Broadening Participation for Greater Diversity

 NSF has a strong commitment to broadening participation (http://www.nsf.gov/od/broadeningparticipation/bp.jsp).  Groups underrepresented in materials research include women, underrepresented minorities (African Americans, American Indians including Native Alaskans, Hispanics and Native Pacific Islanders), and persons with disabilities.

The links below provide a sampling of information that may help Principal Investigators and others in broadening participation in their activities. This list is not meant to be exhaustive or to imply any special endorsement by DMR (or NSF).

Recruitment

• NSB Report: The Science and Engineering Workforce - Realizing America's Potential 03-69
• NSB Report on Broadening Participation 04-41
• Race-Neutral Approaches to Diversity [student recruitment]
• Finding Qualified Minorities and Women [faculty recruitment]
• Faculty Recruitment Handbook (U MI) [faculty recruitment]

People with Disabilities

• Equitable employment practices [faculty recruitment and retention]

Minorities

• Sloan Manual [student recruitment]
• American Psychological Association Minority Recruitment, Retention, and Training [faculty recruitment]

Women

• Workshop report on Building Strong Chemistry Departments through Gender Equity [faculty recruitment and retention]

• Mentoring for Academic Careers in Engineering: Proceedings of the PAESMEM/Stanford School of Engineering Workshop [mentoring students, junior and recently-tenured faculty]
• Preparing Women and Minorities for the IT Workforce [retention of students]
• MentorNet [mentoring students through untenured faculty]
• Mentoring for Workforce Develop and Lifelong Productivity (PAESMEM 2005)

People with Disabilities

• Optimizing the Learning Environment for Students with Disabilities [including links to laws and other resources, broken down by disability type]
• Visual Impairment Links [employee retention, with links to other resources]

Minorities

• American Psychological Association Minority Recruitment, Retention, and Training [faculty recruitment]

Women

• American Council on Education: Office of Women in Higher Education [reports and other information about retaining women]

Resources

• NSF Statistics: Science and Engineering Indicators
• Implicit Association Tests
• Diversity Myths and Realities
• 2007 Diversity Update
• Land of Plenty report: Diversity as America's Competitive Edge in Science, Engineering and Technology
• NSF-Funded Science Diversity Center
• National Academy of Engineering: Engineering Workforce Diversity

Women

• How to Choose a Woman-Friendly Engineering Faculty/School
• Physics Graduate Programs in the USA [female friendly graduate schools in physics]
• Gender Equity Indicators in the USA
• National Institutes of Health (NIH) The Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH)
• NIH Women of Color
• National Academies' Committee onWomen in Science, Engineering, and Medicine (CWSEM)

Networks and Organizations

People with Disabilities

• National Federal for the Blind (NFB) Learning Resources [includes link to NSF supported National Center for blind Youth in Science]:

Minorities

• Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS)
• National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists & Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE)
• National Society of Black Physicists
• American Indian Science & Engineering Society (AISES)

Women

• WEPAN (Women in Engineering Programs and Advocates Network)
• Association for Women in Science (AWIS)
• American Association of University Women (AAUW)

Academic Institutions

People with Disabilities

• National Technical Institute for the Deaf
• PEPNet (Postsecondary Education Programs Network) [addresses needs of individuals with deafness, including those who are deaf with co-occurring disabilities]

Minorities

• Department of Education Site
• Pacific Islander and Asian Institutions
• Tribal Colleges and Universities
• Hispanic Serving Institutions

Women

• Women's Colleges

Selected MPS and DMR Activities and Programs Aimed at Broadening Participation

• Presentation of DMR's Strategy for Diversity (Fiscal Year 2008)
• Partnerships for Research and Education in Materials [aimed at the pipeline]
• American Competitive and Innovation Fellows, 2008
• American Competitive and Innovation Fellows, 2009
• American Competitive and Innovation Fellows, 2010
• MPS Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate - Graduate Research Supplements (AGEP-GRS) Dear Colleague Letter (NSF 12-021)

For questions, comments or suggestions, contact lmadsen@nsf.gov.