(B) no-cost extensions of such research 
awards; 
(C) grant supplements, as appropriate, to 
research awards for research technicians or 
equivalent positions to sustain research activities 
conducted under such awards; and 
(D) any other appropriate accommodations 
at the discretion of the director of each such 
agency. 
(b) UNIFORMITY OF GUIDANCE.—In providing guid-
ance under subsection (a), the Director shall encourage uni-
formity and consistency in the policies established pursuant 
to such guidance across all Federal science agencies. 
(c) ESTABLISHMENT OF POLICIES.—Consistent with 
the guidance under subsection (a), Federal science agencies 
shall— 
(1) maintain or develop and implement policies 
for individuals described in paragraph (1)(B) of such 
subsection; and 
(2) 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 high-
er education and Federal laboratories; and 
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(2) report such data on an annual basis to the 
Director in such form as required by the Director. 
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, as practicable, with respect to all appli-
cations for merit-reviewed research and development 
grants to institutions of higher education and Federal 
laboratories supported by that agency, the standard-
ized record-level annual information on demo-
graphics, primary field, award type, institution type, 
review rating, budget request, funding outcome, and 
awarded budget. 
(2) UNIFORMITY
AND
STANDARDIZATION.—The 
Director, in consultation with the Director of the Na-
tional Science Foundation, shall establish a policy to 
ensure uniformity and standardization of the data 
collection required under paragraph (1). 
(3) RECORD-LEVEL DATA.— 
(A) REQUIREMENT.—Beginning not later 
than 2 years after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, and on an annual basis thereafter, each 
Federal science agency shall submit to the Direc-
tor of the National Science Foundation record- 
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level data collected under paragraph (1) in the 
form required by such Director. 
(B) PREVIOUS DATA.—As part of the first 
submission under subparagraph (A), each Fed-
eral science agency, to the extent practicable, 
shall also submit comparable record-level data 
for the 5 years preceding the date of such sub-
mission. 
(b) REPORTING OF DATA.—The Director of the Na-
tional Science Foundation shall publish statistical sum-
mary data, as practicable, collected under this section, 
disaggregated and cross-tabulated by race, ethnicity, gender, 
and years since completion of doctoral degree, including in 
conjunction with the National 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). 
SEC. 5. 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 entitled 
‘‘Reducing the Impact of Bias in the STEM Workforce’’ and 
any subsequent updates. 
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(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 and 
implement evidence-based policies and practices to mini-
mize the effects of implicit bias in the review of extramural 
and intramural Federal research grants. 
(d) ASSESSMENT OF POLICIES.—Federal science agen-
cies shall regularly assess, and amend as necessary, the poli-
cies and practices implemented pursuant to subsection (c) 
to ensure effective measures are in place to minimize the 
effects of implicit bias in the review of extramural and in-
tramural Federal research grants. 
SEC. 6. COLLECTION OF DATA ON DEMOGRAPHICS OF FAC-
ULTY. 
(a) COLLECTION OF DATA.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years after 
the date of enactment of this Act, and at least every 
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5 years thereafter, the Director of the National 
Science Foundation shall carry out a survey to collect 
data from grantees on the demographics of STEM fac-
ulty, by broad fields of STEM, at different types of 
institutions of higher education. 
(2) CONSIDERATIONS.—To the extent practicable, 
the Director of the National Science Foundation shall 
consider, by gender, race, ethnicity, citizenship status, 
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; 
(G) the number and percentage of faculty 
hired, by rank; and 
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(H) the number and percentage of faculty 
in leadership positions. 
(b) EXISTING SURVEYS.—The Director of the National 
Science Foundation, may, in modifying or expanding exist-
ing Federal surveys of higher education (as necessary)— 
(1) take into account the considerations under 
subsection (a)(2) by collaborating with statistical cen-
ters at other Federal agencies; or 
(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 Na-
tional Science Foundation $3,000,000 in each of fiscal 
years 2020 through 2022 to develop and carry out the ini-
tial survey required under subsection (a). 
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SEC. 7. CULTURAL AND INSTITUTIONAL BARRIERS TO EX-
PANDING 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 interagency 
working group on inclusion in STEM, shall develop 
written guidance for institutions of higher education 
and Federal laboratories on the best practices 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, retention, 
or advancement of women, racial and ethnic mi-
norities, and other groups historically underrep-
resented in STEM studies and careers; and 
(B) providing educational opportunities, in-
cluding workshops as described in subsection (b), 
for STEM faculty, research personnel, and ad-
ministrators to learn about current research on 
implicit bias in recruitment, evaluation, and 
promotion of undergraduate and graduate stu-
dents and research personnel. 
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(2) EXISTING
GUIDANCE.—In developing the 
guidance under paragraph (1), the Director shall uti-
lize 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 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 Fed-
eral laboratory shall maintain or develop and 
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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.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 6 months after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Director, in con-
sultation with the interagency working group on in-
clusion in STEM, 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 re-
searchers about methods that minimize the effects of 
implicit bias in the career advancement, including 
hiring, tenure, promotion, and selection for any honor 
based in part on the recipient’s research record, of 
academic and Federal STEM researchers. 
(2) INTERAGENCY COORDINATION.—The Director 
shall, to the extent practicable, 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 
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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 representation 
of women among tenured or tenure-track faculty or 
nonfaculty 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.—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 so-
cieties and organizations that represent one or 
more STEM disciplines. 
(B) Nonprofit organizations that have the 
primary mission of advancing the participation 
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of women, minorities, or other groups histori-
cally underrepresented 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 rel-
evant 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 include 
research presentations and interactive discus-
sions or other activities that increase the aware-
ness of the existence of implicit bias in recruit-
ment, hiring, tenure review, promotion, and 
other forms of formal recognition of individual 
achievement for faculty and other federally fund-
ed STEM researchers and shall provide strategies 
to overcome such bias. 
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(C) Research presentations and other work-
shop programs, as appropriate, shall include a 
discussion of the unique challenges faced by dif-
ferent underrepresented groups, including minor-
ity women, minority men, persons from rural 
and underserved areas, persons with disabilities, 
gender and sexual minority individuals, and 
first generation graduates in research. 
(D) Workshop programs shall include infor-
mation on best practices for mentoring under-
graduate, graduate, and postdoctoral women, mi-
norities, and other students from groups histori-
cally 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 
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(C) collect follow-up data on any relevant 
institutional policy or practice changes reported 
by attendees not later than one year after attend-
ance in such a workshop. 
(8) REPORT TO NSF.—Organizations receiving 
funding to carry out workshops under this subsection 
shall report the data required in paragraph (7) to the 
Director of the National Science Foundation 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 Con-
gress that includes— 
(1) a summary and analysis of the types and 
frequency of activities and policies developed and car-
ried out under subsection (a) based on the reports 
submitted under paragraph (4) of such subsection; 
and 
(2) a description and evaluation of the status 
and effectiveness of the program of workshops required 
under subsection (b), including a summary of any 
data reported under paragraph (8) of such subsection. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 
authorized to be appropriated to the Director of the Na-
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tional Science Foundation $1,000,000 in each of fiscal 
years 2020 through 2024 to carry out this section. 
SEC. 8. RESEARCH AND DISSEMINATION AT THE NATIONAL 
SCIENCE FOUNDATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the National 
Science Foundation shall award research grants and carry 
out dissemination activities consistent with the purposes of 
this Act, including— 
(1) research grants to analyze the record-level 
data collected under section 4 and section 6, con-
sistent with policies to ensure the privacy of individ-
uals identifiable by such data; 
(2) research grants to study best practices for 
work-life accommodation; 
(3) research grants to study the impact of poli-
cies and practices that are implemented under this 
Act or that are otherwise consistent with the purposes 
of this Act; 
(4) collaboration with other Federal science 
agencies and professional associations to exchange 
best practices, harmonize work-life accommodation 
policies and practices, and overcome common barriers 
to work-life accommodation; and 
(5) collaboration with institutions of higher edu-
cation in order to clarify and catalyze the adoption 
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of a coherent and consistent set of work-life accommo-
dation policies and practices. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 
authorized to be appropriated to the Director of the Na-
tional Science Foundation $5,000,000 in each of fiscal 
years 2020 through 2024 to carry out this section. 
SEC. 9. RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES TO EXPAND 
STEM OPPORTUNITIES. 
(a) NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION SUPPORT FOR 
INCREASING DIVERSITY AMONG STEM FACULTY AT INSTI-
TUTIONS
OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—Section 305 of the 
American Innovation and Competitiveness Act (42 U.S.C. 
1862s–5) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as 
subsections (g) and (h), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(e) SUPPORT FOR INCREASING DIVERSITY AMONG 
STEM FACULTY
AT INSTITUTIONS
OF HIGHER EDU-
CATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Founda-
tion shall award grants to institutions of higher edu-
cation (or consortia thereof) for the development and 
assessment of innovative reform efforts designed to in-
crease the recruitment, retention, and advancement of 
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individuals from underrepresented minority groups 
in academic STEM careers. 
‘‘(2) MERIT
REVIEW; 
COMPETITION.—Grants 
shall be awarded under this subsection on a merit-re-
viewed, competitive basis. 
‘‘(3) USE OF FUNDS.—Activities supported by 
grants under this subsection may include— 
‘‘(A) institutional assessment activities, 
such as data analyses and policy review, in 
order to identify and address specific issues in 
the recruitment, retention, and advancement of 
faculty members from underrepresented minority 
groups; 
‘‘(B) implementation of institution-wide 
improvements in workload distribution, such 
that faculty members from underrepresented mi-
nority groups are not disadvantaged in the 
amount of time available to focus on research, 
publishing papers, and engaging in other activi-
ties required to achieve tenure status and run a 
productive research program; 
‘‘(C) development and implementation of 
training courses for administrators and search 
committee members to ensure that candidates 
from underrepresented minority groups are not 
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subject to implicit biases in the search and hir-
ing process; 
‘‘(D) development and hosting of intra- or 
inter-institutional workshops to propagate best 
practices in recruiting, retaining, and advancing 
faculty members from underrepresented minority 
groups; 
‘‘(E) professional development opportunities 
for faculty members from underrepresented mi-
nority groups; 
‘‘(F) activities aimed at making under-
graduate STEM students from underrepresented 
minority groups aware of opportunities for aca-
demic careers in STEM fields; 
‘‘(G) activities to identify and engage excep-
tional graduate students and postdoctoral re-
searchers from underrepresented minority groups 
at various stages of their studies and to encour-
age them to enter academic careers; and 
‘‘(H) other activities consistent with para-
graph (1), as determined by the Director of the 
Foundation. 
‘‘(4) SELECTION PROCESS.— 
‘‘(A) APPLICATION.—An institution of high-
er education (or a consortium of such institu-
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