Funding Opportunities for Community Colleges: NSF DUE 183rd Twoyear College Chemistry Consortium Con

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Funding Opportunities for Community Colleges
NSF - DUE 183rd Two-year College Chemistry
Consortium Conference

• Eun-Woo Chang
• ewchang_at_nsf.gov
• Division of Undergraduate Education
• National Science Foundation
• November 21, 2008

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Purpose of this session

• To share information about several
  specific NSF programs from which you may wish
  to seek funding
• http//www.sju.edu/scooper/NSF/index.html

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Caution

• Most of the information presented in this
  workshop represents the opinions of the
  individual program officers and is not an
  official NSF position.

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www.nsf.gov
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• EHRs Mission is to promote the development of a
  diverse
• and well-prepared workforce of scientists,
  engineers, mathematicians, educators, and
  technicians
• and a well informed citizenry who have access to
  the ideas and tools of science and engineering.

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The Role of Community Colleges in the Education
of Recent Science and Engineering Graduates

• 44 of all S E 1999 and 2000 graduates with a
  bachelors or masters degree attended a
  community college (more than 50 of the bachelors
  and 35 of the masters)
• 51 of Hispanic bachelors and masters graduates
  and 18 of the Hispanic Ph.D.s attended a
  community college

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The Role of Community Colleges in the Education
of Recent Science and Engineering Graduates

• 62 of female graduates and 51 of male graduates
  who had children attended a community college
• 42 of the graduates who had a GPA between 3.75
  and 4.00 attended a community college

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NSF Budget

• Education and Human Resources (EHR)
• FY 2009 (Requested) 709 Million
• Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)
• FY 2007 (Actual) 204.96 Million
• FY 2008 (Estimate) 211.05 Million
• FY 2009 (Requested) 219.83 Million
• Note Extra 75 million from H-1B visa fees
  employers pay to obtain a visa for a foreign
• high-tech worker to fund the S-STEM program.

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Selected Programs in DUE

• FY2007 FY2008 FY2009
  (Actual) (Estimate) (Requested)
• ATE 50.58 51.62 51.62
• CCLI 37.78 37.50 39.21
• STEP 28.90 29.70 29.70
• S-STEM 75 /year from H1B visa fee
• NOYCE 10.30 10.80 (55) 11.60 (55)
• (in Million)

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NSF support for two-year college projects FY
2006-2008
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The Unconventional Way of Repairing
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Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement
(CCLI)
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CCLI

• Vision
• Excellent STEM education for all undergraduate
  students.
• Goal
• Stimulate, disseminate, and institutionalize
  innovative developments in STEM education through
  the production of knowledge and the improvement
  of practice.
• Most comprehensive program

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CCLI

• The program supports efforts to create,
  adapt, and disseminate new learning materials and
  teaching strategies, develop faculty expertise,
  implement educational innovations, assess
  learning and evaluate innovations, and conduct
  research on STEM teaching and learning.

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CCLI Cyclic Model
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Phase 1

• Exploratory Projects
• Phase 1 projects typically will address one
  program component and involve a limited number of
  faculty members at one academic institution.
  However, larger scale projects can be proposed
  provided they can be done within the Phase 1
  budget limitations.
• - 90 to 100 awards expected, each with a total
  budget up to 150,000 (200,000 when four-year
  colleges and universities collaborate with
  two-year colleges) for 1 to 3 years.

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Phase 2

• Expansion Projects
• Phase 2 projects build on smaller-scale
  projects that have produced promising results,
  such as those produced by successful Phase 1
  projects, and refine and test these with diverse
  users in several settings. Projects may address
  single or multiple components.
• - 25 to 35 awards expected, each with a total
  budget up to 500,000 for 2 to 4 years.

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Phase 3

• Comprehensive Projects
• Phase 3 projects are intended to support large
  scale efforts and may focus on a single or
  multiple components. These projects might be
  focused on faculty professional development,
  transformative curriculum projects with national
  impact, or educational assessment or research
  projects addressing significant questions in
  undergraduate education. ..
• - 4 to 7 awards expected, each with a total
  budget up to 2,000,000 for 3 to 5 years.

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Deadlines

• Phase 1   May ??, 2009 (not posted)
• - Be alert for a new solicitation.
• Phase 2 3  January 12, 2009
• - Current solicitation, 08-546, applies.

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Advanced Technological Education(ATE)
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ATE

• Goal Educate technicians for the high-tech
  fields that drive our nations economy
• Sample activities
• Curriculum development
• Faculty professional development
• Building career pathways

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ATE

• ATE is in its 16th year of funding community
  colleges, having started with the Science and
  Advanced Technology Act of 1992 (SATA).
• FY2008
• Preliminary Proposals April 23, 2009
• Formal Proposals Oct. 15, 2009

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ATE Institution Requirements

• Focus is on two-year colleges
• All proposals are expected to include one or more
  two-year colleges in leadership roles
• A consortium of institutions may also apply

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ATE Tracks

• Projects
• Program improvement
• Professional development for educators
• Curriculum and educational materials development
• Teacher preparation
• Small grants to new awardees

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Small grants

• Focus on community colleges that have little or
  no previous ATE grant experience
• Designed to stimulate implementation, adaptation,
  and innovation in tech. education

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ATE Tracks

• ATE Centers
• National Centers of Excellence
• Regional Centers of Excellence
• Resource Centers
• Targeted research on technician education

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ATE awards (FY2008)

• Typical award sizes
• Projects 200K/year for 3 years
• (45 new awards)
• Small Grants 75K/year for 2 years
  (15 new awards)
• National Centers 1.2M/year for 4 years
  (2 new awards)

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ATE Professional Development Opportunities

• Go to www.TeachingTechnicians.org
• Now over 100 professional development
  opportunities

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Number of Awards per State in ATEs 15 Year
HistoryTotal number of Awards (865)
30 WASHINGTON
6 MAINE
3 MONTANA
5 NORTH DAKOTA
18 MINNESOTA
2 VT.
7 N.H.
25 OREGON
19 WISCONSIN
62 MA.
2 IDAHO
47 NEW YORK
4 SOUTH DAKOTA
2 WYOMING
16 MICHIGAN
14 CT.
16 PENNSYLVANIA
1 R.I.
23 IOWA
16 N.J.
7 NEBRASKA
3 NEVADA
42 OHIO
2 DEL.
8 INDIANA
28 ILLINOIS
2 UTAH
26 MD.
2 W.V.
15 COLORADO
22 VIRGINIA
6 MISSOURI
20 D.C.
3 KANSAS
18 KENTUCKY
99 CALIFORNIA
18 NORTH CAROLINA
18 TENNESSEE
7 OKLAHOMA
21 ARIZONA
4 ARKANSAS
22 S.C.
16 NEW MEXICO
9 GEORGIA
12 MISS.
15 ALABAMA
53 TEXAS
3 LOUISIANA
32 FLA.
3 ALASKA
3 PUERTO RICO
HAWAII
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ATE Centers of Excellence (36)
National Center
Regional Center
Resource Center
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Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
Talent Expansion Program (STEP)

• Goal increase the number of students receiving
  associate or baccalaureate degrees in STEM

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STEP Tracks

• Type 1 Implement strategies that will increase
  the number of students obtaining STEM degrees.
• Type 2 Conduct research on factors affecting
  associate or baccalaureate degree attainment in
  STEM

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STEP Type 1

• Possible project activities
• Focus directly on student learning
• Incorporate current technology
• Develop interdisciplinary approaches
• Offer bridge programs
• Increases in a particular field must not be at
  the expense of other fields!

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Submission Funding Trends
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STEP awards (FY2008)

• Maximum award sizes
• Type 1 (15-20 awards anticipated)
• 100K/year for 5 years for SFTE lt5000
• 200K/year for 5 years for 5000ltSFTElt15000
• 400K/year for 5 years for 15000ltSFTE
• Type 2 500K/year for 3 years
• (2 awards anticipated)

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

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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.
• Letter of Intent July 10, 2008Full Proposal
  August 12, 2008

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S-STEM

• Eligible disciplines extended to include
  biology, physical and mathematical sciences,
  computer and information sciences, geosciences,
  and engineering
• Maximum scholarships 10,000
• (based on financial need)
• Grant size up to 600,000
• One proposal per constituent school or college
• About 50-70 million available

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S-STEM

• Special Program Features
• 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.

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Information about funded proposals
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NSF Chemistry Division

• - Undergraduate Research Collaboratives (URC)
  Initiated in 2004
• - Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)

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How to Write Good Proposals?
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NSF Proposal Review and Decision Process

Mail Reviews
Award (Via DGA)
Declination
Central Processing
Program Manager
Division Director
Investigator/ Institution
Withdrawal
Panel
Inap- propriate
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The ProposalCriteria for Evaluation

• What is the intellectual merit of the proposed
  activity?
• What are the broader impacts of the proposed
  activity?

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Intellectual Merit

• Addresses a major challenge
• Supported by capable faculty and others
• Improved student learning
• Rationale and vision clearly articulated
• Informed by other projects
• Effective evaluation and dissemination
• Adequate facilities, resources, and commitment
• Institutional and departmental commitment

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Broader Impacts

• Integrated into the institutions academic
  programs
• Contributes to knowledge base and useful to other
  institutions
• Widely used products which can be disseminated
  through commercial and other channels
• Improved content and pedagogy for faculty and
  teachers
• Increased participation by women,
  underrepresented minorities, and persons with
  disabilities
• Ensures high quality STEM education for people
  pursuing careers in STEM fields or as teachers or
  technicians

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General tips

• At the DUE Web Site
• http//www.nsf.gov/div/index.jsp?divDUE
• Create a personalized alert service
• Get copies of previously funded proposals
• Directly from the PI
• From Leslie Jensen (ljensen_at_nsf.gov)
• Contact a program officer (PO) and offer to
  review proposals

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Making the Project Better based on Review Criteria

• 10 Helpful Hints
• (What do you think they are?)

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Helpful Hints

• 1. Read the Program Announcement

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Helpful Hints

• 2. Care About the Project

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Helpful Hints

• 3. Build on What Others Have Done

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Helpful Hints

• 4. Think Global, Act Local and Global

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Helpful Hints

• 5. Have Measurable Goals and Objectives

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Helpful Hints

• 6. Think Teamwork

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Helpful Hints

• 7. Use Good Management Skills

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Helpful Hints

• 8. Evaluation Includes Impact and Effectiveness

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Helpful Hints

• 9. Spread the Word

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Helpful Hints

• 10. Pay It Back

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Top Ten Ways To Write a Good Proposal That
Wont Get Funded
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Flaws

• 10. Inflate the budget to allow for negotiations.

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Flaws

• 9. Provide a template letter of commitment for
  your (genuine) supporters to use. (They will!)

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Flaws

• 8. Assume your past accomplishments are well
  known.

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Flaws

• 7. Assume a project website is sufficient for
  dissemination.

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Flaws

• 6. Assert Evaluation will be ongoing and
  consist of a variety of methods.

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Flaws
5. Assume the program guidelines have not
changed or better yet, ignore them!
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Flaws

• 4. Dont check your speeling, nor youre grammer.

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Flaws

• 3. Substitute flowery rhetoric for good examples.

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Flaws

• 2. Assume page limits and font size restrictions
  are not enforced.

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Flaws

• 1. Assume deadlines are not enforced.

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WAYS TO PARTICIPATE ON A GRANT

• Grant Holder
• Principal Investigator
• Member of Project Team
• Member of a coalition
• Member of an Advisory Board
• Test Site
• User of Products
• Participant in Workshops and Symposium
• Reviewer of Proposals

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But Most Important!

• Have fun!