work-life integration. Researchers in the United 
States were among the most likely to experience a 
conflict between work and their personal life at least 
weekly. One-third of researchers surveyed said that 
ensuring good work-life integration has negatively 
impacted their careers, and, of researchers intending 
to leave their current job within the next year, 9 
percent indicated it was because they were unable to 
balance work and life demands. 
(11) Female students and students from under-
represented minority groups at institutions of higher 
education who see few others ‘‘like themselves’’ 
among faculty and student populations often do not 
experience the social integration that is necessary for 
success in all disciplines, including STEM. 
(12) A substantial body of evidence establishes 
that most people hold implicit biases. Decades of 
cognitive psychology research reveal that most peo-
ple carry prejudices of which they are unaware but 
that nonetheless play a large role in evaluations of 
people and their work. Unintentional biases and out-
moded institutional structures are hindering the ac-
cess and advancement of women and minorities in 
science and engineering. 
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(13) Workshops held to educate faculty about 
unintentional biases have demonstrated success in 
raising awareness of such biases. 
(14) In 2012 the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration’s Office of Diversity and 
Equal Opportunity completed a report specifically 
designed to help NASA grant recipients identify why 
the dearth of women in STEM fields continues and 
to ensure that it is not due to discrimination. The 
report provides guidance to institutions of higher 
education on how to conduct meaningful self-evalua-
tions of campus culture and policies. This report and 
its guidance are equally applicable to all institutions 
of higher education receiving significant Federal re-
search funding. 
(15) The Federal Government provides over 60 
percent of research funding at institutions of higher 
education and, through its grant-making policies, 
has had significant influence on institution of higher 
education policies, including policies related to insti-
tutional culture and structure. 
SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director, acting through the 
Federal science agencies, shall carry out programs and ac-
tivities with the purpose of ensuring that Federal science 
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agencies and institutions of higher education receiving 
Federal research and development funding are fully en-
gaging their entire talent pool. 
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are as fol-
lows: 
(1) To promote research on and increase under-
standing of the participation and trajectories of 
women and underrepresented minorities in STEM 
careers at institutions of higher education and Fed-
eral science agencies, including Federal laboratories. 
(2) To raise awareness within Federal science 
agencies, including Federal laboratories, and institu-
tions of higher education about cultural and institu-
tional barriers limiting the recruitment, retention, 
promotion, and other indicators of participation and 
achievement of women and underrepresented minori-
ties in academic and Government STEM research 
careers at all levels. 
(3) To identify, disseminate, and implement 
best practices at Federal science agencies, including 
Federal laboratories, and at institutions of higher 
education to remove or reduce cultural and institu-
tional barriers limiting the recruitment, retention, 
and success of women and underrepresented minori-
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ties in academic and Government STEM research 
careers. 
(4) To provide grants to institutions of higher 
education to recruit, retain, and advance STEM fac-
ulty members from underrepresented minority 
groups and to implement or expand reforms in un-
dergraduate STEM education in order to increase 
the number of students from underrepresented mi-
nority groups receiving degrees in these fields. 
SEC. 3. FEDERAL SCIENCE AGENCY POLICIES FOR CARE-
GIVERS. 
(a) OSTP GUIDANCE.—Not later than 6 months 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall 
provide guidance to Federal science agencies to establish 
policies that— 
(1) apply to all— 
(A) intramural and extramural research 
awards; and 
(B) 
primary 
investigators 
who 
have 
caregiving responsibilities, including care for a 
newborn or newly adopted child and care for an 
immediate family member who is sick or dis-
abled; and 
(2) provide— 
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(A) flexibility in timing for the initiation of 
approved research awards; 
(B) no-cost extensions of research awards; 
(C) grant supplements as appropriate to 
research awards for research technicians or 
equivalent to sustain research activities; and 
(D) any other appropriate accommodations 
at the discretion of the director of each agency. 
(b) UNIFORMITY OF GUIDANCE.—In providing such 
guidance, the Director shall encourage uniformity and 
consistency in the policies across all agencies. 
(c) ESTABLISHMENT OF POLICIES.—Consistent with 
the guidance provided under this section, Federal science 
agencies shall maintain or develop and implement policies 
for caregivers and shall broadly disseminate such policies 
to current and potential grantees. 
(d) DATA
ON USAGE.—Federal science agencies 
shall— 
(1) collect data on the usage of the policies 
under subsection (c), by gender, at both institutions 
of higher education and Federal laboratories; and 
(2) report such data on an annual basis to the 
Director in such form as required by the Director. 
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SEC. 4. COLLECTION AND REPORTING OF DATA ON FED-
ERAL RESEARCH GRANTS. 
(a) COLLECTION OF DATA.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each Federal science agency 
shall collect standardized record-level annual infor-
mation on demographics, primary field, award type, 
review rating (as practicable), budget request, fund-
ing outcome, and awarded budget for all applications 
for merit-reviewed research and development grants 
to institutions of higher education and Federal lab-
oratories supported by that agency. 
(2) UNIFORMITY AND STANDARDIZATION.—The 
Director shall establish a policy to ensure uniformity 
and standardization of the data collection required 
under paragraph (1). 
(3) RECORD-LEVEL DATA.— 
(A) REQUIREMENT.—On an annual basis, 
beginning with the deadline under subpara-
graph (C), each Federal science agency shall 
submit to the Director of the National Science 
Foundation record-level data collected under 
paragraph (1) in the form required by such Di-
rector. 
(B) PREVIOUS DATA.—As part of the first 
submission under subparagraph (A), each Fed-
eral science agency, to the extent practicable, 
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shall also submit comparable record-level data 
for the 5 years preceding the deadline under 
subparagraph (C). 
(C) DEADLINE.—The deadline under this 
paragraph is a date that is not later than 2 
years after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(b) REPORTING OF DATA.—The Director of the Na-
tional Science Foundation shall publish statistical sum-
mary data collected under this section, disaggregated and 
cross-tabulated by race, ethnicity, gender, age, and years 
since completion of doctoral degree, including in conjunc-
tion with the National Science Foundation’s report re-
quired by section 37 of the Science and Technology Equal 
Opportunities Act (42 U.S.C. 1885d; Public Law 96– 
516). 
SEC. 5. POLICIES FOR REVIEW OF FEDERAL RESEARCH 
GRANTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director, in collaboration 
with the Director of the National Science Foundation, 
shall identify information and best practices useful for 
educating program officers and members of standing peer 
review committees at Federal science agencies about— 
(1) research on implicit bias based on gender, 
race, or ethnicity; and 
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(2) methods to minimize the effect of such bias 
in the review of extramural and intramural Federal 
research grants. 
(b) GUIDANCE TO ALL FEDERAL SCIENCE AGEN-
CIES.—The Director shall disseminate the information 
and best practices identified in subsection (a) to all Fed-
eral science agencies and provide guidance as necessary 
on policies to implement such practices within each agen-
cy. 
(c) ESTABLISHMENT OF POLICIES.—Consistent with 
the guidance provided in subsection (b), Federal science 
agencies shall maintain or develop and implement policies 
and practices to minimize the effects of implicit bias in 
the review of extramural and intramural Federal research 
grants. 
(d) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 2 years 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall 
report to Congress on what steps all Federal science agen-
cies have taken to implement policies and practices to min-
imize the effects of bias in the review of extramural and 
intramural Federal research grants. 
SEC. 6. COLLECTION OF DATA ON DEMOGRAPHICS OF FAC-
ULTY. 
(a) COLLECTION OF DATA.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years after 
the date of enactment of this Act, and at least every 
5 years thereafter, the Director of the National 
Science Foundation shall carry out a survey to col-
lect institution-level data on the demographics of 
STEM faculty, by broad fields of STEM, at dif-
ferent types of institutions of higher education. 
(2) CONSIDERATIONS.—To the extent prac-
ticable, the Director of the National Science Foun-
dation shall consider, by gender, race, ethnicity, citi-
zenship status, age, and years since completion of 
doctoral degree— 
(A) the number and percentage of faculty; 
(B) the number and percentage of faculty 
at each rank; 
(C) the number and percentage of faculty 
who are in nontenure-track positions, including 
teaching and research; 
(D) the number and percentage of faculty 
who are reviewed for promotion, including ten-
ure, and the percentage of that number who are 
promoted, including being awarded tenure; 
(E) faculty years in rank; 
(F) the number and percentage of faculty 
to leave tenure-track positions; 
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(G) the number and percentage of faculty 
hired, by rank; and 
(H) the number and percentage of faculty 
in leadership positions. 
(b) EXISTING SURVEYS.—The Director of the Na-
tional Science Foundation— 
(1) may carry out the requirements under sub-
section (a) by collaborating with statistical centers 
at other Federal agencies to modify or expand, as 
necessary, existing Federal surveys of higher edu-
cation; or 
(2) may award a grant or contract to an insti-
tution of higher education or other nonprofit organi-
zation to design and carry out the requirements 
under subsection (a). 
(c) REPORTING DATA.—The Director of the National 
Science Foundation shall publish statistical summary data 
collected under this section, including as part of the Na-
tional Science Foundation’s report required by section 37 
of the Science and Technology Equal Opportunities Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1885d; Public Law 96–516). 
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Director of the 
National Science Foundation $3,000,000 in each of fiscal 
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years 2016 through 2018 to develop and carry out the 
initial survey required in subsection (a). 
SEC. 7. CULTURAL AND INSTITUTIONAL BARRIERS TO EX-
PANDING 
THE 
ACADEMIC 
AND 
FEDERAL 
STEM WORKFORCE. 
(a) BEST PRACTICES AT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER 
EDUCATION.— 
(1) DEVELOPMENT OF GUIDANCE.—Not later 
than 6 months after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Director of the National Science Founda-
tion shall develop written guidance for institutions of 
higher education on the best practices for— 
(A) conducting periodic campus culture 
surveys of STEM departments, with a par-
ticular focus on identifying any cultural or in-
stitutional barriers to or successful enablers for 
the recruitment, retention, promotion, and 
other indicators of participation and achieve-
ment, of women and underrepresented minori-
ties in STEM degree programs and academic 
STEM careers; and 
(B) providing educational opportunities, in-
cluding workshops as described in subsection 
(c), for STEM faculty and administrators to 
learn about current research on implicit bias in 
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recruitment, evaluation, and promotion of fac-
ulty in STEM and recruitment and evaluation 
of undergraduate and graduate students in 
STEM degree programs. 
(2) EXISTING
GUIDANCE.—In developing the 
guidance in paragraph (1), the Director of the Na-
tional Science Foundation shall utilize guidance al-
ready developed by the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration, the Department of Energy, 
and the Department of Education. 
(3) DISSEMINATION OF GUIDANCE.—The Direc-
tor of the National Science Foundation shall broadly 
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 
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(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 shall develop written guidance for 
Federal laboratories to develop and implement prac-
tices 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-
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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 
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 
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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 shall prioritize workshops for the broad 
fields of STEM in which the national rate of rep-
resentation of women among tenured or tenure-track 
faculty or non-faculty researchers at doctorate- 
granting institutions of higher education is less than 
25 percent, according to the most recent data avail-
able from the National Center for Science and Engi-
neering Statistics. 
(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: 
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(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— 
(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. 
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(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-
clude a discussion of the unique challenges 
faced by underrepresented sub-groups, includ-
ing minority women, minority men, and first 
generation 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 
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