Sec. 4. Research grants
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The Director shall establish a program to award grants, on a competitive basis, to institutions of higher education or nonprofit organizations (or consortia of such institutions or organizations)— to expand research efforts to better understand the factors contributing to, and consequences of, sexual harassment affecting individuals in the scientific, technical, engineering, and mathematics workforce, including students and trainees; and to examine interventions to reduce the incidence and negative consequences of such harassment.
Activities funded by a grant under this section may include— research on the sexual harassment experiences of individuals in underrepresented or vulnerable groups, including racial and ethnic minority groups, disabled individuals, foreign nationals, sexual- and gender-minority individuals, and others; development and assessment of policies, procedures, trainings, and interventions, with respect to sexual harassment, conflict management, the prevention of incivility, and ways to foster respectful and inclusive climates; research on approaches for remediating the negative impacts and outcomes of such harassment on individuals experiencing such harassment; support for institutions of higher education to develop, adapt, implement, and assess the impact of innovative, evidence-based strategies, policies, and approaches to policy implementation to prevent and address sexual harassment; research on alternatives to the hierarchical and dependent relationships in academia that have been shown to create higher levels of risk for sexual harassment; and establishing a center for the ongoing compilation, management, and analysis of campus climate survey data.