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der, and years since completion of doctoral degree, includ-
ing in conjunction with the National Science Foundation’s 
report required by section 37 of the Science and Tech-
nology Equal Opportunities Act (42 U.S.C. 1885d; Public 
Law 96–516). 
SEC. 10505. POLICIES FOR REVIEW OF FEDERAL RESEARCH 
GRANTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Each Federal science agency shall 
implement the policy recommendations with respect to re-
ducing the impact of implicit bias at Federal science agen-
cies and grantee institutions as developed by the Office 
of Science and Technology Policy in the 2016 report enti-
tled ‘‘Reducing the Impact of Bias in the STEM Work-
force’’ and any subsequent updates. 
(b) PILOT ACTIVITY.—In consultation with the Na-
tional Science Foundation and consistent with policy rec-
ommendations referenced in subsection (a), each Federal 
science agency shall implement a 2-year pilot orientation 
activity for program officers and members of standing re-
view committees to educate reviewers on research related 
to, and minimize the effects of, implicit bias in the review 
of extramural and intramural Federal research grants. 
(c) ESTABLISHMENT OF POLICIES.—Drawing upon 
lessons learned from the pilot activity under subsection 
(b), each Federal science agency shall maintain or develop
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and implement evidence-based policies and practices to 
minimize the effects of implicit bias in the review of extra-
mural and intramural Federal research grants. 
(d) ASSESSMENT
OF POLICIES.—Federal science 
agencies shall regularly assess, and amend as necessary, 
the policies and practices implemented pursuant to sub-
section (c) to ensure effective measures are in place to 
minimize the effects of implicit bias in the review of extra-
mural and intramural Federal research grants. 
SEC. 10506. COLLECTION OF DATA ON DEMOGRAPHICS OF 
FACULTY. 
(a) COLLECTION OF DATA.— 
(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 data from grantees 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, and years since completion of doc-
toral degree— 
(A) the number and percentage of faculty;
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(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; 
(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, may, in modifying or expand-
ing existing Federal surveys of higher education (as nec-
essary)— 
(1) take into account the considerations under 
subsection (a)(2) by collaborating with statistical 
centers at other Federal agencies; or
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(2) award a grant or contract to an institution 
of higher education or other nonprofit organization 
to take such considerations into account. 
(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 
years 2022 through 2024 to develop and carry out the 
initial survey required under subsection (a). 
SEC. 10507. CULTURAL AND INSTITUTIONAL BARRIERS TO 
EXPANDING THE ACADEMIC AND FEDERAL 
STEM WORKFORCE. 
(a) BEST PRACTICES AT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER 
EDUCATION AND FEDERAL LABORATORIES.— 
(1) DEVELOPMENT OF GUIDANCE.—Not later 
than 12 months after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Director, in consultation with the inter-
agency working group on inclusion in STEM, shall 
develop written guidance for institutions of higher
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education and Federal laboratories on the best prac-
tices for— 
(A) conducting periodic climate surveys of 
STEM departments and divisions, with a par-
ticular focus on identifying any cultural or in-
stitutional barriers to the recruitment, reten-
tion, or advancement of women, racial and eth-
nic minorities, and other groups historically 
underrepresented in STEM studies and careers; 
and 
(B) providing educational opportunities, in-
cluding workshops as described in subsection 
(b), for STEM faculty, research personnel, and 
administrators to learn about current research 
on implicit bias in recruitment, evaluation, and 
promotion of undergraduate and graduate stu-
dents and research personnel. 
(2) EXISTING
GUIDANCE.—In developing the 
guidance under paragraph (1), the Director shall 
utilize guidance already developed by Federal science 
agencies. 
(3) DISSEMINATION
OF
GUIDANCE.—Federal 
science agencies shall broadly disseminate the guid-
ance developed under paragraph (1) to institutions
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of higher education that receive Federal research 
funding and Federal laboratories. 
(4) ESTABLISHMENT OF POLICIES.—Consistent 
with the guidance developed under paragraph (1)— 
(A) the Director of the National Science 
Foundation shall develop a policy that— 
(i) applies to, at a minimum, doctoral 
degree granting institutions that receive 
Federal research funding; and 
(ii) requires each such institution, not 
later than 3 years after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, to report to the Director 
of the National Science Foundation on ac-
tivities and policies developed and imple-
mented based on the guidance developed 
under paragraph (1); and 
(B) each Federal science agency with a 
Federal laboratory shall maintain or develop 
and implement practices and policies for the 
purposes described in paragraph (1) for such 
laboratory. 
(b) WORKSHOPS TO ADDRESS CULTURAL BARRIERS 
TO EXPANDING THE ACADEMIC AND FEDERAL STEM 
WORKFORCE.—
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 6 months 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director, 
in consultation with the interagency working group 
on inclusion in STEM, shall recommend a uniform 
policy for Federal science agencies to carry out a 
program of workshops that educate STEM depart-
ment chairs at institutions of higher education, sen-
ior managers at Federal laboratories, and other fed-
erally funded researchers about methods that mini-
mize the effects of implicit bias in the career ad-
vancement, including hiring, tenure, promotion, and 
selection for any honor based in part on the recipi-
ent’s research record, of academic and Federal 
STEM researchers. 
(2) INTERAGENCY COORDINATION.—The Direc-
tor shall, to the extent practicable, ensure that work-
shops supported under this subsection are coordi-
nated 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
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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 nonfaculty researchers at doctorate-grant-
ing institutions of higher education is less than 25 
percent, according to the most recent data available 
from the National Center for Science and Engineer-
ing Statistics. 
(5) ORGANIZATIONS ELIGIBLE TO CARRY OUT 
WORKSHOPS.—A Federal science agency may carry 
out the program of workshops under this subsection 
by making grants to organizations made eligible by 
the Federal science agency and any of the following 
organizations: 
(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, minorities, or other groups histori-
cally underrepresented in STEM. 
(6) CHARACTERISTICS
OF
WORKSHOPS.—The 
workshops shall have the following characteristics:
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(A) Invitees to workshops shall include at 
least— 
(i) the chairs of departments in the 
relevant STEM discipline or disciplines 
from doctoral degree granting institutions 
that receive Federal research funding; 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-
clude a discussion of the unique challenges 
faced by different underrepresented groups, in-
cluding minority women, minority men, persons
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from rural and underserved areas, persons with 
disabilities, gender and sexual minority individ-
uals, and first generation graduates in research. 
(D) Workshop programs shall include in-
formation on best practices for mentoring un-
dergraduate, 
graduate, 
and 
postdoctoral 
women, minorities, and other students from 
groups historically underrepresented in STEM. 
(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. 
(c) 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 (b), including a summary of 
any data reported under paragraph (8) of such sub-
section. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Director of the 
National Science Foundation $1,000,000 in each of fiscal 
years 2022 through 2026 to carry out this section. 
SEC. 10508. 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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(B) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Not later than 1 
year after the date of the enactment of this sec-
tion, and annually thereafter for 4 years, the 
Secretary of State shall submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees and publish on 
a publicly available website of the Department 
a report on— 
(i) YSEALI program progress and an 
assessment of the metrics, goals, targets, 
and outcomes described in subparagraph 
(A)(i), including information relating to 
YSEALI program implementation and out-
come activities during the year covered by 
each report; and 
(ii) recommendations for improve-
ments or amendments to the YSEALI pro-
gram and strategy, if any, that would im-
prove their effectiveness during subsequent 
years of YSEALI program implementation. 
(C) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than the 
date of the submission of the last report re-
quired under subparagraph (B), the Secretary 
of State shall submit to the appropriate con-
gressional committees a final assessment report 
that evaluates YSEALI program implementa-