The NSF stipulates that research funded by these grants should be designed to produce predetermined outcomes that benefit those engaged to conduct the research. "The voices, knowledge, and experiences of those who have been impacted by enduring racial inequities should be at the center of these proposals, including in, for example: project leadership and research positions, conceptualization of the proposal, decision-making processes, and the interpretation and dissemination of evidence and research results." "Core to this funding opportunity is that proposals are led by, or developed and led in authentic partnership with, individuals and communities most impacted by the inequities caused by systemic racism," specifies the agency. "Persistent racial injustices and inequalities in the United States have led to renewed concern and interest in addressing systemic racism," reads a synopsis of the Racial Equity in STEM Education Program on the NSF website. "The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR) seeks to support bold, groundbreaking and potentially transformative projects addressing systemic racism in STEM."Īlthough the grants are funded by the federal government's primary source of support for basic science research, the agency emphasizes that proposals are to be developed by and reflect the perspective of aggrieved groups and individuals who perceive themselves as victims of undefined "inequities" assumed in advance to be caused by "systemic racism." The Biden administration is spending millions in grants through the National Science Foundation to address what the federal agency calls "systemic racism" in the country and to advance "racial equity" in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education.
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