NSF's Eddie Bernice Johnson Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (INCLUDES) Initiative

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is seeking proposals for the Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (INCLUDES) Initiative. The initiative aims to enhance U.S. leadership in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) discovery and innovation by broadening participation in STEM fields. The NSF will support five types of projects: Design and Development Launch Pilots, Collaborative Change Consortia, Alliances, Network Connectors, and Conferences. The INCLUDES National Network is a multifaceted collaboration of agencies, organizations, and individuals working collectively to broaden participation in STEM. • The INCLUDES Initiative is a comprehensive national effort to enhance U.S. leadership in STEM discovery and innovation. • The initiative seeks to motivate and accelerate collaborative infrastructure building to sustain systemic change to broaden participation in STEM fields. • The INCLUDES National Network serves as a testbed for designing, implementing, studying, refining, and scaling collaborative change models. • All INCLUDES funded projects must operationalize five design elements of collaborative infrastructure: shared vision, partnerships, goals and metrics, leadership and communication, and expansion, sustainability, and scale.