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NSF awards $40 million to help build diverse STEM workforce
The National Science Foundation recently announced the four 2022 NSF INCLUDES awardees. These new alliances will each receive $10 million over five years to contribute to building an inclusive STEM workforce. The awardees will tackle issues like increasing data science capacity at minority-serving institutions (MSIs), increasing the representation of Native American and Alaska Native students in STEM fields, and supporting equitable pathways to postdoctoral fellowship positions.
The 2022 NSF INCLUDES Alliances are:
- NSF INCLUDES National Data Science Alliance - Clark Atlanta University
- NSF INCLUDES Alliance Supporting Pacific Impact through Computational Excellence - Chaminade University of Honolulu and the University of Texas at Austin
- NSF INCLUDES Re-Imagining STEM Equity Utilizing Postdoctoral Pathways Alliance - University of Maryland, Baltimore County
- NSF INCLUDES Cultivating Indigenous Research Communities for Leadership in Education and STEM Alliance - University of Montana
The NSF INCLUDES Alliance awards are part of NSF’s commitment to building a more equitable, diverse, and inclusive STEM workforce in the U.S.
Learn more about the NSF INCLUDES program and the 2022 awardees here.
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