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Welcome to our Inaugural Edition!
The Division of Equity for Excellence in STEM (EES) is excited to announce the first edition of its newsletter, designed to spread information about the impactful activities of EES Programs and Principal Investigators.
EES's mission is to grow the innovative and competitive U.S. science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workforce that is vital for sustaining and advancing the Nation's prosperity by supporting the broader participation and success of individuals currently underrepresented in STEM and the institutions that serve them.
EES envisions a well-prepared and competitive U.S. workforce of scientists, technologists, engineers, mathematicians, and educators, that reflect the diversity of the U.S. population.
NSF acknowledges and values individuals who have historically been underrepresented in the nation's STEM education and research enterprise. As we continue to diversify our community of discoverers and practitioners, we enhance our national prosperity and welfare.
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The names of the Directorate for Education and Human Resources and the Division of Human Resource Development have changed! The directorate is now known as the Directorate for STEM Education, or EDU, and the division is known as the Division of Equity for Excellence in STEM, or EES. Read more.
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New Equity for Excellence Solicitations
Workplace Equity for Persons with Disabilities (PWD) in STEM and STEM Education
NSF recently published a new call for proposals to the Workplace Equity for Persons with Disabilities in STEM and STEM Education solicitation (NSF 23-593). This agency-wide activity is managed by the Division of Equity for Excellence in STEM, in the Directorate for STEM Education. This 5-year solicitation includes all 8 NSF directorates, the Office of Integrative Activities, and the Office of International Science and Engineering. The solicitation calls for fundamental, applied, and translational research that advances knowledge and practice about diverse, equitable, inclusive, and accessible STEM and STEM education workplaces and postsecondary training environments for persons with disabilities. Research and Synthesis proposals are due on Tuesday, September 19, 2023. Conference, EAGER, and RAPID proposals are accepted before or after the target date of Tuesday, September 19, 2023. Questions: Email: mleddy@nsf.gov or catchiso@nsf.gov
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Awardee Spotlight
For two consecutive years, EDU has had one of its early-career investigators selected to receive the agency’s highly-coveted Alan T. Waterman Award.
The Alan T. Waterman Award is the nation’s highest honor for early-career scientists and engineers. It acknowledges an outstanding early-career U.S. science or engineering researcher who demonstrates exceptional individual achievements in research in NSF-supported fields. The awardees will receive $1 million over five years for research in their chosen field of science.
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Dr. Natalie King, is a 2023 Waterman Awardee!Dr. King is the first education researcher to ever receive this prestigious award.
This year, Dr. Natalie S. King of Georgia State University is recognized “for groundbreaking scholarship in science, technology, engineering and mathematics education that transcends disciplinary boundaries and directly impacts local and global communities, and for demonstrating exceptional research achievements with tremendous impact on the advancement of Black girls in science, the use of research-practice partnerships to drive K-12 instruction, and the increase of STEM teacher diversity.”
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Dr. Lara A. Thompson, of The University of the District of Columbia, is the first Principal Investigator faculty member of an HBCU to receive NSF’s prestigious 2022 Alan T. Waterman Award.
Dr. Thompson is recognized for her efforts to help people with disequilibrium, or loss of balance, by understanding the disorder and mitigating its effects using a vestibular prosthesis, or inner-ear implant.
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Equity and Excellence at Your Fingertips
EES Program Directors make outreach presentations at meetings and to diverse institutions across the country. The outreach presentations aim to increase the community’s participation and success in NSF programs by educating the science community on grant writing, funding opportunities, and the mission of NSF.
 EES would be delighted to visit your institution for either virtual or in-person outreach. We recognize the importance of beneficial dialogue, so we encourage you to communicate with your program director about program opportunities, general information on proposal preparation, and the merit review process.
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Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology HBCU Research Infrastructure for Science and Engineering (CREST HBCU-RISE)
CREST HBCU-RISE awards are part of the overarching CREST program and support the development of research capability at HBCUs that offer doctoral degrees in science and engineering disciplines.
The Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) program provides support to enhance the research capabilities of minority-serving institutions (MSIs) through the establishment of centers that effectively integrate education and research.
CREST promotes the development of new knowledge, enhancements of the research productivity of individual faculty, and an expanded presence of students who are members of groups underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. The current HBCU-RISE solicitation, NSF 23-565 has an upcoming deadline of December 1 2023.
The CREST HBCU-RISE webinar presentation from April 24, 2023 is available here.
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Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Commemorates Twenty Years of Diversifying Excellence in STEM Innovations
 The 2023 LSAMP Principal Investigators (PIs) and Project Directors (PDs) Meeting brings together NSF LSAMP Program Directors, Business and Industry Partners, Principal Investigators, Project Directors and Associates to meet, network and discuss progress, programming, and advances in broadening participation in STEM. The 2023 meeting was particularly unique in that it marks the 20th Anniversary of the NSF LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate (BD) activity.
Watch the NSF LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate 20th Anniversary Video featuring thought leaders, Dr. A. James Hicks and Dr. Lesia Crumpton-Young and BD alumni, Dr. N. Roberto Fuentes and Dr. Inia Soto Ramos.
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