Funding Opportunities

							Engineering Education Programs at
              NSF



            ASEE, Albuquerque
              March 27, 2008
              Gerhard Salinger
      Division of Research on Learning
     Resources, Models and Tools Cluster
     Advanced Technological Education
       Presentation Outline

   Overview of NSF, EHR and DRL
   DRL: DR-K12, ISE, ITEST, ATE
   DUE: CCLI, S-STEM, STEP
   Other: NUE,
   GCEE
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                      NSF Vision


Advancing discovery, innovation
and education beyond the frontiers
of current knowledge, and
empowering future generations in
science and engineering.
Create a world-class, broadly
inclusive science and engineering
workforce and expand the
scientific literacy of all citizens.
  change in intellectual merit
  criterion: "To what extent does
  the proposed activity suggest and
  explore creative, original, or
  potentially transformative
  concepts?‖
  Effective after January 5, 2008

                   •Revolutionizing entire disciplines
                   •Creating entirely new fields
                   •Disrupting accepted theories and
Important Notice     perspectives . . .
No. 130,
                   •endeavors which have the potential to
September 24,
2007
                     change the way we address challenges in
                     science, engineering, and innovation
        Thematic Framework for NSF’s
Directorate for Education and Human Resources

  Broadening Participation to Improve
  Workforce Development
  Enriching the Education of STEM Teachers
  Promoting Learning Through Research
  and Evaluation
  Furthering Public Understanding of
  Science and Advancing STEM Literacy
  Transforming STEM Education through
  Cyber-enabled Learning Strategies
   Division of Research on Learning
The Division’s programs offer a set of
complementary approaches for advancing
research, development, and field-based
improvement strategies.
Discovery Research K-12 (DR-K12)
Innovative Technology Experiences for
  Students and Teachers (ITEST)
Informal Science Education (ISE)
Research and Evaluation on Education in
  Science and Engineering (REESE)
    Mission of the Division of
     Research on Learning

To promote innovative research,
development, and evaluation of
learning and teaching across all STEM
disciplines by advancing cutting-edge
knowledge and practices in both
formal and informal learning
settings.
                    evaluate and
                    generalize
                    (REESE, DRK)

implement, study
and improve                         synthesize and
(DRK, ISE, ITEST)                   theorize
                                    (REESE, DRK)




                                   hypothesize
 design, develop                   and clarify
 and test (DRK,                    (REESE)
 ISE, ITEST)
    Discovery Research K-12
     (DR-K12) NSF 08-502

Full Proposal deadline: Winter, 2009
Website:
    http://www.nsf.gov/publications/p
ub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf08502
For further information:
     703-292-8620
     DRLDRK12@nsf.gov
              Goal
Enable significant advances in K-12
student and teacher learning of the
STEM disciplines, through research
and development of innovative
resources, models, and
technologies for use by students,
teachers, administrators and policy
makers.
       DR-K12 Projects

Projects funded under this
  solicitation:
  begin with a research question or
  hypothesis about K-12 STEM
  learning or teaching
  develop, adapt, or study innovative
  resources, models, or technologies
  demonstrate if, how, for whom,
  and why their implementation
  affects learning
        DR-K12’s Five Challenges
   (projects MUST address one of the challenges)

CONTEXTUAL
   Assessment to improve instruction and learning
   Learning significant content and processes to ensure
    public literacy and workplace readiness
FRONTIER RESEARCH
   Providing all student the opportunity to learn significant
    STEM content and processes
   Support for STEM teacher practice and development
    with Cyber-enabled learning
   Enhancing K-12 STEM classroom learning with local and
    global resources and systems
       Frontier Challenge Projects
   Anticipate opportunities for teaching and learning in
    10 years;
   Question existing assumptions about learning and
    teaching;
   Envision schools more responsive to diverse
    learners;
   Implement innovative methods of learning that
    include collaborative and interactive tools for cyber-
    enabled learning;
   Have the potential to transform current practice;
   Expand classroom boundaries that define formal
    education today.
             Award Types

Full Research and Development Projects—
research, development and implementation with
attention to design and evaluation
Exploratory Projects— preliminary work to
clarify constructs, assemble theoretical or
conceptual foundations, or perform analytic or
empirical preparatory work
Synthesis Projects— synthesis of existing
knowledge on a topic of critical importance
Conferences
INFORMAL SCIENCE EDUCATION
       (ISE) 08-547

Letter of Intent deadline: September 18, 2008
Full Proposal deadline: December 18, 2008
Website:
    http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf
08547/nsf08547.htm
For further information:
     703/292-8616,
     email: DRLISE@nsf.gov
           ―INFORMAL‖


Voluntary, self-directed
Motivated by personal needs, interests
Shaped by prior knowledge,
    experience
Mediated by social/cultural context
Cumulative, lifelong process
            Audiences


Public: all ages & backgrounds
  Families
  Children/youth (outside school
  activities)
     Linkages to students & teachers
  Adults/parents
Professional: advance ISE
knowledge, infrastructure, & practice
          ISE PROGRAMS



Exhibits
TV, Radio, Large Format Video
Youth and Community
Technology and Cyber-learning
                ISE Emphases
Strategic Impact - ―Raise the bar‖
   Impact on ISE field--beyond those reached
   directly by project deliverables
Innovation - ―Push the envelope‖
   Build on prior work + educational research
   Support projects at frontiers—to advance
   state-of-the-art in informal STEM learning
Collaboration - to achieve outcomes not
   otherwise possible; partner with informal
   learning institutions, media organizations,
   community groups, universities, research
   centers, associations…
           PROJECT DESIGN

―Backward Design‖ – impact, audience,
     deliverables, design
Evaluation – front end, formative,
summative
Target Audience Metrics – awareness,
   engagement, interest, attitude, behavior,
   new skills
Linkages to STEM Research
Linkages to K-12 Programs – standards,
   classroom integration
Innovative Technology Experiences
    for Students and Teachers
      (ITEST) (NSF 08-526)
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08526/
nsf08526.htm

Letters of Intent: Winter, 2009
Full Proposal deadline: Spring, 2009

For further information:
       (703) 292-8628, email:
       DRLITEST@nsf.gov
          ITEST Background

Funded by H-1B visa revenues
Focus on any STEM area
Targets K-12 students, teachers, and parents
in relationship to needs of the US workforce
STEM workforce includes technologists,
scientists, engineers, and mathematicians;
also ICT-intensive fields (e.g., computational
biology, biotechnology, and nanotechnology)
          ITEST Program Goals

Develop, implement, study, and evaluate
  strategies that:
Encourage K-12 students to prepare for and
  consider careers in IT and STEM
Equip teachers to prepare and encourage
  students to enter the STEM workforce
Build a general knowledge base on
  approaches that increase US capacity in the
  STEM workforce (including information and
  communication technology or ICT)
           3 Project Types

Strategies – design, implement and test
theory and practice-based models
Scale-Up-implement and study successful
local models at a large scale state or national
level
Studies – build the general knowledge base
      STRATEGIES OVERVIEW

Design, implementation, and testing of
practice and theory-based models to interest
and prepare students to participate in the
STEM and ICT-intensive workforce
Identify and build knowledge, skills, and
dispositions essential for the workforce
Directly impact K-12 students or teachers
Include diverse institutional partners
   ALL ITEST Proposals must…

Demonstrate evidence of public/private
partnerships and collaborations
Include a project-level evaluation and agree
to participate in a third-party evaluative
research plan implemented by an external
evaluator
Agree to work with the ITEST Resource
Center which provides technical assistance
and contributes to the existing repository of
data on ITEST projects
  Advanced Technological Education
               (ATE)

Partners with Industry for a New American
          Technician Workforce

Program Solicitation: 07-530 FY2008-
FY2010
  Preliminary Proposals: April 26, 24, and
  23 respectively
  Formal Proposals: October 11, 16, and
  15 respectively
             WHAT IS ATE?


Education of technicians for high technology
fields
Two year colleges in leadership positions
Partnerships among two year colleges
Collaboration with four year institutions,
 secondary schools, business and industry,
 government and professional societies.
      Why Community Colleges?
 44% of the students who receive
  baccalaureate or masters’ degrees in a STEM
  field attended a community colleges.
 Associate degree programs produce highly
  qualified science and engineering technicians
  for the high performance workplace and
  improve U. S. competitiveness.
 Community colleges play a large role in the
  preparation of future K-12 teachers.
 Community colleges have very diverse student
  bodies
 Community colleges are responsive to industry
  needs
 Local, inexpensive, flexible
  Advanced Technological Education

Projects which focus on:
  Program Improvement;
  Professional Development for Educators;
  Curriculum and Educational Materials
   Development;
  Teacher Preparation; or
  Small Grants for Institutions New to the ATE
   Program.
Centers of Excellence – National, Regional, Resource
  http://www.ATECenters.org
Targeted Research on Technician Education
New ATE Project Opportunity:
Small Grants for Institutions New to ATE

   Stimulate implementation, adaptation, and
   innovation in all areas supported by ATE.
   Broaden the base of participation of
   community colleges in ATE and strengthen
   their role in meeting needs of business and
   industry
   Proposers are encouraged to include resources
   of ATE and other NSF awardees and to include
   those people as consultants and subawardees.
   Available only to community college campuses
   that have not an an ATE award within the last
   10 years
   Limited to $150,000 with a maximum of 10%
   indirect
     TARGETED RESEARCH IN
     TECHNICIAN EDUCATION
Supports research on technician education,
employment trends, changing role of
technicians in the workplace, etc. that make
technician programs more effective
Represents a TRUE collaboration reflected
in activities, leadership, and budget
between well-qualified researchers and
two-year college educators
Determine educational strategies most
effective in improving student learning in
specific fields
Determine the effectiveness of strategies
such as problem based learning and remote
laboratories.
             ATE Projects


Projects increase the relevance of technician
education to modern practices and assure an
increased quality of students entering the
high performance workplace with enhanced
competencies. They are more focused than
centers.
          Program Improvement

Activities include:
  Integrating industry standards and workplace
  competencies into the curriculum
  Adapting educational materials or courses
  developed elsewhere
  Adding rigorous STEM content to programs and
  courses
  Providing professional development to educators
  Developing articulation agreements between
  two-year colleges and secondary schools or four-
  year institutions
  Improving recruitment or retention of students
   Some Successful Practices


Focus on needs for the high
performance workplace
Get decision makers involved
Link company research and colleges in
training of technicians
Provide flexible pathways for students
Division of Undergraduate
Education (DUE) Mission

   DUE is an agent of change that leads the NSF
      efforts to achieve excellent STEM undergraduate
      education for all students.
   It creates, develops, and manages programs that
      enable institutions to expand the professional
      Science and Engineering workforce and to
      strengthen the scientific literacy for citizens
      through undergraduate curricula and related
      activities.
   Budget is approximately $270,000,000 in FY2007                                                       s.tudent works with


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           DUE PROGRAMS

Advanced Technological Education (ATE)
Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory
Improvement (CCLI)
Scholarships in Science, Technology,
Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM)
STEM Talent Expansion Program (STEP)
   Course, Curriculum, and
Laboratory Improvement (CCLI)
                             New
                           Learning
                           Materials


           Research on                     Faculty
           Teaching and                   Expertise
             Learning




               Assessing               Implementing
                Learning                Innovations




 CCLI projects should address a recognized need
 and undertake exemplary work that addresses at
 least one component of this cycle.
CCLI: 3 Phases in an Organized
Cycle to Reach Goals of the Program

Phase 1 – Exploratory Projects
Involve exploratory, initial investigation or
adaptation in one of the component areas.
Phase 2 – Expansion Projects
Build on smaller scale but proven innovations,
refine and test innovations on diverse users
Phase 3 – Comprehensive Projects
Several diverse institutions, evaluation or
assessment activities
 CCLI Guidelines and Deadlines

Solicitation: NSF 08-546
Deadlines:
 Phase 1: May 20 and 21, 2008
 Phase 2 & 3: Jan. 12, 2009
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf
08546/nsf08546.htm
Questions? Contact program officer in
appropriate discipline.
 NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology,
  Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM)

 Goal: Provides institutions funds to provide
  scholarships to academically talented, but
  financial needy, students. Students can be
  pursuing associate, baccalaureate, or graduate
  degrees.
 Funded from H1B Visa Funds
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07524/
nsf07524.htm
Letter of Intent: July 10, 2008
Full Proposals Due: August 12, 2008
                     S-STEM

 Eligible disciplines extended to include biology,
  physical and mathematical sciences, computer
  and information sciences, geosciences, and
  engineering
 Maximum scholarships increased to $10,000
  (but still based on financial need)
 Grant size increased to $600,000 with 7%
  allowed for administration and 8% for student
  support
 One proposal per constituent school or college
  that awards degrees (also schools within
  institutions
           S-STEM


 Has a faculty member in a STEM
  discipline as the PI.
 Involves cohorts of students.
 Provides student support structures.
 Includes optional enhancements
  such as research opportunities,
  tutoring, internships, etc.
 Enrolls students full time.
     STEM Talent Expansion Program
                 (STEP)


Goal: To increase the number of students (U.S.
citizens or permanent residents) RECEIVING
associate or baccalaureate degrees in established
or emerging fields within science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics (STEM)

Deadline: Late Summer 2008
Optional Letters of Intent: August, 2008
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07570/nsf07570.htm
              STEP

Bridge programs that enable additional
preparation for students
Programs to encourage undergraduate
research
Programs that provide financial incentives
to students
Programs that focus on the quality of
student learning
    high-caliber teaching in smaller
     classes
    new pedagogical approaches
    training of teaching assistants
  Nanotechnology Undergraduate
  Education (NUE) in Engineering
            (08-544)

Nanoscale engineering education with
 relevance to devices and systems
 and/or on the societal, ethical,
 economic and/or environmental issues
 relevant to nanotechnology
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf085
  44/nsf08544.htm
Proposal Deadline: May 14, 2008
     Innovations in Engineering
     Education, Curriculum, and
   Infrastructure (IEECI) (08-542)
how students learn the ideas, principles, and
practices to become creative and innovative
engineers, and how this learning is measured
research on how to better attract a more
talented and diverse student body to all levels of
engineering study
investigate models for the evaluation of how
successful teaching, advising, and mentoring
leads to improved retention and graduation
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08542/nsf
08542.htm
April 30, 2008
              Research Experiences



Research Experiences for Undergraduates
 07-569 August 18, 2008
 150 New Sites and 1600 Supplements
Research Experiences for Teachers (RET)
 in Engineering 07-557 November 17, 2008
      Ethics Education in Science and
       Engineering (EESE) (08-530)

Improve ethics education in all fields of
science and engineering that NSF
supports, especially in interdisciplinary or
inter-institutional contexts, especially for
graduate students
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf0853
0/nsf08530.htm

April 03, 2008; March 02, 2009
Integrative Graduate Education and
  Research Traineeship Program
         (IGERT) (08540)
Catalyze a cultural change in graduate
education, for students, faculty, and
institutions, by establishing innovative new
models for graduate education and training in
an environment for collaborative research that
transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08540/nsf0
8540.htm
Preliminary Proposals: April 24, 2008
Formal Proposals: October 20, 2008
Math and Science Partnership (MSP)
             (08-525)
Targeted Partnerships seek to improve
student achievement in a specific
grade range and/or with a specific
disciplinary focus in mathematics or
the sciences
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf0
8525/nsf08525.htm
Letters of Intent: Winter, 2009
Full Proposal deadline: Spring, 2009
GLOBAL COLLOQIUM ON ENGINEERING
           EDUCATION

Cape Town, South Africa
  October 19-23, 2008
http://www.asee.org/conferences/inter
  national/2008/index.cfm
3 Tracks
Poster Papers April 1, 2008
Student Forum for Engineering
  Education
     Excellence and Growth in
 Engineering Education in Resource
     Constrained Environments
Inferring and Designing Engineering
  Education Practice from Research and
  Societal Context
Successful Practices in Engineering
  Education
Building Capacity through Sustainable
  Accreditation Policy and Practice in
  Developed and Emerging Nations
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