The U.S. National Science Foundation has announced four new NSF INCLUDES Alliances, investing more than $39 million in the new cohort over five years. The 2022 cohort will join the 13 other established Alliances in advancing science and engineering by promoting and supporting accessibility, collaboration, equity, and inclusion in STEM education, careers, and research.
“NSF INCLUDES develops networks that are the key to building and sustaining the kind of systemic change that is needed to move the needle on inclusivity in STEM in a substantial way,” said Sylvia M. Butterfield, acting assistant director of NSF’s Directorate for Education and Human Resources. “The latest NSF INCLUDES Alliances will create opportunities for a new generation of STEM talent and leadership.”
The new Alliances include:
- NSF INCLUDES National Data Science Alliance, Clark Atlanta University.
- Building data science capacity at historically Black colleges and universities to substantially increase the number of Black students with data science credentials and expertise on researching ethics, bias and fairness in the use of data.
- NSF INCLUDES Alliance Supporting PacificImpact through Computational Excellence, Chaminade University of Honolulu and the University of Texas at Austin.
- Enhancing justice-oriented data science education for Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders and promoting economic development.
- NSF INCLUDES Re-Imagining STEM Equity Utilizing Postdoctoral Pathways Alliance, University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
- Implementing systemic policies and practices for equity and inclusion of underrepresented postdoctoral scholars, engaging postdoctoral fellows in training and mentoring, and developing pathways to faculty positions.
- NSF INCLUDES Cultivating Indigenous Research Communities for Leadership in Education and STEM Alliance, University of Montana.
- Increasing the representation of American Indian and Alaska Native students in STEM disciplines and the workforce of six EPSCoR states (Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming) through STEM activities, mentoring, investments, pathways and instruction focused at the K-12 educational level.
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