L0044
NSF
Graduate Stem Fellows In K-12 Education (GK-12)
NSF 09-549
URL for complete guidelines: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2009/nsf09549/nsf09549.htm?govDel=USNSF_25
Brief Description:
This program provides funding for graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines to bring their leading research practice and findings into K-12 learning settings. Through collaborations with other graduate fellows and faculty from STEM disciplines, teachers and students in K-12 environments, and community partners, graduate students can gain a deeper understanding of their own research and place it within a societal and global context. The GK-12 program provides an opportunity for graduate students to acquire value-added skills, such as communicating STEM subjects to technical and non-technical audiences, leadership, team building, and teaching while enriching STEM learning and instruction in K-12 settings. This unique experience will add value to the training of U.S. graduate students and will energize and prepare the students for a broad range of STEM careers in a competitive globalized marketplace. Furthermore, the GK-12 program provides institutions of higher education with an opportunity to transform the conventional graduate education by infusing and sustaining GK-12 like activities in their graduate programs.
Expected outcomes include:
- For graduate fellows -- Enhanced understanding of their own research subject area, and its societal and global contexts; improved communication skills of STEM subjects with technical and non-technical audiences, leadership, team building, and teaching capabilities.
- For K-12 education -- Professional development opportunities for teachers in both STEM content and pedagogy; and enhanced learning and STEM career interest for students.
- For institutions of higher education -- Transformation of graduate programs; strengthened and sustained partnerships with local school districts, industry, non-profit sector, etc.; and enhanced institutional impact of graduate education to society.
Award Amount:
- Anticipated Type of Award: Continuing Grant
- Estimated Number of Awards: 20 to 25 The number of awards will vary depending upon the scope of projects and availability of funds. It is anticipated that approximately 20-25 new awards will be made, depending upon the quality of proposals and availability of funds. The size for the new projects will be for up to $600,000 per year for 5 years.
- Anticipated Funding Amount: $15,000,000 Estimated program budget, number of awards and average award size/duration are subject to the availability of funds.
- Cost Sharing is not required under this solicitation.
- Partial reimbursement of indirect costs not to exceed 8% of total direct costs, excluding participant support and equipment.
- Other budgetary limitations apply. Please see solicitation for further information.
Eligibility:
- Proposals may only be submitted by the following: Academic institutions in the United States and its territories that grant masters or doctoral degrees in STEM disciplines supported by the National Science Foundation.
- PI Limit: The lead Principal Investigator (PI) must be a STEM discipline faculty member actively conducting STEM research at the lead institution. Faculty members whose primary research is on science education (e.g. physics education, technology education, mathematics education, engineering education, etc.) are not eligible to serve as the lead PI.
Limitation:
One per campus
Institutions having an active or past GK-12 project are eligible to submit a new proposal, but they must coordinate evaluation efforts of any projects located on the same campus or working with the same school districts. They must also specify the outcomes, lessons learned, best practices, and sustainability efforts of prior projects. Renewal proposals will not be accepted.
Internal deadline: 2/23/2010
Internal deadline Indy: 2/23/2010
Preliminary Proposal Deadline: 4/20/2010 - (Required)
Agency deadline: 6/3/2010
*Status of Internal Competition:
Bloomington - Open
Indianapolis - Open
East - Open
Fort Wayne - Open
Kokomo - Open
Northwest - Open
South Bend - Open
Southeast - Open
To apply for IU Internal competition:
For consideration, submit the following documents electronically to your campus representative by February 23, 2010 for internal competition.
- 1-2 page Project Narrative (limitation does not include references)
- A Letter from the Chair or Dean
- 2-3 page abbreviated CV for the PI
Contact Information for Inquiries and applications:
| Limited Submission | Donna Carter | (812) 856-1368 | |
| Bloomington | Donna Carter | (812) 856-1368 | |
| East | Mary Blakefield | (765) 973-8522 | |
| Fort Wayne | Carl Drummond | (260) 481-5750 | |
| Indianapolis | Etta Ward | (317) 278-8427 | |
| Kokomo | Linda Bielewicz | (765) 455-9227 | |
| Northwest | Marie Czach | (219) 981-4262 | |
| South Bend | Erika Zynda | (574) 520-4181 | |
| Southeast | Walter Ryan | (812) 941-2539 |
*If you are interested in a program with an expired internal deadline which shows a status of "Open", send an e-mail to the appropriate contact above to inquire about submitting an internal proposal for consideration. A program showing a status of "Closed" is not accepting any additional internal applications.
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