124 STAT. 4020 PUBLIC LAW 111–358—JAN. 4, 2011 (4) encourages institutions of higher education and other nonprofit education or research organizations to develop and provide, either as individual institutions or in partnerships thereof, appropriate training and programs to assist Founda- tion-funded principal investigators at their institutions in achieving the goals of the Broader Impacts Review Criterion as described in subsection (a); and (5) requires principal investigators applying for Foundation research grants to provide evidence of institutional support for the portion of the investigator’s proposal designed to satisfy the Broader Impacts Review Criterion, including evidence of relevant training, programs, and other institutional resources available to the investigator from either their home institution or organization or another institution or organization with rel- evant expertise. SEC. 527. TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY GRADUATE EDUCATION. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall award grants, on a competitive, merit-reviewed basis, to institutions of higher edu- cation to implement or expand research-based reforms in master’s and doctoral level STEM education that emphasize preparation for diverse careers utilizing STEM degrees, including at diverse types of institutions of higher education, in industry, and at govern- ment agencies and research laboratories. (b) USES OF FUNDS.—Activities supported by grants under this section may include— (1) creation of multidisciplinary or interdisciplinary courses or programs for the purpose of improved student instruction and research in STEM; (2) expansion of graduate STEM research opportunities to include interdisciplinary research opportunities and research opportunities in industry, at Federal laboratories, and at inter- national research institutions or research sites; (3) development and implementation of future faculty training programs focused on improved instruction, mentoring, assessment of student learning, and support of undergraduate STEM students; (4) support and training for graduate students to partici- pate in instructional activities beyond the traditional teaching assistantship, and especially as part of ongoing educational reform efforts, including at pre-K –12 schools, and primarily undergraduate institutions; (5) creation, improvement, or expansion of innovative grad- uate programs such as science master’s degree programs; (6) development and implementation of seminars, work- shops, and other professional development activities that increase the ability of graduate students to engage in innova- tion, technology transfer, and entrepreneurship; (7) development and implementation of seminars, work- shops, and other professional development activities that increase the ability of graduate students to effectively commu- nicate their research findings to technical audiences outside of their own discipline and to nontechnical audiences; (8) expansion of successful STEM reform efforts beyond a single academic unit to other STEM academic units within an institution or to comparable academic units at other institu- tions; and 42 USC 1862p–15. Grants.
