A major goal of government and non-profit scientific funding agencies is to support research and development (R&D) that has broad impacts. This study proposes a new framework, called the Inclusion-Immediacy Criterion (IIC), to determine whether research benefits marginalized communities, reduces inequality, and encourages inclusive innovation. To test the framework, the study analyzes NSF sponsored nanotechnology grant abstracts from 2013 to 2017. We find that 109 out of the 300 grants feature research and grant activities that are inclusive, while 235 out of the 300 grants have research and grant activities that either maintain the status quo or predominately target advantaged groups. Of the 109 grants with inclusive broader impacts, 9 of them involve inclusive research that is intrinsic to the underlying work. In comparison there are 102 grants that feature inclusive research that is directly related to the research. Of those 102 direct-inclusive grants, 99 of them relate to broadening participation of women and underrepresented minority populations is science fields.

政府和非营利性科学资助机构的主要目标是支持具有广泛影响的研究与开发（R＆D）。这项研究提出了一个新的框架，称为包容性立即性标准（IIC），以确定研究是否有利于边缘化社区，减少不平等并鼓励包容性创新。为了测试该框架，该研究分析了2013年至2017年NSF资助的纳米技术赠款摘要。我们发现300笔赠款中有109笔具有研究性和赠款活动，而300笔赠款中有235笔具有以下两项的研究和赠款活动：维持现状或主要针对优势群体。在109项具有包容性更广泛影响的赠款中，有9项涉及基础工作固有的包容性研究。相比之下，共有102项赠款具有与研究直接相关的包容性研究。在这102项直接包容性赠款中，有99项与扩大妇女的参与有关，而代表性不足的少数民族是科学领域。