FOA-Dear
Colleague Letter: Broadening Participation in STEM Entrepreneurship and
Innovation (BPINNOVATE); February 9, 2021
Agency
National
Science Foundation
Description
The
National Science Foundation (NSF), through its Science
of Science program (PD 19-125Y), encourages research on
broadening participation in entrepreneurship and innovation. The purpose of this
Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) is to invite proposals identifying contextual
factors and mitigation strategies to enhance participation and success of
various populations in STEM entrepreneurship and innovation.
The Science of
Science program supports research designed to increase the
public value of scientific activity. The program focuses on basic research in
three fundamental areas: (1) how to create optimal conditions for discovery; (2)
how to improve science communication; and (3) how to expand the societal
benefits of scientific activity. The program places a high priority on
proposals that analyze strategies for diversifying the scientific workforce and
where equity and broadening participation activities are built into the
research design. This call invites audiences with expertise in modeling
diversity in the scientific workforce as it relates to innovation, accounting
for sociodemographic characteristics, geography, and other potential sources of
difference. Principal Investigators have the option of accessing the publicly
available data from previous National I-Corps Teams cohorts to accelerate
inquiry.
The
desired outcome of this DCL is to broaden awareness and gain insight into best
practices that promote innovation and entrepreneurship in the science and
engineering workforce and within innovation ecosystems across the Nation. NSF
encourages the development of tools and datasets that can be widely shared with
the community.
This
is not a new competition nor a new program. Principal investigators should
submit proposals to the Science
of Science program via program description (PD) PD 19-125Y
in accordance with the NSF Proposal
and Award
Policies and Procedures (PAPPG). Proposals should
contain the acronym "BPINNOVATE" at the beginning of the title, to indicate
that they are being submitted pursuant to this DCL. Proposals should be
submitted by February 9, 2021.
Announcement
Number:
NSF
21-023
Closing
Date:
February
9, 2021
Link
to Full Announcement
https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2021/nsf21023/nsf21023.jsp?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click
Contact
Information
Joshua
Trapani