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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. TolbertSenior Advisor, OIA
National Science Foundation, Room 375Arlington, 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 ChairVice Provost for EducationProfessor, Engineering and Public PolicyCarnegie Mellon University Dr. Robert L. Lichter, CEOSE Vice ChairPrincipal Merrimack Consultants, LLC Dr. Ashok Agrawal, Professor & ChairEngineering and TechnologySt. Louis Community College Dr. David R. Burgess, Professor of BiologyBoston College Dr. Luis Echegoyen, Chair and ProfessorDepartment of ChemistryClemson University Dr. Wesley L. Harris, Department Head and Charles Stark Draper Professor of
Aeronautics and AstronauticsDepartment of Aeronautics & AstronauticsMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Dr. Beverly Karplus Hartline, Special Assistant to the President
Heritage University
Dr. J. K. Haynes, David Packard Professor and DeanDivision of Science and MathematicsMorehouse College Dr. Joyce Bennett Justus, Special Assistant to the Chancellor
for Intersegmental RelationsUniversity of California at Santa Cruz Dr. Samuel L. Myers, Jr., Roy Wilkins Professor of Human
Relations and Social Justice Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
University of MinnesotaUMN Twin Cities Campus Dr. Willie Pearson, Jr., Professor and Chair School of History, Technology, and Society, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Carol Halpert Schwartz, Professor of EconomicsNew York Institute of Technology
Dr. Telle Whitney, President and CEOAnita Borg Institute for Women and Technology Dr. Lilian Shiao-Yen Wu, Program Executive, University RelationsCorporate Technical Strategy Development IBM Corporation 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 AffairsUniversity 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.
• Important Notice 127– 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.
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
• 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
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.
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