disseminate the guidance developed in paragraph (1) 
to institutions of higher education that receive Fed-
eral research funding. 
(4) REPORTS
TO
THE
NATIONAL
SCIENCE 
FOUNDATION.—The Director of the National Science 
Foundation shall develop a policy that— 
(A) applies to, at a minimum, the institu-
tions classified under the Indiana University 
Center for Postsecondary Research Carnegie 
Classification on January 1, 2015, as a doc-
torate-granting university with a very high level 
of research activity; and 
(B) requires each institution identified in 
subparagraph (A), not later than 3 years after 
the date of enactment of this Act, to report to 
the Director of the National Science Founda-
tion on activities and policies developed and im-
plemented based on the guidance provided in 
paragraph (1). 
(b) BEST
PRACTICES
AT
FEDERAL
LABORA-
TORIES.— 
(1) DEVELOPMENT OF GUIDANCE.—Not later 
than 6 months after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Director of the Office of Science and Tech-
nology Policy shall develop written guidance for Fed-
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eral laboratories to develop and implement practices 
and policies to— 
(A) conduct periodic laboratorywide culture 
surveys of research personnel at all levels, with 
a particular focus on identifying any cultural or 
institutional barriers to the recruitment, reten-
tion, and success of women and underrep-
resented minorities in STEM careers at Federal 
laboratories; and 
(B) provide educational opportunities, in-
cluding workshops as described in subsection 
(c), for STEM research personnel to learn 
about current research in implicit bias in re-
cruitment, evaluation, and promotion of re-
search personnel at Federal laboratories. 
(2) ESTABLISHMENT OF POLICIES.—Consistent 
with the guidance provided in paragraph (1), Fed-
eral science agencies with Federal laboratories shall 
maintain or develop and implement policies for their 
respective Federal laboratories. 
(c) WORKSHOPS TO ADDRESS CULTURAL BARRIERS 
TO EXPANDING THE ACADEMIC AND FEDERAL STEM 
WORKFORCE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 6 months 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director 
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of the National Science Foundation shall recommend 
a uniform policy for Federal science agencies to 
carry out a program of workshops that educate 
STEM department chairs at institutions of higher 
education, senior managers at Federal laboratories, 
and other federally funded researchers about meth-
ods that minimize the effects of implicit bias in the 
career advancement, including hiring, tenure, pro-
motion, and selection for any honor based in part on 
the recipient’s research record, of academic and Fed-
eral STEM researchers. 
(2) INTERAGENCY COORDINATION.—The Direc-
tor of the National Science Foundation shall ensure 
that workshops supported under this subsection are 
coordinated across Federal science agencies and 
jointly supported as appropriate. 
(3) MINIMIZING COSTS.—To the extent prac-
ticable, workshops shall be held in conjunction with 
national or regional STEM disciplinary meetings to 
minimize costs associated with participant travel. 
(4) PRIORITY FIELDS FOR ACADEMIC PARTICI-
PANTS.—In considering the participation of STEM 
department chairs and other academic researchers, 
the Director of the National Science Foundation 
shall prioritize workshops for the broad fields of 
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STEM in which the national rate of representation 
of women among tenured or tenure-track faculty or 
non-faculty researchers at doctorate-granting institu-
tions of higher education is less than 25 percent, ac-
cording to the most recent data available from the 
National Center for Science and Engineering Statis-
tics. 
(5) ORGANIZATIONS ELIGIBLE TO CARRY OUT 
WORKSHOPS.—Federal science agencies may carry 
out the program of workshops under this subsection 
by making grants to eligible organizations. In addi-
tion to any other organizations made eligible by the 
Federal science agencies, the following organizations 
are eligible for grants under this subsection: 
(A) Nonprofit scientific and professional 
societies and organizations that represent one 
or more STEM disciplines. 
(B) Nonprofit organizations that have the 
primary mission of advancing the participation 
of women or underrepresented minorities in 
STEM. 
(6) CHARACTERISTICS
OF
WORKSHOPS.—The 
workshops shall have the following characteristics: 
(A) Invitees to workshops shall include at 
least— 
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