Council Of Graduate Schools

BROADENING PARTICIPATION IN STEM GRADUATE DEGREES AND THE U.S. STEM WORKFORCE: UNDERSTANDING APPLICATION, ADMISSIONS, AND MATRICULATION IN STEM GRADUATE EDUCATION -MAINTAINING US LEADERSHIP IN FIELDS SUCH AS ADVANCED MANUFACTURING, ADVANCED WIRELESS, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, BIOTECHNOLOGY, QUANTUM INFORMATION SCIENCE, SEMICONDUCTORS, AND MICROELECTRONICS DEPENDS ON THE TALENTS OF A DIVERSE STEM WORKFORCE. CURRENTLY, THERE IS A PAUCITY OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE PATHWAYS STUDENTS FOLLOW INTO STEM GRADUATE EDUCATION AND ON TO THE SCIENTIFIC WORKFORCE. THIS PROJECT WILL COLLECT DATA ON APPLICATIONS, ADMISSIONS, AND MATRICULATION IN GRADUATE STUDY FOR BOTH INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC STUDENTS AND EXPLORE HOW PATHWAYS INTO GRADUATE STUDY DIFFER BY GENDER, RACE/ETHNICITY, CITIZENSHIP STATUS, DISABILITY STATUS, VETERAN STATUS, FIELD OF STUDY, AND DEGREE LEVEL. BY EXAMINING DIFFERENCES BETWEEN GROUPS IN THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED, THE NUMBER OF ACCEPTANCES OFFERED, AND THE LIKELIHOOD THAT IF ADMITTED A POTENTIAL STUDENT WILL ACTUALLY ENROLL AND PURSUE A DEGREE, DATA WILL HELP TO IDENTIFY WHERE INVESTMENTS OF RESOURCES AND IMPROVEMENTS IN RECRUITMENT AND ADMISSION PRACTICES CAN HAVE THE GREATEST EFFECTS ON INCREASING THE SIZE, DIVERSITY, AND VITALITY OF THE ADVANCED STEM WORKFORCE. THE STUDY WILL ALSO EXPLORE THE IMPORTANT ROLE INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS PLAY IN STEM GRADUATE EDUCATION AND CAREERS AND EXPLORE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ENROLLMENT OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS AND THOSE OF U.S. DOMESTIC STUDENTS, PARTICULARLY FROM GROUPS TRADITIONALLY UNDERREPRESENTED IN STEM FIELDS. LITTLE INFORMATION EXISTS TODAY THAT DOCUMENTS TRENDS IN GRADUATE PROGRAM APPLICATIONS, ADMISSIONS, AND MATRICULATION FOR DOMESTIC STUDENTS. THIS PROJECT WILL ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS: WHAT ARE THE KEY TRENDS IN GRADUATE PROGRAM APPLICATIONS, OFFERS OF ADMISSION, AND MATRICULATION FOR DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS BY DEGREE LEVEL AND BROAD AND FINE FIELD OF STEM STUDY? HAS THE PROPORTION OF WOMEN AND RACIALLY AND ETHNICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS CHANGED OVER TIME BY BROAD AND FINE STEM FIELD? ARE THERE DIFFERENCES IN AGGREGATED GRADUATE APPLICATIONS, OFFERS OF ADMISSION, AND MATRICULATION IN STEM BY SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC AND GENDER GROUPS? DO ACCEPTANCE AND MATRICULATION RATES DIFFER BY FIELD OF STUDY AND CITIZENSHIP STATUS? AMONG U.S. DOMESTIC STUDENTS, ARE THERE DIFFERENCES IN ACCEPTANCE AND MATRICULATION RATES BY GENDER, RACE/ETHNICITY, AND FIELD OF STUDY? TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE, DIFFERENCES IN ACCEPTANCE AND MATRICULATION RATES BY SOCIOECONOMIC, FIRST GENERATION, VETERAN, AND DISABILITY STATUS WILL ALSO BE EXPLORED BY FIELDS OF STEM STUDY. THE FINDINGS WILL PROVIDE A ROBUST PORTRAIT OF GRADUATE APPLICATION, ADMISSION, AND MATRICULATION RATES OF STUDENTS IN STEM FIELDS SUCH AS ADVANCED MANUFACTURING, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, BIOTECHNOLOGY, AND QUANTUM INFORMATION SCIENCE. THIS PROJECT WILL ALSO EXAMINE THE ROLE THAT INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS PLAY IN STEM GRADUATE EDUCATION AND EXPLORE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ENROLLMENT OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS AND THOSE OF U.S. DOMESTIC STUDENTS. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

UNDERSTANDING PHD CAREER PATHWAYS IN STEM

COMPLETION AND ATTRITION IN AGEP AND NON-AGEP INSTITUTIONS

NSF IGE INNOVATION ACCELERATION HUB

EXPANDING ACCESS TO GRADUATE EDUCATION AND THE ADVANCED STEM WORKFORCE -INCREASING THE COMPETITIVENESS OF THE AMERICAN STEM WORKFORCE DEPENDS ON RECRUITING A LARGER AND MORE DIVERSE GROUP STEM GRADUATE STUDENTS FROM ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING THOSE FROM HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS: RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITIES, GENDER MINORITIES IN SPECIFIC STEM FIELDS, STUDENTS FROM U.S. REGIONS WITH DISPROPORTIONATELY LOW STEM GRADUATE DEGREE ATTAINMENT, PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, FIRST-GENERATION STUDENTS, LOW-INCOME STUDENTS, AND VETERANS. THIS PROJECT WILL SUPPORT THIS GOAL THROUGH THE EXPANSION OF THE NATIONAL NAME EXCHANGE (NNE), A WELL ESTABLISHED PROGRAM THAT CONNECTS UNDERREPRESENTED UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS WITH INSTITUTIONS SEEKING TO DIVERSIFY THEIR GRADUATE PROGRAMS. THROUGH RESEARCH AND COMMUNICATION ACTIVITIES, THE PROJECT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO REMOVE BARRIERS TO STEM GRADUATE STUDY IN THREE WAYS. FIRST, IT WILL PROVIDE A TECHNOLOGICAL PLATFORM FOR EXPANDING THE RECRUITMENT OF GRADUATE STUDENTS FROM UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS. SECOND, RESEARCH USING NNE DATA WILL BE USED TO UNDERSTAND GAPS IN STUDENT PATHWAYS TO STEM GRADUATE PROGRAMS AND INFORM BOTH NATIONAL AND UNIVERSITY STRATEGIES FOR RECRUITING AND SUPPORTING UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS. THIRD, THE PROJECT WILL DESIGN, TEST AND CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVE RESOURCES TO SUPPORT PROSPECTIVE GRADUATE STUDENTS AND UNIVERSITIES SEEKING TO RECRUIT THEM TO STEM GRADUATE PROGRAMS. THIS PROJECT SEEKS TO ACCELERATE THE RECRUITMENT OF GRADUATE STUDENTS FROM UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS. BY EXPANDING AN EXISTING TECHNOLOGICAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR CONNECTING UNDERREPRESENTED GRADUATE STUDENTS WITH STEM GRADUATE PROGRAMS, THE PROJECT WILL GENERATE DATA NEEDED TO DEEPEN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF GAPS AND INTERRUPTIONS IN STUDENT PATHWAYS TO GRADUATE SCHOOL AND TO REMEDY THESE INTERRUPTIONS WITH INFORMATION AND RESOURCES. THE DATA COLLECTED FROM STUDENT ENROLLEES IN THE NNE WILL BE MATCHED WITH NATIONAL STUDENT CLEARINGHOUSE RECORDS TO DETERMINE WHETHER AND ON WHAT TIME FRAME NNE PARTICIPANTS ENROLL IN A GRADUATE PROGRAM. USING LOGISTIC REGRESSION, THE RESEARCH TEAM WILL EXPLORE THE IMPACT OF MINORITIZED STATUS, SELF-REPORTED UNDERGRADUATE GPA, UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH EXPERIENCES, CARNEGIE CLASSIFICATION AND OTHER ASPECTS OF UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTION TYPE. BY EXPLORING THE PROBABILITY OF MATRICULATION AT DIFFERENT INTERVALS FOLLOWING EXPECTED UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE COMPLETION, IT WILL BE POSSIBLE TO CONSIDER HOW THESE DEMOGRAPHIC AND EDUCATIONAL FACTORS AFFECT PATHWAYS INTO GRADUATE STUDY. IN ADDITION TO GENERATING DATA THAT WILL HELP UNIVERSITIES IMPROVE THEIR RECRUITMENT EFFORTS, THE PROJECT?S ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES WILL HELP NSF DETERMINE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS TECHNOLOGICAL AND DATA INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ACCELERATING AND SCALING THE PARTICIPATION OF UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS IN STEM GRADUATE PROGRAMS. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

CGS/NSF DEAN IN RESIDENCE

UNDERSTANDING ROLES OF MASTERS EDUCATION IN ENTRY INTO, AND UPSKILLING AND RESKILLING FOR, THE STEM WORKFORCE

SCALING A SYSTEMS APPROACH TO INCLUSIVE GRADUATE RESEARCH ENVIRONMENTS: A TRACK 2 PROPOSAL TO NSF'S INNOVATIONS IN GRADUATE EDUCATION (IGE) PROGRAM -THIS NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION INNOVATIONS IN GRADUATE EDUCATION (IGE) TRACK 2 AWARD TO THE COUNCIL OF GRADUATE SCHOOLS (CGS) WILL TEST STRATEGIES FOR HELPING ALL STUDENTS, AND STUDENTS UNDERREPRESENTED IN GRADUATE EDUCATION IN PARTICULAR, TO SUCCEED IN DOCTORAL PROGRAMS. PRIOR RESEARCH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, HAS SHOWN THAT UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS WERE MORE LIKELY TO SUCCEED AND THRIVE IN PROGRAMS THAT CLEARLY COMMUNICATE EXPECTATIONS AND RULES AND APPLY THESE RULES CONSISTENTLY. WORKING WITH A NETWORK OF 10 UNIVERSITIES AND 60 DOCTORAL PROGRAMS, THE CGS RESEARCH TEAM WILL EXAMINE WHETHER THIS FINDING HOLDS ACROSS A BROADER RANGE OF INSTITUTIONS AND PROGRAM TYPES. THE RESEARCH AND INNOVATIONS TESTED IN THIS PROJECT HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO IMPROVE EDUCATIONAL AND CAREER OUTCOMES FOR ALL GRADUATE STUDENTS IN THREE IMPORTANT WAYS. FIRST, THE PROJECT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BROADEN PARTICIPATION IN THE U.S. STEM WORKFORCE, IMPROVING OUTCOMES FOR GROUPS THAT HAVE FACED HISTORICAL BARRIERS TO GRADUATE DEGREE COMPLETION. SECOND, THE RESEARCH AND INTERVENTIONS TESTED IN THIS PROJECT HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO IMPROVE THE EDUCATIONAL AND CAREER OUTCOMES FOR ALL GRADUATE STUDENTS BY CREATING GREATER TRANSPARENCY ABOUT THE STEPS NEEDED TO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE THE PHD AND TRANSITION TO A STEM CAREER. THIRD, THE PROJECT WILL PROVIDE THE EVIDENCE NEEDED FOR UNIVERSITIES AND THE NSF TO INVEST RESOURCES IN THE MOST HIGH-IMPACT PRACTICES FOR SUPPORTING DEGREE COMPLETION AND STEM CAREER READINESS AND SUCCESS. THIS PROJECT SEEKS TO VALIDATE AND SCALE AN INSTITUTIONAL APPROACH TO SUPPORTING EQUITABLE OUTCOMES WITHIN STEM DOCTORAL PROGRAMS LED BY RESEARCHERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY (NSF AWARD 1954923). THAT PROJECT INVESTIGATED HOW STRUCTURES OPERATE WITHIN DOCTORAL PROGRAM RESEARCH ENVIRONMENTS AND FOUND A POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A HIGH LEVEL OF PROGRAM STRUCTURE AND POSITIVE OUTCOMES FOR MINORITIZED STUDENTS AS MEASURED BY STUDENT REPORTS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL WELLBEING AND METRICS OF ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE. THE PROPOSED PROJECT WILL TEST WHETHER THE FINDINGS OF NSF AWARD 1954923 CAN BE GENERALIZED ACROSS APPROXIMATELY 60 STEM GRADUATE PROGRAMS AT 10 INSTITUTIONS. USING A MIXED-METHOD APPROACH, THE PROJECT TEAM WILL 1) REFINE EXISTING INSTRUMENTS AND PROTOCOLS FOR UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF DEPARTMENTAL STRUCTURES, POLICIES AND NORMS ON DOCTORAL STUDENT BELONGING AND SUCCESS AND ADAPT THEM TO A MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL STUDY; 2) GRANT SUBAWARDS TO 10 INSTITUTIONS TO COLLECT DATA THROUGH COMMON INSTRUMENTS AND COORDINATED METHODS; 3) COLLECT, CLEAN AND SHARE BENCHMARKING DATA WITH 10 PARTICIPATING INSTITUTIONS; 4) ANALYZE AGGREGATE DATA TO UNDERSTAND THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STRUCTURE AND EQUITY-RELATED OUTCOMES IS GENERALIZABLE ACROSS GRADUATE PROGRAMS IN DIFFERENT STEM FIELDS; 5) CONDUCT FOCUS GROUPS WITH FACULTY AND GRADUATE STUDENTS IN DOCTORAL PROGRAMS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND GAPS IN FACULTY AND STUDENT PERCEPTIONS AND EXPERIENCES, BASED ON THE SURVEY DATA; AND 6) IDENTIFY PROMISING PRACTICES FOR COLLECTING AND USING RESULTING DATA TO SUPPORT PROGRAM-LEVEL AND CAMPUS-WIDE INTERVENTIONS. THE INNOVATIONS IN GRADUATE EDUCATION (IGE) PROGRAM IS FOCUSED ON RESEARCH IN GRADUATE EDUCATION. THE GOALS OF IGE ARE TO PILOT, TEST AND VALIDATE INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO GRADUATE EDUCATION AND TO GENERATE THE KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED TO MOVE THESE APPROACHES INTO THE BROADER COMMUNITY. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

UNDERSTANDING PHD CAREER PATHWAYS: TRANSITIONS AND PERSISTENCE IN THE PHD-PREPARED STEM WORKFORCE

MODELING EFFECTIVE RESEARCH ETHICS EDUCATION IN GRADUATE INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS: A LEARNING OUTCOMES APPROACH

GRADUATE STUDENTS AND THE STEM WORKFORCE: A CAPACITY BUILDING PROPOSAL TO IDENTIFY NEEDS AND SHAPE AN ACTION PLAN TO ENHANCE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMEN

RAPID: INVESTIGATING CHALLENGES TO MATRICULATION AND COMPLETION FOR UNDERREPRESENTED STEM GRADUATE STUDENTS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES OF STEM MASTER'S EDUCATION

NEXT GENERATION HUMANITIES PHD CONSORTIUM

DEFINING CRITERIA AND GOOD PRACTICE TO FACILITATE GRADUATE INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS

UNDERSTANDING PHD CAREER PATHWAYS IN STEM: PROPOSAL FOR A WORKSHOP TO DEVELOP AN INSTRUMENT

CONFERENCE: SUPPORTING MENTORING IN STEM GRADUATE EDUCATION: A PROPOSAL FOR VIRTUAL WORKSHOPS AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES -THROUGH THIS PROJECT, THE COUNCIL OF GRADUATE SCHOOLS (CGS) WILL HOST TWO VIRTUAL WORKSHOPS IN 2024 THAT WILL INFORM THE READINESS OF PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS TO RESPOND TO NSF'S NEW PAPPG REQUIREMENTS IMPLEMENTED IN RESPONSE TO THE AMERICA COMPETES ACT OF 2022 AND THE CHIPS AND SCIENCE ACT OF 2022. SPECIFICALLY, THE WORKSHOPS WILL ADDRESS NSF REQUIREMENTS: (1) THAT ALL PROPOSALS TO NSF INCLUDE MENTORING PLANS FOR ALL GRADUATE STUDENTS ON NSF FUNDED AWARDS; (2) THAT INSTITUTIONS PROVIDE MENTOR TRAINING AND MENTORSHIP AND DESCRIBE IN GRANT PROPOSALS A PLAN TO PROVIDE APPROPRIATE TRAINING AND OVERSIGHT IN THE RESPONSIBLE AND ETHICAL CONDUCT OF RESEARCH; AND (3) THAT EACH INDIVIDUAL POSTDOCTORAL SCHOLAR AND GRADUATE STUDENT RECEIVING SUBSTANTIAL NSF SUPPORT MUST HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN, UPDATED ANNUALLY. THE FIRST WORKSHOP WILL FOCUS ON FACULTY RESEARCHERS WHILE THE SECOND WILL FOCUS ON GRADUATE DEANS AND OTHER ADMINISTRATORS WHO HAVE RESPONSIBILITIES FOR EXPANDING AND ENHANCING GRADUATE MENTORSHIP TRAINING ACROSS STEM FIELDS. THE PROPOSAL WILL FUND THE IDENTIFICATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND DISSEMINATION OF MENTORING RESOURCES AND TOOLS AS WELL AS PROMISING PRACTICES AND POLICIES TO ENHANCE GRADUATE MENTORING AND ASSIST INSTITUTIONS AND INDIVIDUAL FACULTY IN RESPONDING TO THE NEW NSF REQUIREMENTS. THE RESULTING RESOURCES WILL ADDRESS AN IMPORTANT NEED FOR AN ACCESSIBLE SET OF RESOURCES ON EVIDENCE-BASED AND PROMISING PRACTICES AND POLICIES IN GRADUATE MENTORSHIP. A CENTRAL GOAL OF THIS PROPOSAL IS TO PROVIDE MORE ACCESSIBLE RESOURCES ON EFFECTIVE MENTORING TO A BROAD RANGE OF INSTITUTIONS AND UNIVERSITIES SERVING DIVERSE POPULATIONS AND IN EPSCOR JURISDICTIONS. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

EXPANDING GRADUATE TRAINING IN RCR: BIG DATA ETHICS

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: EXAMINING IMPACT AND FOSTERING ACADEMIC SUPPORT FOR OPEN SCIENCE PRODUCTS

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: WORKSHOP PROPOSAL - DEVELOPING STEM MASTER'S IDPS AS AN ESSENTIAL TOOL IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

EXPANDING DEFINITIONS OF SCHOLARSHIP IN THE HUMANITIES