or group of courses to achieve reform within an en-
tire academic unit, or expansion of successful reform 
efforts beyond a single academic unit to other 
STEM academic units within an institution of high-
er education; 
(7) expansion of opportunities for students from 
underrepresented minority groups to conduct STEM 
research in industry, at Federal laboratories, and at 
international research institutions or research sites; 
(8) provision of stipends for students from 
underrepresented minority groups participating in 
research; 
(9) development of research collaborations be-
tween research-intensive universities and primarily 
undergraduate minority-serving institutions; 
(10) support for graduate students and post-
doctoral fellows from underrepresented minority 
groups to participate in instructional or assessment 
activities at primarily undergraduate institutions, in-
cluding primarily undergraduate minority-serving in-
stitutions and two-year institutions of higher edu-
cation; and 
(11) other activities consistent with subsection 
(a), as determined by the Director of the National 
Science Foundation. 
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(d) SELECTION PROCESS.— 
(1) APPLICATION.—An institution of higher 
education (or consortium thereof) seeking a grant 
under this section shall submit an application to the 
Director of the National Science Foundation at such 
time, in such manner, and containing such informa-
tion and assurances as such Director may require. 
The application shall include, at a minimum— 
(A) a description of the proposed reform 
effort; 
(B) a description of the research findings 
that will serve as the basis for the proposed re-
form effort or, in the case of applications that 
propose an expansion of a previously imple-
mented reform, a description of the previously 
implemented reform effort, including data about 
the 
recruitment, 
retention, 
and 
academic 
achievement of students from underrepresented 
minority groups; 
(C) evidence of an institutional commit-
ment to, and support for, the proposed reform 
effort, including a long-term commitment to im-
plement successful strategies from the current 
reform beyond the academic unit or units in-
cluded in the grant proposal; 
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(D) a description of existing or planned in-
stitutional policies and practices regarding fac-
ulty hiring, promotion, tenure, and teaching as-
signment that reward faculty contributions to 
improving the education of students from 
underrepresented minority groups in STEM; 
and 
(E) how the success and effectiveness of 
the proposed reform effort will be evaluated and 
assessed in order to contribute to the national 
knowledge base about models for catalyzing in-
stitutional change. 
(2) REVIEW
OF
APPLICATIONS.—In selecting 
grant recipients under this section, the Director of 
the National Science Foundation shall consider, at a 
minimum— 
(A) the likelihood of success of the pro-
posed reform effort at the institution submit-
ting the application, including the extent to 
which the faculty, staff, and administrators of 
the institution are committed to making the 
proposed institutional reform a priority of the 
participating academic unit or units; 
(B) the degree to which the proposed re-
form effort will contribute to change in institu-
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tional culture and policy such that greater value 
is placed on faculty engagement in the retention 
of students from underrepresented minority 
groups; 
(C) the likelihood that the institution will 
sustain or expand the proposed reform effort 
beyond the period of the grant; and 
(D) the degree to which evaluation and as-
sessment plans are included in the design of the 
proposed reform effort. 
(3) PRIORITY.—For applications that include 
an expansion of existing reforms beyond a single 
academic unit, the Director of the National Science 
Foundation shall give priority to applications for 
which a senior institutional administrator, such as a 
dean or other administrator of equal or higher rank, 
serves as the principal investigator. 
(4) GRANT
DISTRIBUTION.—The Director of 
the National Science Foundation shall ensure, to the 
extent practicable, that grants awarded under this 
section are made to a variety of types of institutions 
of higher education, including two-year and minor-
ity-serving institutions of higher education. 
(e) EDUCATION RESEARCH.— 
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