Biden admin to award millions in science grants for 'racial equity' in STEM education

National Science Foundation "seeks to support bold, groundbreaking and potentially transformative projects addressing systemic racism in STEM" with $30 million program.

By Mary Lou Lang May 8, 2021

 

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.

"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."

Although 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.".........To Read More....