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(d) GRADUATE STEM EDUCATION.— 
(1) MENTORING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOP-
MENT.— 
(A) MENTORING PLANS.— 
(i) UPDATE.—Section 7008 of the 
America Creating Opportunities to Mean-
ingfully Promote Excellence in Technology, 
Education, and Science Act (42 U.S.C. 
1862o) is amended by— 
(I) inserting ‘‘and graduate stu-
dent’’ after ‘‘postdoctoral’’; and 
(II) inserting ‘‘The requirement 
may be satisfied by providing such in-
dividuals with access to mentors, in-
cluding individuals not listed on the 
grant.’’ after ‘‘review criterion.’’. 
(ii) EVALUATION.—Not later than 45 
days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Director shall enter into an agree-
ment with a qualified independent organi-
zation to evaluate the effectiveness of the 
postdoctoral mentoring plan requirement 
for improving mentoring for Foundation- 
supported postdoctoral researchers. 
(B) CAREER EXPLORATION.— 
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(i) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall 
award grants, on a competitive basis, to in-
stitutions of higher education and non- 
profit organizations (or consortia of such 
institutions or organizations) to develop in-
novative approaches for facilitating career 
exploration of academic and non-academic 
career options and for providing oppor-
tunity-broadening experiences, including 
work-integrated opportunities, for graduate 
students and postdoctoral scholars that 
can then be considered, adopted, or adapt-
ed by other institutions and to carry out 
research on the impact and outcomes of 
such activities. 
(ii) REVIEW OF PROPOSALS.—In se-
lecting grant recipients under this subpara-
graph, the Director shall consider, at a 
minimum— 
(I) the extent to which the ad-
ministrators of the institution are 
committed to making the proposed ac-
tivity a priority; and 
(II) the likelihood that the insti-
tution or organization will sustain or 
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expand the proposed activity effort be-
yond the period of the grant. 
(C) DEVELOPMENT PLANS.—The Director 
shall require that annual project reports for 
awards that support graduate students and 
postdoctoral scholars include certification by the 
principal investigator that each graduate stu-
dent and postdoctoral scholar receiving substan-
tial support from such award, as determined by 
the Director, in consultation with faculty advi-
sors, has developed and annually updated an in-
dividual development plan to map educational 
goals, career exploration, and professional de-
velopment. 
(D) PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
SUP-
PLEMENT.—The Director shall carry out a five- 
year pilot initiative to award up to 2,500 ad-
ministrative supplements of up to $2,000 to ex-
isting research grants annually, on a competi-
tive basis, to support professional development 
experiences 
for 
graduate 
students 
and 
postdoctoral researchers who receive a substan-
tial portion of their support under such grants, 
as determined by the Director. Not more than 
10 percent of supplements awarded under this 
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subparagraph may be used to support profes-
sional development experiences for postdoctoral 
researchers. 
(E) GRADUATE EDUCATION RESEARCH.— 
The Director shall award grants, on a competi-
tive basis, to institutions of higher education or 
non-profit organizations (or consortia of such 
institutions or organizations) to support re-
search on the graduate education system and 
outcomes of various interventions and policies, 
including— 
(i) the effects of traineeships, fellow-
ships, internships, and teaching and re-
search assistantships on outcomes for 
graduate students; 
(ii) the effects of graduate education 
and mentoring policies and procedures on 
degree completion, including differences 
by— 
(I) gender, race and ethnicity, 
sexual orientation, gender identity, 
and citizenship; and 
(II) student debt load; 
(iii) the development and assessment 
of new or adapted interventions, including 
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approaches that improve mentoring rela-
tionships, develop conflict management 
skills, and promote healthy research teams; 
and 
(iv) research, data collection, and as-
sessment of the state of graduate student 
mental health and wellbeing, factors con-
tributing to and consequences of poor 
graduate student mental health, and the 
development, adaptation, and assessment 
of evidence-based strategies and policies to 
support emotional wellbeing and mental 
health. 
(2) GRADUATE
RESEARCH
FELLOWSHIP
PRO-
GRAM UPDATE.— 
(A) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense 
of Congress that the Foundation should in-
crease the number of new graduate research fel-
lows supported annually over the next 5 years 
to no fewer than 3,000 fellows. 
(B) PROGRAM UPDATE.—Section 10 of the 
National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 
U.S.C. 1869) is amended— 
(i) in subsection (a), by inserting 
‘‘and as will address national workforce de-
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mand in critical STEM fields’’ after 
‘‘throughout the United States’’; 
(ii) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘of 
$12,000’’ and inserting ‘‘of at least 
$16,000’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(c) OUTREACH.—The Director shall ensure program 
outreach to recruit fellowship applicants from fields of 
study that are in areas of critical national need, from all 
regions of the country, and from historically underrep-
resented populations in STEM.’’. 
(C) CYBERSECURITY
SCHOLARSHIPS
AND 
GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS.—The Director shall 
ensure that students pursuing master’s degrees 
and doctoral degrees in fields relating to cyber-
security are considered as applicants for schol-
arships and graduate fellowships under the 
Graduate Research Fellowship Program under 
section 10 of the National Science Foundation 
Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1869). 
(3) STUDY
ON
GRADUATE
STUDENT
FUND-
ING.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 45 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Di-
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rector shall enter into an agreement with a 
qualified independent organization to evalu-
ate— 
(i) the role of the Foundation in sup-
porting graduate student education and 
training through fellowships, traineeships, 
and other funding models; and 
(ii) the impact of different funding 
mechanisms on graduate student experi-
ences and outcomes, including whether 
such mechanisms have differential impacts 
on subsets of the student population. 
(B) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the organiza-
tion charged with carrying out the study under 
subparagraph (A) shall publish the results of its 
evaluation, including a recommendation for the 
appropriate 
balance 
between 
fellowships, 
traineeships, and other funding models. 
(4) FELLOWSHIPS
AND
TRAINEESHIPS
FOR 
EARLY-CAREER AI RESEARCHERS.— 
(A) 
ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE 
TRAINEESHIPS.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall 
award grants to institutions of higher edu-
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cation to establish traineeship programs 
for graduate students who pursue artificial 
intelligence-related research leading to a 
masters or doctorate degree by providing 
funding and other assistance, and by pro-
viding graduate students opportunities for 
research experiences in government or in-
dustry related to the students’ artificial in-
telligence studies. 
(ii) USE OF FUNDS.—A institution of 
higher education shall use grant funds pro-
vided under clause (i) for the purposes 
of— 
(I) providing traineeships to stu-
dents who are pursuing research in 
artificial intelligence leading to a mas-
ters or doctorate degree; 
(II) paying tuition and fees for 
students receiving traineeships; 
(III) 
creating 
and 
requiring 
courses or training programs in tech-
nology ethics for students receiving 
traineeships; 
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(IV) creating opportunities for 
research in technology ethics for stu-
dents receiving traineeships; 
(V) establishing scientific intern-
ship programs for students receiving 
traineeships in artificial intelligence at 
for-profit institutions, nonprofit re-
search institutions, or government lab-
oratories; and 
(VI) other costs associated with 
the administration of the program. 
(B) ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE
FELLOW-
SHIPS.—The Director shall award fellowships to 
masters and doctoral students and postdoctoral 
researchers who are pursuing degrees or re-
search in artificial intelligence and related 
fields, including in the field of technology eth-
ics. In making such awards, the Director shall 
conduct outreach, including through formal so-
licitations, to solicit proposals from students 
and postdoctoral researchers seeking to carry 
out research in aspects of technology ethics 
with relevance to artificial intelligence systems. 
(e) STEM WORKFORCE DATA.— 
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(1) SKILLED
TECHNICAL
WORKFORCE
PORT-
FOLIO REVIEW.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Di-
rector shall conduct a full portfolio analysis of 
the Foundation’s skilled technical workforce in-
vestments across all Directorates in the areas of 
education, research, infrastructure, data collec-
tion, and analysis. 
(B) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the review under subparagraph 
(A) is complete, the Director shall submit to 
Congress and make widely available to the pub-
lic a summary report of the portfolio review. 
(2) SURVEY DATA.— 
(A) ROTATING TOPIC MODULES.—To meet 
evolving needs for data on the state of the 
science and engineering workforce, the Director 
shall assess, through coordination with other 
Federal statistical agencies and drawing on 
input from relevant stakeholders, the feasibility 
and benefits of incorporating questions or topic 
modules to existing National Center for Science 
and Engineering Statistics surveys that would 
vary from cycle to cycle. 
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(B) NEW DATA.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Di-
rector shall submit to Congress and the Board 
the results of an assessment, carried out in co-
ordination with other Federal agencies and with 
input from relevant stakeholders, of the feasi-
bility and benefits of incorporating new ques-
tions or topic modules to existing National Cen-
ter for Science and Engineering Statistics sur-
veys on— 
(i) the skilled technical workforce; 
(ii) working conditions and work-life 
balance; 
(iii) harassment and discrimination; 
(iv) sexual orientation and gender 
identity; 
(v) immigration and emigration; and 
(vi) any other topics at the discretion 
of the Director. 
(C) LONGITUDINAL DESIGN.—The Direc-
tor shall continue and accelerate efforts to en-
hance the usefulness of National Center for 
Science and Engineering Statistics survey data 
for longitudinal research and analysis. 
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(D) GOVERNMENT
ACCOUNTABILITY
OF-
FICE REVIEW.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 
General of the United States shall submit a re-
port to Congress that— 
(i) evaluates Foundation processes for 
ensuring the data and analysis produced 
by the National Center for Science and 
Engineering Statistics meets current and 
future needs; and 
(ii) includes such recommendations as 
the Comptroller General determines are 
appropriate to improve such processes. 
(f) CYBER WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH 
AND DEVELOPMENT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Director shall award 
grants on a merit-reviewed, competitive basis to in-
stitutions of higher education or non-profit organiza-
tions (or a consortia of such institutions or organiza-
tions) to carry out research on the cyber workforce. 
(2) RESEARCH.—In carrying out research pur-
suant to paragraph (1), the Director shall support 
research and development activities to— 
(A) understand the current state of the 
cyber workforce, including factors that influence 
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growth, retention, and development of that 
workforce; 
(B) examine paths to entry and re-entry 
into the cyber workforce; 
(C) understand trends of the cyber work-
force, including demographic representation, 
educational 
and 
professional 
backgrounds 
present, competencies available, and factors 
that shape employee recruitment, development, 
and retention and how to increase the size, di-
versity, and capability of the cyber workforce; 
(D) examine and evaluate training prac-
tices, models, programs, and technologies; and 
(E) other closely related topics as the Di-
rector determines appropriate. 
(3) REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out the ac-
tivities described in paragraph (2), the Director 
shall— 
(A) collaborate with the National Institute 
of Standards and Technology, including the Na-
tional Initiative for Cybersecurity Education, 
the Department of Homeland Security, the De-
partment of Defense, the Office of Personnel 
Management, and other Federal departments 
and agencies, as appropriate; 
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(B) align with or build on the National 
Initiative on Cybersecurity Education Cyberse-
curity Workforce Framework wherever prac-
ticable and applicable; 
(C) leverage the collective body of knowl-
edge from existing cyber workforce development 
research and education activities; and 
(D) engage with other Federal depart-
ments and agencies, research communities, and 
potential users of information produced under 
this subsection. 
(g) FEDERAL CYBER SCHOLARSHIP-FOR-SERVICE 
PROGRAM.— 
(1) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 
Congress that— 
(A) since cybersecurity risks are constant 
in the growing digital world, it is critical that 
the United States stay ahead of malicious cyber 
activity with a workforce that can safeguard 
our innovation, research, and work environ-
ments; and 
(B) Federal investments in the Federal 
Cyber Scholarship-for-Service Program at the 
National Science Foundation play a critical role 
in preparing and sustaining a strong, talented, 
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and much-needed national cybersecurity work-
force and should be strengthened. 
(2) IN GENERAL.—Section 302(b)(1) of the Cy-
bersecurity Enhancement Act of 2014 (15 U.S.C. 
7442(b)(1)) is amended by striking the semicolon at 
the end and inserting the following ‘‘and cybersecu-
rity-related aspects of other related fields as appro-
priate, including artificial intelligence, quantum com-
puting and aerospace.’’. 
(h) CYBERSECURITY
WORKFORCE
DATA
INITIA-
TIVE.—The Director, acting through the National Center 
for Science and Engineering Statistics established in sec-
tion 505 of the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act 
of 2010 (42 U.S.C. 1862p) and in coordination with the 
Director of the National Institute of Standards and Tech-
nology and other appropriate Federal statistical agencies, 
shall establish a cybersecurity workforce data initiative 
that— 
(1) assesses the feasibility of providing nation-
ally representative estimates and statistical informa-
tion on the cybersecurity workforce; 
(2) utilizes the National Initiative for Cyberse-
curity Education (NICE) Cybersecurity Workforce 
Framework (NIST Special Publication 800–181), or 
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other frameworks, as appropriate, to enable a con-
sistent measurement of the cybersecurity workforce; 
(3) utilizes and complements existing data on 
employer requirements and unfilled positions in the 
cybersecurity workforce; 
(4) consults key stakeholders and the broader 
community of practice in cybersecurity workforce de-
velopment to determine data requirements needed to 
strengthen the cybersecurity workforce; 
(5) evaluates existing Federal survey data for 
information pertinent to developing national esti-
mates of the cybersecurity workforce; 
(6) evaluates administrative data and other 
supplementary data sources, as available, to describe 
and measure the cybersecurity workforce; and 
(7) collects statistical data, to the greatest ex-
tent practicable, on credential attainment and em-
ployment outcomes information for the cybersecurity 
workforce. 
SEC. 6. BROADENING PARTICIPATION. 
(a) PRESIDENTIAL AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN 
MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE TEACHING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 117(a) of the Na-
tional Science Foundation Authorization Act of 1988 
(42 U.S.C. 1881b(a)) is amended— 
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(A) in subparagraph (B)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘108’’ and inserting 
‘‘110’’; 
(ii) by striking clause (iv); 
(iii) in clause (v), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 
(iv) by redesignating clauses (i), (ii), 
(iii), and (v) as subclauses (I), (II), (III), 
and (IV), respectively, and moving the 
margins of such subclauses (as so redesig-
nated) two ems to the right; and 
(v) by striking ‘‘In selecting teachers’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘two teach-
ers—’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(C) In selecting teachers for an award authorized 
by this subsection, the President shall select— 
‘‘(i) at least two teachers—’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (C), as designated by 
paragraph (1)(A)(v), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(ii) at least one teacher— 
‘‘(I) from the Commonwealth of the North-
ern Mariana Islands; 
‘‘(II) from American Samoa; 
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‘‘(III) from the Virgin Islands of the 
United States; and 
‘‘(IV) from Guam.’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to awards 
made on or after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
(b) ROBERT NOYCE TEACHER SCHOLARSHIP PRO-
GRAM UPDATE.— 
(1) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 
Congress that over the next five years the Founda-
tion should increase the number of scholarships 
awarded under the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholar-
ship program established under section 10 of the 
National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 
2002 (42 U.S.C. 1862n–1) by 50 percent. 
(2) OUTREACH.—To increase the diversity of 
participants, the Director shall support symposia, fo-
rums, conferences, and other activities to expand 
and enhance outreach to— 
(A) historically Black colleges and univer-
sities that are part B institutions, as defined in 
section 322(2) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061(2)); 
(B) Tribal Colleges or Universities; 
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(C) Minority serving institutions; 
(D) institutions of higher education that 
are located near or serve rural communities; 
(E) labor organizations; 
(F) emerging research institutions; and 
(G) higher education programs that serve 
or support veterans. 
(c) NSF INCLUDES INITIATIVE.—The Director 
shall award grants and cooperative agreements, on a com-
petitive basis, to institutions of higher education or non- 
profit organizations (or consortia of such institutions or 
organizations) to carry out a comprehensive national ini-
tiative to facilitate the development of networks and part-
nerships to build on and scale up effective practices in 
broadening participation in STEM studies and careers of 
groups historically underrepresented in such studies and 
careers. 
(d) BROADENING PARTICIPATION ON MAJOR FACILI-
TIES AWARDS.—The Director shall require organizations 
seeking a cooperative agreement for the management of 
the operations and maintenance of a Foundation project 
to demonstrate prior experience and current capabilities 
in employing best practices in broadening participation in 
science and engineering and ensure implementation of 
such practices is considered in oversight of the award. 
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(e) PARTNERSHIPS WITH EMERGING RESEARCH IN-
STITUTIONS.—The Director shall establish a five-year 
pilot program to enhance partnerships between emerging 
research institutions and institutions classified as very 
high research activity by the Carnegie Classification of In-
stitutions of Higher Education at the time of application. 
In carrying out this program, the Director shall— 
(1) require that each proposal submitted by a 
multi-institution collaboration for an award, includ-
ing those under section 9, that exceeds $1,000,000, 
as appropriate, specify how the applicants will sup-
port substantive, meaningful, and mutually-bene-
ficial partnerships with one or more emerging re-
search institutions; 
(2) require awardees funded under paragraph 
(1) to direct no less than 25 percent of the total 
award to one or more emerging research institutions 
to build research capacity, including through support 
for faculty salaries and training, field and laboratory 
research experiences for undergraduate and grad-
uate students, and maintenance and repair of re-
search equipment and instrumentation; 
(3) require awardees funded under paragraph 
(1) to report on the partnership activities as part of 
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the annual reporting requirements of the Founda-
tion; 
(4) solicit feedback on the partnership directly 
from partner emerging research institutions, in such 
form as the Director deems appropriate; and 
(5) submit a report to Congress after the third 
year of the pilot program that includes— 
(A) an assessment, drawing on feedback 
from the research community and other sources 
of information, of the effectiveness of the pilot 
program for improving the quality of partner-
ships with emerging research institutions; and 
(B) if deemed effective, a plan for perma-
nent implementation of the pilot program. 
(f) TRIBAL COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES PROGRAM 
UPDATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 525 of the America 
COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (42 
U.S.C. 1862p–13) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a) by— 
(i) striking ‘‘Native American’’ and 
inserting ‘‘American Indian, Alaska Na-
tive, and Native Hawaiian’’; 
(ii) inserting ‘‘post-secondary creden-
tials and’’ before ‘‘associate’s’’; and 
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(iii) striking ‘‘or baccalaureate de-
grees’’ and inserting ‘‘, baccalaureate, and 
graduate degrees’’; and 
(B) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘under-
graduate’’; and 
(C) in subsection (c) by inserting ‘‘and 
STEM’’ after ‘‘laboratory’’. 
(2) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Direc-
tor to carry out this program $107,250,000 for fis-
cal year 2022 through fiscal year 2026. 
(g) DIVERSITY IN TECH RESEARCH.—The Director 
shall award grants, on a competitive basis, to institutions 
of higher education or non-profit organizations (or con-
sortia of such institutions or organizations) to support 
basic and applied research that yields a scientific evidence 
base for improving the design and emergence, development 
and deployment, and management and ultimate effective-
ness of organizations of all kinds, including research re-
lated to diversity, equity, and inclusion in the technology 
sector. 
(h) CONTINUING SUPPORT FOR EPSCOR.— 
(1) SENSE OF CONGRESS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
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(i) since maintaining the Nation’s sci-
entific and economic leadership requires 
the participation of talented individuals na-
tionwide, EPSCoR investments into State 
research and education capacities are in 
the Federal interest and should be sus-
tained; and 
(ii) EPSCoR should maintain its ex-
perimental component by supporting inno-
vative methods for improving research ca-
pacity and competitiveness. 
(B) DEFINITION OF EPSCOR.—In this sub-
section, the term ‘‘EPSCoR’’ has the meaning 
given the term in section 502 of the America 
COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (42 
U.S.C. 1862p note). 
(2) UPDATE OF EPSCOR.—Section 517(f)(2) of 
the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 
2010 (42 U.S.C. 1862p–9(f)(2)) is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) to increase the capacity of rural com-
munities to provide quality STEM education 
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