NSF Broadening Participation in Engineering (BPE)
Posted December 15, 2021
Discipline(s): Engineering
BPE supported research activities provide scientific evidence that engineering educators, administrators, employers, and policy makers need to make informed decisions regarding the implementation of effective programs that broaden participation and in the engineering discipline and workforce.
BPE funds research to:
- Understand the systemic barriers that prevent traditionally underserved communities from pursuing and succeeding in engineering.
- Analyze factors that enhance our ability to increase access to engineering by creating support systems and social networks that raise career awareness about different engineering pathways.
- Develop innovative methods and projects to significantly impact the recruitment and retention of engineering students, faculty and employees from traditionally underserved communities.
- Design and transform culture to make diversity, equity and inclusion a priority in the engineering enterprise.
The average award size for a BPE research grant is $400,000 for up to 36 months.
Full proposals are due January 28, 2022.
