-130

TIP, EDU, ENG, CHE, MPS, OD

EES, CMMI, CBET, ECCS, DMR, PHY, OIA

Post-Baccalaureate Research and Training (PBRT) in the Biological Sciences Supplemental Funding Opportunity

NSF 24-128

BIO

ALL

NSF 75th Anniversary: NSF STEM Day

NSF 24-122

EDU, OD

DRL, OLPA

Supplemental Funding for NSF Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Recipients for Transitioning NSF EPSCoR Jurisdiction Office Functions to Sustainable Support

NSF 24-114

OIA

Strengthening the Evidence Base Related to Broadening the Participation of LGBTQI+ Individuals in STEM

NSF 24-101

All

NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Program (S-STEM) Scholarship Supplements for Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Recipients

NSF 24-094

EDU

DUE

Planning Proposals for Large-scale Projects in Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) in Eligible EPSCoR Jurisdictions

NSF 24-092

CISE

CNS

Announcement of Topic for the Fiscal Year 2025 and 2026 EPSCoR Research Improvement Infrastructure-Focused EPSCoR Collaborations (RII-FEC) Program

NSF 24-091

OIA

Planning Proposals for Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST Centers) in Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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