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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 Engineering CAREER Workshop April 2011. Broadening Participation at NSF. NSF committed to B.P. strategic plan via :

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Catalyzing Broadening Participation in Engineering

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  1. Catalyzing Broadening Participation in Engineering Dr. Omnia El-Hakim, Ph.D. Director of Diversity and Outreach NSF Directorate for Engineering CAREER Workshop April 2011

  2. 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. Directorate for Engineering

  3. U.S. Demographic DataENG BS Degrees Granted 1997-2007 Data: NSF Science & Engineering Indicators; DoEd National Center for Education Statistics Directorate for Engineering

  4. 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. Directorate for Engineering

  5. 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. Directorate for Engineering

  6. 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 Directorate for Engineering 7 7

  7. BRIGE Program Directorate for Engineering Directorate for Engineering • 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 26% for 2010. 8

  8. BRIGE Awards WA ME ND MT OR MN WI ID SD NY MA MI WY PA IA NV NE OH IN IL UT DC WV CO CA VA KS MO KY NC TN AZ OK NM AR Awardees 13 8 7 6 4 3 2 1 None SC AL GA MS TX LA FL AK HI PR Directorate for Engineering Directorate for Engineering 9

  9. 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. Directorate for Engineering

  10. Engineering Areas of Emphasis 11 • 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)

  11. 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 $53 M for CAREER 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 12

  12. 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, oelhakim@nsf.gov Directorate for Engineering 13

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