The NSF funds many programs that focus on broader impacts or broader participation as the key element of their research. Below is a list of sample programs that encourage increased STEM participation among K-12 students, undergraduates, and graduate students, among others. Visit the NSF website for a full list of NSF-funded programs.

K – 12

Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL)

Computer Science for All (CS4All)

Discovery Research PreK-12 (DK12)
Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST)

Undergraduate Programs

Advanced Technological Education (ATE)

Cybercorps Scholarship for Service (SFS)

Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE)

Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Pathways into Geoscience (IUSE: Geopaths)

Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP)

Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)

NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Program (S-STEM)

Graduate Programs

Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP)

Graduate Fellowship Research Program

Innovation in Graduate Education (IGE)

General

ADVANCE: Organizational Change for Equity in STEM Academic Professions

Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (NSF INCLUDES)

Science and Technology Centers (STC)