Attendees at the Broadening Participation in MPS Workshop for New Investigators, held at NSF in the fall of 2019.

NSF has a strong commitment to broadening participation. Groups underrepresented in MPS research include women, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans, and persons with disabilities.

MPS Office of the Assistant Director Kathleen V. McCloud, Chair kmccloud@nsf.gov Full List of MPS Contacts	Current Dear Colleague Letters
RECRUITMENT Ideas and best practices for recruiting students, faculty, and others for a diverse workforce	RETENTION Ideas and best practices for supporting and keeping the people you just recruited
DATA and OTHER RESOURCES Why we must broaden the participation of members of underrepresented groups at all levels in STEM	NETWORKS / ORGANIZATIONS Links to networks and organizations dedicated to advancing the participation of underrepresented groups in STEM
MINORITY SERVING ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS	Have More Questions?

	Astronomy (AST) Matthew J. Benacquista mbenacqu@nsf.gov		Mathematical Sciences (DMS) Stefaan De Winter sgdewint@nsf.gov
	Chemistry (CHE) Rebecca Peebles rpeebles@nsf.gov		MPS Office of the Assistant Director Kathleen V. McCloud, Chair kmccloud@nsf.gov
	Materials Research (DMR) Guebre X. Tessema gtessema@nsf.gov		Physics (PHY) Keith Dienes kdienes@nsf.gov
	2019-2020 AAAS S&T Policy Fellow Andrea Stathopoulos astathop@nsf.gov

Current Dear Colleague Letters

• NSF 20-083, Dear Colleague Letter: MPS Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate
• FY2020 Comprehensive Active and Legacy AGEP Institutions
• NSF 20-097, Dear Colleague Letter: MPS Graduate Research Supplement for Veterans (MPS-GRSV)

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 MPS (or NSF).

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Webinars

Black Lives in Science: An MPS Distinguished Panel (08/18/20) - [1:30; 10 MB]

A panel discussion by four highly distinguished Black scientists, moderated by the MPS AD, Dr. Sean Jones, and addressing their life experiences, the inequities limiting participation of Black people in S&E, and their ideas for effective remedies.

Panelists:

• Dr. Peter Green, Deputy Director for Science and Technology, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
• Dr. Paula Hammond, Head, Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Dr. Eric Wilcots, Dean of the College of Letters and Science, University of Wisconsin - Madison
• Dr. Ulrica Wilson, Associate Professor of Mathematics, Morehouse College
• Moderator: Dr. Sean Jones, NSF Assistant Director for Mathematical and Physical Sciences.

Held August 18, 2020; Legnth: ~ 1 hour, 30 minutes (1:30); Size: 10 MB

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RECRUITMENT: Ideas and best practices for finding people you want to recruit

• Preparing Graduate Admissions and Recruitment for Effects of COVID-19 (IGEN)
• NSB-03-69, NSB Report: The Science and Engineering Workforce - Realizing America's Potential
• NSB-04-41, NSB Report on Broadening Participation
• Disabilities Workshop Final Report
• Sloan Manual [student recruitment]
• American Psychological Association Minority Recruitment, Retention, and Training [faculty recruitment]

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RETENTION: Ideas and best practices for supporting and keeping the people you just recruited

• FAQ about Doctoral Education (IGEN)
• Graduate student wellbeing: resources-for-wellbeing.pdf
• Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research (CIMER)
• The Science of Effective Mentorship in STEMM
• MentorNet [mentoring students through untenured faculty]
• American Psychological Association Minority Recruitment, Retention, and Training [faculty recruitment]
• NSF Career-Life Balance Initiative

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RESOURCES: Why we must broaden the participation of members of underrepresented groups at all levels in STEM

• Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering
• Inequity in Degree Attainment Rates in Graduate Education
• Responding to Racism and Racial Trauma in Doctoral Study: An Inventory for Coping and Mediating Relationships
• The Diversity–Innovation Paradox in Science
• NSF Statistics: Science and Engineering Indicators
• Implicit Association Tests
• Land of Plenty report: Diversity as America's Competitive Edge in Science, Engineering and Technology
• NSF-Funded Science Diversity Center
• National Institutes of Health (NIH) The Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH)
• National Academies' Committee on Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine (CWSEM)

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NETWORKS AND ORGANIZATIONS: Links to networks and organizations dedicated to advancing the participation of underrepresented groups in STEM

• Inclusive Graduate Education Network http://igenetwork.org/
• FAQ about the Inclusive Graduate Education Network
• National Federal for the Blind (NFB) Learning Resources [includes link to NSF supported National Center for blind Youth in Science].
• Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS)
• American Indian Science & Engineering Society (AISES)
• Association for Women in Science (AWIS)
• American Association of University Women (AAUW)
• Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering (CEOSE)

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ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS: Different types of minority serving institutions

• Historically Black Colleges and Universities
• National Technical Institute for the Deaf
• Hispanic Serving Institutions
• Women's Colleges

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INQUIRIES

For further information concerning MPS Broadening Participation programs, please contact:

Dr. Kathy McCloud, Chair
National Science Foundation
Phone: (703) 292-4859
E-mail: kmccloud@nsf.gov>

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