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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

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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 : - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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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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Directorate for Engineering 3

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

0

10,000

20,000

30,000

40,000

50,000

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

African American Asian American Hispanic

Native American White, Non-Hispanic Foreign National & Other

Data: NSF Science & Engineering Indicators; DoEd National Center for Education Statistics

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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.

 

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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.

Directorate for Engineering 6

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Directorate for Engineering 777

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

26% for 2010.Directorate for Engineering 8

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Directorate for Engineering 9Directorate for Engineering 9

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BRIGE Awards

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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.

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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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