[STEM-funding] NSF CE21

[Christopher Andersen]

*1) NSF Computing Education for the 21st Century (CE21):* The National
Science Foundation has released a revised solicitation (
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503582), which now includes
three tracks (from the program synopsis):

*Computing Education Research* (CER) proposals will aim to develop a
research base for computing education. Projects may conduct basic research
on the teaching and learning of computational competencies; they may
design, develop, test, validate, and refine materials, measurement tools,
and methods for teaching in specific contexts; and/or they may implement
promising small-scale interventions in order to study their efficacy with
particular groups. Efforts can focus on computational thinking as taught in
computing courses or infused across the curriculum, they can target
students or their teachers in informal or formal educational settings, or
they can address any level within the K-16 pipeline, from elementary school
through high school and college.

*CS 10K* proposals will aim to develop the knowledge base and partnerships
needed to catalyze the CS 10K Project. The CS 10K Project aims to have
rigorous, academic curricula incorporated into computing courses in 10,000
high schools, taught by 10,000 well-trained teachers. CS 10K proposals can
address a wide range of needed activities, including the development of
course materials, pedagogy, and methods courses, as well as professional
development and ongoing support for teachers, approaches to scaling, best
practices for increasing the participation of students from
underrepresented groups, and strategies for building K-12, university, and
community partnerships.

*Broadening Participation *(BP) proposals will aim to develop and assess
novel interventions that contribute to our knowledge base on the effective
teaching and learning of computing for students from the underrepresented
groups: women, persons with disabilities, African Americans, Hispanics,
Native Americans and indigenous peoples. Proposed interventions should be
designed to engage and retain students from these groups and, at the same
time, to increase their knowledge of computational thinking concepts and
skills. Proposers are encouraged to leverage the resources provided by the
existing BPC-A Alliances and to develop interventions that, if proven
successful, could be implemented within a BPC-A Alliance. For additional
information on the Alliances, see
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503593&org=NSF.
Funding levels vary by type of proposal: CER (up to $600,000 over 3 years),
CS 10K (up to $1,000,000 over 3 years), and BP (up to $600,000 over 3
years). Proposals are due April 9, 2012.


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Christopher Andersen
Director, STEM Initiatives
College of Arts and Sciences
The Ohio State University
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