Bill > S2224

This bill, the STEM Opportunities Act, aims to ensure that Federal science agencies and institutions of higher education receiving Federal research and development funding are fully engaging their entire talent pool. The key provisions of the bill include: - Requiring Federal science agencies to establish policies to provide flexibility and accommodations for researchers with caregiving responsibilities. - Mandating the collection and reporting of data on demographics of Federal research grant applicants and recipients. - Implementing policies at Federal science agencies to minimize the impact of implicit bias in the review of research grants. - Requiring the collection of data on the demographics of STEM faculty at different types of institutions. - Providing guidance and funding for institutions of higher education and Federal laboratories to address cultural and institutional barriers limiting the recruitment, retention, and advancement of women, minorities, and other underrepresented groups in STEM fields. - Authorizing grants to institutions of higher education to increase the recruitment, retention, and advancement of STEM faculty from underrepresented minority groups, as well as to implement reforms to increase the number of underrepresented minority students receiving STEM degrees.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2224/all-info