FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FROM EHR/DUE DIVISION OF UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FROM EHR/DUE Paul Tymann, [email protected] Program Director.

DIVISION OF UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FROM EHR/DUE

Paul Tymann, [email protected]

Program Director

EHR/DUE

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Important!• All information provided here represents the

opinions of individual Program Officers

• The only official source for NSF policy is published materials

http://nsf.gov/

Directorates

NSF Director

NSF Deputy Director

Biological Sciences

(BIO)

Social, Behavioral

and Economic Sciences

(SBE)

Computer & Information Science &

Engineering

(CISE)

AD – Jim Kurose

Education and Human Resources

(EHR)

AD – Joan Ferrini-Mundy

Engineering

(ENG)

Geosciences

(GEO)

Mathematical and Physical

Sciences

(MPS)

EHR Organization

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Office of the Assistant Director for EHRAssistant Director: Joan Ferrini-Mundy

Graduate Education

(DGE)

Research on Learning in Formal and

Informal Settings

(DRL)

Undergraduate Education

(DUE)

DD: Susan Singer

Human Resource

Development(HRD)

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Computer Science in EHR/DUE

Mike Erlinger – [email protected]

Paul Tymann – [email protected]

EHR/DGE:

Victor Piotrowski – [email protected]

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Important – NEW PAPPG

• There is a revised NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 15-1)

• The PAPPG is consistent with, and, implements the new Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (Uniform Guidance) (2 CFR § 200).

• Almost 8 pages of changes!!

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Common Guidelines• Developed by the Department of Education and the NSF

• Search• “NSF 13-126” – Common Guidelines• “NSF 13-127” – FAQs

• Defines 6 types of research

• Reading will put you in the proper “mindset”

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DUE Programs

• Advanced Technological Education (ATE)

• Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE:EHR)

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

• Robert Noyce Scholarship Program (NOYCE)

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Joint Programs

• CyberCorps© Scholarships for Service

• Secure & Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC)• Jeremy Epstein

• STEM+C Partnerships• Jan Cuny

• Cyberlearning• Chris Hoadley

DIVISION OF UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATION (ATE)

PROGRAM SOLICITATION NSF 14-577

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ATE Introduction• The Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program

focuses on the education of technicians for the high-technology fields that drive our nation's economy

• The program involves partnerships between academic institutions and industry to promote improvement in the education of science and engineering technicians at the undergraduate and secondary school levels

• The driving Institution in an ATE project must be a two-year college

• Due date: October 8, 2015

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ATE Tracks

• The ATE program supports proposals in three major tracks

• Projects• Centers• Targeted Research in Technician Education

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ATE Projects

• Range from $25,000 to $300,000 per year

• Duration of up to three years

• Except for ATE-Coordination Network projects, which may be up to $200,000 per year for four years.

• ATE small grants for institutions new to the ATE program: up to $200,000 (each) typically spread over three years.

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ATE Centers

• Three types:• National ($4M over 5 years)• Regional ($3M over 2 years)• Support Centers ($1.6M over 4 years)

• Centers have a carefully articulated mission that advances the ATE program’s mission

• Must justify new centers

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Targeted Research on Technical Education

• The goals of this track are• to simulate and support research on technician• to build the partnership capacity between 2-year and 4-year institutions and

universities to design and conduct research and development projects

• This track supports 3 levels of research efforts

• Planning: $150,000 with a duration up to 2 years.• Conducting Design Research• Pilot Study

• Exploratory Research and Development: $300,000 total with a duration up to 2 years.

• Full Scale Research and Development: $800,000 total with a duration up to 3 years.

DIVISION OF UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION

IMPROVING UNDERGRADUATE STEM EDUCATION (IUSE:EHR)

PROGRAM SOLICITATION NSF 15-585

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IUSE Introduction

• IUSE is in its third year of operation

• IUSE is a broad program focused on undergraduate STEM education • For all types of institutions of higher education• Does not include K-12 science and mathematics

except in unusual circumstances

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IUSE Goals• Improve STEM Learning & Learning Environments:

• Improve the knowledge base for defining, identifying, and innovating effective teaching and learning

• Foster widespread use of evidence-based resources and pedagogies

• Broaden Participation & Institutional Capacity for STEM Learning: • Increase the number and diversity of STEM majors by improving

and using evidence-based strategies

• Build the Professional STEM Workforce for Tomorrow: • Enable students to become productive members of the STEM

work force and of our STEM-literate society

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Target Populations

• Students at two- and four-year schools• STEM majors• Non STEM majors seeking to fulfill a general

education requirement in STEM

• Faculty members

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Program Tracks• Engaged Student Learning Track

• Exploration and Design• Design and Implementation - Level I • Design and Implementation – Level II

• Institutional and Community Transformation Track• Exploration and Design• Development and Implementation

• Research studies, workshops, and special projects are also encouraged

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Engaged Student Learning Track

Exploration and Design • Small-scale grants submissions

• Budgets up to $250,000• Duration typically 2 years• Deadline – November 3, 2015

• These proposals are seeking to• Pose and investigate new teaching materials, instructional strategies, &

new methods of assessing student learning and achievement• Adapt & implement strategies that are effective at other institutions• Many others consistent with IUSE Program goals

• As a whole, awards will contribute to the body of knowledge about • STEM teaching and learning • Effective means to broader implementation

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Engaged Student Learning Track

Development and Implementation – Level l• Larger projects

• Budget up to $600,000 • Suggested duration of 3 years (permissible to go longer)• Deadline – January 13, 2016

• Focus on achieving • More refinement of working prototypes and approaches• Testing and propagation beyond a single institution or• Impacts across multiple STEM disciplines within an institution

• Seeking improved understanding (evidence) of the effectiveness of the project used in multiple settings

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Engaged Student Learning Track

Development and Implementation – Level ll• Largest scale projects

• Budget between $601,000 and $2,000,000• Maximum duration of 5 years (an NSF established maximum)• Deadline – January 13, 2016

• Intended to support • Initiatives that have been found to be effective at smaller scales• Large-scale efforts• Long-term research on impacts

• As before, these proposals should have a strong focus on evidence on the effectiveness of the project used in multiple settings

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Institutional and Community Transformation

Institutional Transformation projects may• Use innovative approaches to increase the propagation of highly

effective teaching and learning methods, typically in one institution• Use technology and distance education methods (or hybrid designs)

• When supported by evidence of potential effectiveness

Community Transformation proposals • Cut across institutions, possibly in a single undergraduate discipline• May also use innovative approaches as above • Proposals may focus on

• Disciplinary need (e.g. gatekeeper courses in biology) • Pedagogical approach (e.g. using SCALE-UP in physics)• Interdisciplinary programs or combinations of disciplines

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Institutional and Community Transformation TrackExploration and Design • Small-scale efforts

• Requested budgets up to $250,000• Had typical project durations of 2 years• Deadline – November 3, 2015

• These proposals described projects seeking to• Develop strategies for the adoption, adaptation, and implementation of

effective practices by a growing number of faculty instructors• Explore challenges to their adoption, with the goal of informing policy,

practice, and future development in education enterprise

• The reviewers required these to contribute to knowledge about increasing the propagation of evidenced-based teaching and learning

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Institutional and Community Transformation Track

Development and Implementation• Large scale projects

• Budget limit is $3,000,000 • Maximum duration is 5 years• Deadline – January 13, 2016

• Typically focus on achieving either• Propagation of a practice among multiple institutions • Change across multiple STEM disciplines within an institution

• Evaluation should produce high quality evidence about the effectiveness of the project. • In effect these large projects are applied research projects

investigating the effectiveness of models of change.

DIVISION OF UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION

NSF SCHOLARSHIPS IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS (S-STEM)

PROGRAM SOLICITATION NSF 15-581

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S-STEM Introduction• NSF developed the Computer Science, Engineering, and

Mathematics Scholarship (CSEMS) program in response to the American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 (P.L. 105-277)

• The H-1B Visa Reform Act of 2004 (P.L. 108-447) renewed H-1B fees and directed 30 percent to NSF for scholarships and other undergraduate activities. NSF designed a program based on its experience with CSEMS and the new legislation and renamed the program S-STEM

• Program funds scholarships and the development and enhancement of effective curricular and co-curricular activities

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S-STEM Overview• Provide scholarships to students with

• Financial need• Talent• Must be open to all students that meet these requirements

• Scholarships can be up to $10,000/year• Students must be full time to receive support• Student activities must be required of all students

• Project must include• Cohorts• Well defined scholarship policy• Academic support to ensure student success

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Recruitment• Projects can only admit students based on financial need

and talent

• Recruitment can target specific groups

• Applicant pool may favor specific groups BUT acceptance in the program can only be based on need and talent

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Program Strands

• Strand I - Institutional Capacity Building

• Strand II – Design and Development• Type 1 – Single Institution projects• Type 2 – Multi-institutional collaborative efforts

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Institutional Capacity Building

• For Institutions with limited research experience• Budget limit is $650,000 • Maximum duration is 5 years• At least 60% must be for scholarships• Deadline – September 22, 2015 or May 16, 2016

• Focus on• Increasing recruitment, retention, student success and completion

of STEM degrees.• Improve the understanding of evidence-based academic and

student support activities• Establish new collaborative partnerships and infrastructure

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D&D – Single Institution

• For institutions with research experience• Budget limit is $1,000,000 • Maximum duration is 5 years• At least 60% must be for scholarships• Deadline – September 22, 2015 or May 16, 2016

• Focus on• Increasing recruitment, retention, student success• Implementation and investigation of academic and student

support activities• Cognitive and non-cognitive aspects of student experiences and

success

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D&D – Multi-institutional

• Large scale projects• Budget limit is $5,000,000 • Maximum duration is 5 years• At least 60% must be for scholarships• Deadline – January 13, 2016

• Focus on• Implementation and investigation of a common set of high-quality

curricular and/or co-curricular activities• Improve the understanding of evidence-based academic and student

support activities

• Built around a common interest in one or more evidence-based educational practice(s) and/or student support(s) or a common interest in student transfer and/or articulation.

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D&D Management

Project teams composed of:

• PI: Faculty member currently teaching in one of the S-STEM disciplines;

• Co-PI: STEM administrator; and

• Co-PI: Institutional, educational, discipline-based educational, or social science researcher at the institution or from another institution or research organization

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S-STEM Resources• Go to http://nsf.gov search for S-STEM – first hit

• Links at the top of the page

Flipped Webinars FAQs

DIVISION OF UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION

ROBERT NOYCE TEACHER SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

PROGRAM SOLICITATION NSF 15-530

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2002: established scholarships and stipends

2007: The America COMPETES Act added NSF

TF and NSF MTF

The goal is to encourage talented STEM majors and STEM professionals to become K-12 STEM teachers.

Scholarship, stipend, and fellowship recipients must teach in a high-need school district for a specified number of years.

Institutions are responsible for tracking recipients and monitoring teacher service (or repayment).

Track 1 (S&S)

Scholarships & Stipends

undergraduate STEM majors and/or STEM career changers

Track 2 (TF)

NSF Teaching Fellowships

STEM career changers

Track 3 (MTF)

NSF Master Teaching Fellowships

exemplary, experienced STEM teachers

Track 4 (Noyce Research)

Research on the Preparation, Recruitment, and Retention of K-12

STEM Teachers

Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program

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Proposals must provide evidence of genuine collaboration between faculty in STEM and faculty in education.

Every project is expected to be grounded in and contribute to the knowledge base.

Proposal Due Dates

March 17, 2015 for FY 2015 funds

August 4, 2015 for FY 2016 funds

DIVISION OF GRADUATE EDUCATION

CYBERCORPS(R): SCHOLARSHIP FOR SERVICE (SFS)

PROGRAM SOLICITATION NSF 15-584

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Cybersecurity Education - Funding Opportunities at NSF

• CyberCorps®: Scholarship for Service (SFS) –

• $300-900K per capacity project; • $1-5M/Scholarship grant

• Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) – up to $300K/project

• Advanced Technological Education (ATE) – up to $900K/project or $3-5M/center

CyberCorps®:Scholarship for Service (SFS)

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SFS Mission and Structure• The CyberCorps: Scholarship for Service (SFS) program

seeks to increase the number of qualified students entering the fields of information assurance and computer security and to increase the capacity of the United States higher education enterprise to continue to produce professionals in these fields to meet the needs of our increasingly technological society.

• The SFS program is composed of two tracks: • The Scholarship Track provides funding to colleges and

universities to award scholarships to students.• The Capacity Building Track providing funds to support

curriculum, outreach, faculty, institutional, and/or partnership development.

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SFS Scholarships

• Scholarship Component Funding: tuition, fees, and stipends ($22.5K for undergrads, $34K

for grad students, per year) Length: 2-3 year scholarship for final years of undergraduate or

graduate (master’s or doctoral) education Obligation: Summer internship, post-graduation service requirement

(work in Federal agency equal to scholarship length)

• Student Eligibility U.S. Citizen Enrolled in IA program, within 2-3 years of graduation Eligible for Federal employment (must be able to acquire security

clearance) Awardee institutions set additional selection criteria

• Institution Eligibility National CAE/IAE designation or equivalent (DC3 Forensics, NSA

Cyber Ops or alternative evidence) Offer full-time program of study in IA field(s)

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Proposal Submission Windows

• CyberCorps® (SFS)• Scholarships – September 14-25, 2015

• Capacity – December 7-18, 2015

• SaTC Education Projects• December 3-16, (2015)

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Questions?