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(1) collaborate with industry in the development of stand-
ards supporting trusted cloud computing infrastructures, 
metrics, interoperability, and assurance; and 
(2) support standards development with the intent of sup-
porting common goals. 
SEC. 525. TRIBAL COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall continue to support a 
program to award grants on a competitive, merit-reviewed basis 
to tribal colleges and universities (as defined in section 316 of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059c), including 
institutions described in section 317 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1059d), 
to enhance the quality of undergraduate STEM education at such 
institutions and to increase the retention and graduation rates 
of Native American students pursuing associate’s or baccalaureate 
degrees in STEM. 
(b) PROGRAM COMPONENTS.—Grants awarded under this section 
shall support— 
(1) activities to improve courses and curriculum in STEM; 
(2) faculty development; 
(3) stipends for undergraduate students participating in 
research; and 
(4) other activities consistent with subsection (a), as deter-
mined by the Director. 
(c) INSTRUMENTATION.—Funding provided under this section 
may be used for laboratory equipment and materials. 
SEC. 526. BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERION. 
(a) GOALS.—The Foundation shall apply a Broader Impacts 
Review Criterion to achieve the following goals: 
(1) Increased economic competitiveness of the United 
States. 
(2) Development of a globally competitive STEM workforce. 
(3) Increased participation of women and underrepresented 
minorities in STEM. 
(4) Increased partnerships between academia and industry. 
(5) Improved pre-K–12 STEM education and teacher 
development. 
(6) Improved undergraduate STEM education. 
(7) Increased public scientific literacy. 
(8) Increased national security. 
(b) POLICY.—Not later than 6 months after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Director shall develop and implement a policy 
for the Broader Impacts Review Criterion that— 
(1) provides for educating professional staff at the Founda-
tion, merit review panels, and applicants for Foundation 
research grants on the policy developed under this subsection; 
(2) clarifies that the activities of grant recipients under-
taken to satisfy the Broader Impacts Review Criterion shall— 
(A) to the extent practicable employ proven strategies 
and models and draw on existing programs and activities; 
and 
(B) when novel approaches are justified, build on the 
most current research results; 
(3) allows for some portion of funds allocated to broader 
impacts under a research grant to be used for assessment 
and evaluation of the broader impacts activity;
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(4) encourages institutions of higher education and other 
nonprofit education or research organizations to develop and 
provide, either as individual institutions or in partnerships 
thereof, appropriate training and programs to assist Founda-
tion-funded principal investigators at their institutions in 
achieving the goals of the Broader Impacts Review Criterion 
as described in subsection (a); and 
(5) requires principal investigators applying for Foundation 
research grants to provide evidence of institutional support 
for the portion of the investigator’s proposal designed to satisfy 
the Broader Impacts Review Criterion, including evidence of 
relevant training, programs, and other institutional resources 
available to the investigator from either their home institution 
or organization or another institution or organization with rel-
evant expertise. 
SEC. 527. TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY GRADUATE EDUCATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall award grants, on a 
competitive, merit-reviewed basis, to institutions of higher edu-
cation to implement or expand research-based reforms in master’s 
and doctoral level STEM education that emphasize preparation 
for diverse careers utilizing STEM degrees, including at diverse 
types of institutions of higher education, in industry, and at govern-
ment agencies and research laboratories. 
(b) USES OF FUNDS.—Activities supported by grants under this 
section may include— 
(1) creation of multidisciplinary or interdisciplinary courses 
or programs for the purpose of improved student instruction 
and research in STEM; 
(2) expansion of graduate STEM research opportunities 
to include interdisciplinary research opportunities and research 
opportunities in industry, at Federal laboratories, and at inter-
national research institutions or research sites; 
(3) development and implementation of future faculty 
training programs focused on improved instruction, mentoring, 
assessment of student learning, and support of undergraduate 
STEM students; 
(4) support and training for graduate students to partici-
pate in instructional activities beyond the traditional teaching 
assistantship, and especially as part of ongoing educational 
reform efforts, including at pre-K–12 schools, and primarily 
undergraduate institutions; 
(5) creation, improvement, or expansion of innovative grad-
uate programs such as science master’s degree programs; 
(6) development and implementation of seminars, work-
shops, and other professional development activities that 
increase the ability of graduate students to engage in innova-
tion, technology transfer, and entrepreneurship; 
(7) development and implementation of seminars, work-
shops, and other professional development activities that 
increase the ability of graduate students to effectively commu-
nicate their research findings to technical audiences outside 
of their own discipline and to nontechnical audiences; 
(8) expansion of successful STEM reform efforts beyond 
a single academic unit to other STEM academic units within 
an institution or to comparable academic units at other institu-
tions; and
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(9) research on teaching and learning of STEM at the 
graduate level related to the proposed reform effort, including 
assessment and evaluation of the proposed reform activities 
and research on scalability and sustainability of approaches 
to reform. 
(c) PARTNERSHIP.—An institution of higher education may 
partner with one or more other nonprofit education or research 
organizations, including scientific and engineering societies, for the 
purposes of carrying out the activities authorized under this section. 
(d) SELECTION PROCESS.— 
(1) APPLICATIONS.—An institution of higher education 
seeking a grant under this section shall submit an application 
to the Director at such time, in such manner, and containing 
such information as the Director may require. The application 
shall include, at a minimum— 
(A) a description of the proposed reform effort; 
(B) in the case of applications that propose an expan-
sion of a previously implemented reform effort at the 
applicant’s institution or at other institutions, a description 
of the previously implemented reform effort; 
(C) evidence of institutional support for, and commit-
ment to, the proposed reform effort, including long-term 
commitment to implement successful strategies from the 
current reform effort beyond the academic unit or units 
included in the grant proposal or to disseminate successful 
strategies to other institutions; and 
(D) a description of the plans for assessment and 
evaluation of the grant proposed reform activities. 
(2) REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS.—In selecting grant recipients 
under this section, the Director shall consider at a minimum— 
(A) the likelihood of success in undertaking the pro-
posed effort at the institution submitting 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 partici-
pating academic unit or units; 
(B) the degree to which the proposed reform will con-
tribute to change in institutional culture and policy such 
that a greater value is placed on preparing graduate stu-
dents for diverse careers utilizing STEM degrees; 
(C) the likelihood that the institution will sustain or 
expand the reform beyond the period of the grant; and 
(D) the degree to which scholarly assessment and 
evaluation plans are included in the design of the reform 
effort. 
SUBTITLE B—STEM-TRAINING GRANT 
PROGRAM 
SEC. 551. PURPOSE. 
The purpose of this subtitle is to replicate and implement 
programs at institutions of higher education that provide integrated 
courses of study in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics, 
and teacher education, that lead to a baccalaureate degree in 
science, technology, engineering, or mathematics with concurrent 
teacher certification.
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SEC. 552. PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS. 
The Director shall replicate and implement undergraduate 
degree programs under this subtitle that— 
(1) are designed to recruit and prepare students who pursue 
a baccalaureate degree in science, technology, engineering, or 
mathematics to become certified as elementary and secondary 
teachers; 
(2) require the education department (or its equivalent) 
and the departments or division responsible for preparation 
of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics majors 
at an institution of higher education to collaborate in estab-
lishing and implementing the program at that institution; 
(3) require students participating in the program to enter 
the program through a field-based course and to continue to 
complete field-based courses supervised by master teachers 
throughout the program; 
(4) hire sufficient teachers so that the ratio of students 
to master teachers in the program does not exceed 100 to 
1; 
(5) include instruction in the use of scientifically-based 
instructional materials and methods, assessments, pedagogical 
content knowledge (including the interaction between mathe-
matics and science), the use of instructional technology, and 
how to incorporate State and local standards into the classroom 
curriculum; 
(6) restrict to students participating in the program those 
courses that are specifically designed for the needs of teachers 
of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics; and 
(7) require students participating in the program to success-
fully complete a final evaluation of their teaching proficiency, 
based on their classroom teaching performance, conducted by 
multiple trained observers, and a portfolio of their accomplish-
ments. 
SEC. 553. GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall establish a grant program 
to support programs at institutions of higher education to carry 
out the purpose of this subtitle. 
(b) GEOGRAPHICAL CONSIDERATIONS.—In the administration of 
this subtitle, the Director shall take such steps as may be necessary 
to ensure that grants are equitably distributed across all regions 
of the United States, taking into account population density and 
other geographic and demographic considerations. 
(c) AMOUNT OF GRANT.—Subject to the requirements of sub-
section (d), the Director may award grants annually on a competi-
tive basis to institutions of higher education in the amount of 
$2,000,000, per institution of which— 
(1) $1,500,000 shall be used— 
(A) to design, implement, and evaluate a program that 
meets the requirements of section 552; 
(B) to employ master teachers at the institution to 
oversee field experiences; 
(C) to provide a stipend to mentor teachers partici-
pating in the program; and 
(D) 
to 
support 
curriculum 
development 
and 
implementation 
strategies 
for 
science, 
technology,