Sec. 7025. SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS TALENT EXPANSION PROGRAM
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## SEC. 7025 SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS TALENT EXPANSION PROGRAM ###
(a)Amendments Section 8(7) of the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 is amended— ####
(1)in subparagraph (A), by striking “ competitive, merit-based ” and all that follows through “ in recent years. ” and inserting > “competitive, merit-based multiyear grants for eligible applicants to improve undergraduate education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics through— > > > ###### “(i) > > the creation of programs to increase the number of students studying toward and completing associate’s or bachelor’s degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, particularly in fields that have faced declining enrollment in recent years; and > > > ###### “(ii) > > the creation of not more than 5 centers (in this paragraph referred to as ‘Centers’) to increase the number of students completing undergraduate courses in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, including the number of nonmajors, and to improve student academic achievement in those courses, by developing— > > > ###### “(I) > > undergraduate educational material, including curricula and courses of study; > > > ###### “(II) > > teaching methods for undergraduate courses; and > > > ###### “(III) > > methods to improve the professional development of professors and teaching assistants who teach undergraduate courses. > > Grants made under clause
(ii)shall be awarded jointly through the Education and Human Resources Directorate and at least 1 research directorate of the Foundation.” > ; ####
(2)by amending subparagraph
(B)to read as follows: > > ##### “(B) > > In selecting projects under subparagraph (A)(i), the Director shall strive to increase the number of students studying toward and completing associate’s or bachelor’s degrees, concentrations, or certificates in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics by giving priority to programs that heavily recruit individuals who are— > > > ###### “(i) > > individuals identified in section 33 or 34 of the Science and Engineering Equal Opportunities Act (42 U.S.C. 1885a or 1885b); or > > > ###### “(ii) > > graduates of a public secondary school that— > > > ###### “(I) > > is among the highest 25 percent of schools served by the local educational agency that serves the school, in terms of the percentage of students from families with incomes below the poverty line, as defined in section 673(2) of the Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)), applicable to a family of the size involved; or > > > ###### “(II) > > is designated with a school locale code of 41, 42, or 43, as determined by the Secretary of Education.” > ; ####
(3)by striking subparagraph
(C)and inserting the following: > > ##### “(C) > > > ######
(i)> > The types of projects the Foundation may support under subparagraph (A)(i) include those programs that— > > > ###### “(I) > > promote high quality— > > > ###### “(aa) > > interdisciplinary teaching; > > > ###### “(bb) > > undergraduate-conducted research; > > > ###### “(cc) > > mentor relationships for students, especially underrepresented minority and female science, technology, engineering, and mathematics students; > > > ###### “(dd) > > bridge programs that enable students at community colleges to matriculate directly into baccalaureate science, technology, engineering, or mathematics programs; > > > ###### “(ee) > > internships carried out in partnership with industry; > > > ###### “(ff) > > innovative uses of digital technologies, particularly at institutions of higher education that serve high numbers or percentages of economically disadvantaged students; and > > > ###### “(gg) > > bridge programs that enable underrepresented minority and female secondary school students to obtain extra science, technology, engineering, and mathematics instruction prior to entering an institution of higher education; > > > ###### “(II) > > finance summer internships for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics undergraduate students; and > > > ###### “(III) > > conduct outreach programs that provide secondary school students and their science, technology, engineering, and mathematics teachers opportunities to increase the students’ and teachers’ exposure to engineering and technology. > > > ###### “(ii) > > The types of activities the Foundation may support under subparagraph (A)(ii) include— > > > ###### “(I) > > creating model curricula and laboratory programs; > > > ###### “(II) > > developing and demonstrating research-based instructional methods and technologies; > > > ###### “(III) > > developing methods to train graduate students and faculty to be more effective teachers of undergraduates; > > > ###### “(IV) > > conducting programs to disseminate curricula, instructional methods, or training methods to faculty at the grantee institutions and at other institutions; > > > ###### “(V) > > conducting assessments of the effectiveness of the Center at accomplishing the goals described in subparagraph (A)(ii); and > > > ###### “(VI) > > conducting any other activities the Director determines will accomplish the goals described in subparagraph (A)(ii).” > ; ####
(4)in subparagraph (D)(i), by striking “under this paragraph” and inserting “under subparagraph (A)(i)”; ####
(5)in subparagraph (D)(ii), by striking “under this paragraph” and inserting “under subparagraph (A)(i)”; ####
(6)after subparagraph (D)(iii), by adding at the end the following: > > ###### “(iv) > > A grant under subparagraph (A)(ii) shall be awarded for up to 5 years.” > ; ####
(7)in subparagraph (E), by striking “under this paragraph” both places it appears and inserting “under subparagraph (A)(i)”; ####
(8)by redesignating subparagraph
(F)as subparagraph (J); and ####
(9)by inserting after subparagraph
(E)the following: > > ##### “(F) > > Grants awarded under subparagraph (A)(ii) shall be carried out by a department or departments of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics at institutions of higher education (or a consortia thereof), which may partner with the department, college, or school of education at the institution. Applications for awards under subparagraph (A)(ii) shall be submitted to the Director at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Director may require. At a minimum, the application shall include— > > > ###### “(i) > > a description of the activities to be carried out by the Center; > > > ###### “(ii) > > a plan for disseminating programs related to the activities carried out by the Center to faculty at the grantee institution and at other institutions; > > > ###### “(iii) > > an estimate of the number of faculty, graduate students (if any), and undergraduate students who will be affected by the activities carried out by the Center; and > > > ###### “(iv) > > a plan for assessing the effectiveness of the Center at accomplishing the goals described in subparagraph (A)(ii). > > > ##### “(G) > > In evaluating the applications submitted under subparagraph (F), the Director shall consider, at a minimum— > > > ###### “(i) > > the ability of the applicant to effectively carry out the proposed activities, including the dissemination activities described in subparagraph (C)(ii)(IV); and > > > ###### “(ii) > > the extent to which the faculty, staff, and administrators of the applicant institution are committed to improving undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education. > > > ##### “(H) > > In awarding grants under subparagraph (A)(ii), the Director shall ensure that a wide variety of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields and types of institutions of higher education, including 2-year colleges and minority-serving institutions, are covered, and that— > > > ##### “(i) > > at least 1 Center is housed at a Doctoral/Research University as defined by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching; and > > > ###### “(ii) > > at least 1 Center is focused on improving undergraduate education in an interdisciplinary area. > > > ###### “(I) > > The Director shall convene an annual meeting of the awardees under this paragraph to foster collaboration and to disseminate the results of the Centers and the other activities funded under this paragraph.” > . ###
(b)Report on Data Collection Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall transmit to Congress a report on how the Director is determining whether current grant recipients in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program are making satisfactory progress as required by section 8(7)(D)(ii) of the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 and what funding actions have been taken as a result of the Director’s determinations.
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