CEOSE Guidance to NSF

CEOSE: The Committee and Its Guidance to NSF A Presentation to the Advisory Committee of the Biological Sciences Directorate November 18, 2004 Dr. Margaret E. M. Tolbert Senior Advisor, OIA National Science Foundation, Room 375 Arlington, Virginia CEOSE • The Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering Established in 1980 as the Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Technology (P.L. 96-516) Renamed in 1985 – the Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering (P.L. 99-159) Current Members of CEOSE Dr. Indira Nair, CEOSE Chair Vice Provost for Education Professor, Engineering and Public Policy Carnegie Mellon University Dr. J. K. Haynes, David Packard Professor and Dean Division of Science and Mathematics Morehouse College Dr. Robert L. Lichter, CEOSE Vice Chair Principal Merrimack Consultants, LLC Dr. Joyce Bennett Justus, Special Assistant to the Chancellor for Intersegmental Relations University of California at Santa Cruz Dr. Ashok Agrawal, Professor & Chair Engineering and Technology St. Louis Community College Dr. Samuel L. Myers, Jr., Roy Wilkins Professor of Human Relations and Social Justice Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs University of Minnesota UMN Twin Cities Campus Dr. David R. Burgess, Professor of Biology Boston College Dr. Willie Pearson, Jr., Professor and Chair School of History, Technology, and Society, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Luis Echegoyen, Chair and Professor Department of Chemistry Clemson University Dr. Carol Halpert Schwartz, Professor of Economics New York Institute of Technology Dr. Wesley L. Harris, Department Head and Charles Stark Draper Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics Massachusetts Institute of Technology Dr. Telle Whitney, President and CEO Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology Dr. Lilian Shiao-Yen Wu, Program Executive, University Relations Corporate Technical Strategy Development IBM Corporation Dr. Beverly Karplus Hartline, Special Assistant to the President Heritage University Ms. Sara Young, Director of American Indian Research Opportunities Montana State University CEOSE Member (CEOSE Liaison for the November 2004 BIO AC Meeting) Dr. Samuel L. Myers, Jr. Roy Wilkins Professor of Human Relations and Social Justice Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs University of Minnesota CEOSE • CEOSE reviews and provides advice to NSF on programs and activities within and outside NSF that promote and broaden full participation of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities currently underrepresented in scientific, engineering, professional, and technical fields. CEOSE Mechanisms • • Three Meetings Annually – February, June, and October Other Activities – NSF Directorate Advisory Committees • CEOSE Liaisons to NSF Advisory Committees (BIO, CISE, EHR, ENG, GEO, MPS, SBE, OPP, ERE, and B&O) – – – – External Visitors Search Committees Proposal Review Panels Site Visits • • • Regular meetings among NSF Director, Deputy Director, CEOSE Chair, and Vice Chair NSF Director/Deputy Director - Meetings with Entire CEOSE Membership CEOSE-Sponsored Workshops and Symposia CEOSE Policy Accomplishment • Criterion 2: “Broader Impacts” – Broad impact of proposals – Includes (not restricted to) how proposed project would help increase participation of underrepresented groups in STEM. – requires grant applicants to respond to Criterion 2 in the Project Summary as well as in the Proposal Description sections of all grant applications – failure to do so would automatically disqualify the proposal from consideration. • Important Notice 127 CEOSE Reports • Reports to Congress – Biennial reports – Decennial reports CEOSE Reports to Congress • CEOSE Biennial Report to Congress – CEOSE Activities during the Previous Two Years – Proposed Activities of CEOSE – Reports Submitted to Congress through NSF Director • Reports not Changed by NSF Director • NSF Director May Submit Comments on Report CEOSE: The Decennial Report • CEOSE Decennial Report to Congress (in preparation, 1993-2002) – Summary of CEOSE findings over the previous 10 years – Description of past and present policies and activities of the Foundation to encourage full participation of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities in science, mathematics, and engineering fields, including activities in support of minority-serving institutions – Assessment of the trends in participation in Foundation activities, and of the success of Foundation policies and activities – Proposals for new strategies or broadening of existing successful strategies toward facilitating the goals diversity, access, and inclusiveness Continuing Challenges • NSF grant-giving to Americans who are underrepresented in S&E and the role of Foundation’s merit review system in that process • NSF support of programs and initiatives that help to increase access to education and employment opportunities for underrepresented populations • Enhanced diversity specifically among NSF science and engineering staff Continuing Challenges • Continued expansion of NSF outreach efforts to encourage minorities and others to pursue grant opportunities to enhance their education, research experience and career advancement in S&E. • Better NSF monitoring of the outcome of its Criterion 2 (“broader impact”) policy, via a foundation-wide information-gathering and reporting mechanism for all reviewed proposals. Continuing Challenges • Greater attention to concerns of emerging scientists with disabilities, including improved methods for data collection. • Addressing of reviewer reluctance to report gender, race/ethnicity, and disability status. • Increase in the diversity of NSF scientific and engineering staff. Continuing Challenges • NSF must continue its efforts to broaden the participation of women, underrepresented minorities, and persons with disabilities in STEM. • The efforts outlined above must be documented and assessed regularly.