STEM Research and Education Effectiveness and Transparency Act
- Last Action
- 2/12/2019
Actions
- 2019-02-12Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
- 2019-01-16Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
- 2019-01-16Introduced in House
- 2019-01-16Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2019-01-16 (00)
STEM Research and Education Effectiveness and Transparency Act
This bill directs the National Science Foundation (NSF) to report on the effectiveness of all NSF research and education programs intended to broaden the participation of women and other historically underrepresented individuals in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines and careers.
Each federal agency that expended at least $100 million on research and development in FY2017 shall annually submit to the NSF standardized record-level information on demographics, primary field, award type, review rating, budget request, funding outcome, and awarded budget for all applications for merit-reviewed research and development grants to institutions of higher education and federal laboratories. The first submission must include comparable record-level data for the five previous years.
The NSF shall publish statistical summaries of the data in conjunction with the required biennial reports on the participation of men and women in scientific and engineering positions.
Cosponsors (1)
- Scott Tipton (R-CO)
Subjects
- Census and government statistics
- Congressional oversight
- Education programs funding
- Government information and archives
- Higher education
- Performance measurement
- Research administration and funding
- Research and development
- Science and engineering education
- Women's education
- Women's employment
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