BIO Broadening Participation Activities
Four broad categories include:
•
Outreach at Society Meetings and
Conferences
•
Outreach presentations: “Bio NSF Day”
at selected colleges and universities
•
Grants to societies and institutions to
implement BP activities
•
Programs designed for minority student
participation
Outreach at Society Meetings and
Conferences
•
SACNAS
 “One-NSF booth” organized
by DBI for entire Foundation
 Special session on “NSF
Funding Opportunities”
•
AISES
 Coordinated presence of NSF
 NSF Booth – special materials
distributed on undergrad, grad and postdoc opportunities
 Session on NSF Funding Opportunities
•
Booths at BIO-specific conferences: ex.
Society for Neuroscience
Organization of Biological Field Stations, etc.
“Bio NSF Day”
at selected colleges and universities
• Coordinated with host school and participated
by every BIO division
– Georgia Southern University
– Claremont Colleges
– San Jose State University
• Funding opportunities presentations
• Grant writing workshops
Grants to societies and institutions
• AISES – started a 5-yr pilot program to
increase the number of Native faculty at US
colleges and universities (DBI-1444853)
• SACNAS – multi-discipline student support
activities (DBI-1136444/IIA-1136444).
Supported 450 undergrad, grad, postdocs at
SACNAS Conferences in 2011-2013
Programs for underrepresented
student participation
• Supplements that impact broadening participation of
underrepresented groups:
– Research Apprenticeship for High School Students (RAHSS)
– Research Experience for Teachers (RET)
– Research Opportunity Awards (ROA)
RAHSS
MCB
(35)
IOS
EF
ROA
MCB
(47)
DBI
DEB
RET
(48)
0
10
20
30
Investment by Type (# of Supplements)
IOS
EF
Fiscal Year 2014
DEB
Fiscal Year 2013
DBI
0
5
10
Amount Invested in RET, ROA & RAHSS
Supplements (in $100,000)
Programs for underrepresented student
participation
60
60
50
50
40
White
Hispanic/ Latino(a)
30
African Americans
Native Americans
Pacific Islanders
20
Person with disabilities
10
Percent of Participants
Percent of Participants
• REU Sites – participation by ethnic/racial minorities have exceeded 50%
for past 4 years. Summer 2014 data: Of 1240 participants, 223 African
Amer; 300 Hispanic; 69 Native Amer; 18 Pacific Islanders; 13 persons with
disability
40
URM
30
White
Asian
20
10
0
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
0
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
Programs for underrepresented student
participation
• Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program (PRFB) – one of four tracks
dedicated for broadening participation
Questions for discussion
•
What can we do to improve on what we are
currently doing?
•
What are we NOT doing that we should be
doing?
•
Should BIO bring back the Research Initiation
Grant to Broaden Participation in Biosciences
program (RIG)?