(i) the chairs of departments in the 
relevant STEM discipline or disciplines 
from at least the top 50 institutions of 
higher education, as determined by the 
amount of Federal research and develop-
ment funds obligated to each institution of 
higher education in the prior year based on 
data available from the National Science 
Foundation; and 
(ii) in the case of Federal laboratories, 
individuals with personnel management re-
sponsibilities comparable to those of an in-
stitution of higher education department 
chair. 
(B) Activities at the workshops shall in-
clude research presentations and interactive dis-
cussions or other activities that increase the 
awareness of the existence of implicit bias in re-
cruitment, hiring, tenure review, promotion, and 
other forms of formal recognition of individual 
achievement for faculty and other federally 
funded STEM researchers and shall provide 
strategies to overcome such bias. 
(C) Research presentations and other 
workshop programs, as appropriate, shall in-
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clude a discussion of the unique challenges 
faced by underrepresented subgroups, including 
minority women, minority men, and first gen-
eration minority graduates in research. 
(D) Workshop programs shall include in-
formation on best practices for mentoring un-
dergraduate and graduate women and under-
represented minority students. 
(7) DATA ON WORKSHOPS.—Any proposal for 
funding by an organization seeking to carry out a 
workshop under this subsection shall include a de-
scription of how such organization will— 
(A) collect data on the rates of attendance 
by invitees in workshops, including information 
on the home institution and department of 
attendees, and the rank of faculty attendees; 
(B) conduct attitudinal surveys on work-
shop attendees before and after the workshops; 
and 
(C) collect follow-up data on any relevant 
institutional policy or practice changes reported 
by attendees not later than 1 year after attend-
ance in such a workshop. 
(8) REPORT TO NSF.—Organizations receiving 
funding to carry out workshops under this sub-
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section shall report the data required in paragraph 
(7) to the Director of the National Science Founda-
tion in such form as required by such Director. 
(d) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 4 years 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of 
the National Science Foundation shall submit a report to 
Congress that includes— 
(1) a summary and analysis of the types and 
frequency of activities and policies developed and 
carried out under subsection (a) based on the re-
ports submitted under paragraph (4) of such sub-
section; and 
(2) a description and evaluation of the status 
and effectiveness of the program of workshops re-
quired under subsection (c), including a summary of 
any data reported under paragraph (8) of such sub-
section. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Director of the 
National Science Foundation $2,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2016 through 2020 to carry out this section. 
SEC. 218. RESEARCH AND DISSEMINATION AT THE NA-
TIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the National 
Science Foundation shall award research grants and carry 
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