[STEM-funding] NSF AISL, NSF NRI, NSF Noyce, Great Lakes College Success

Thu Nov 7 18:22:00 EST 2013

*1) NSF Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL):* The National Science
Foundation has released a revised solicitation for its AISL program (
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504793). From the program
description:

The *Advancing Informal STEM Learning (*AISL) program seeks to advance new
approaches to and evidence-based understanding of the design and
development of STEM learning in informal environments for public and
professional audiences; provide multiple pathways for broadening access to
and engagement in STEM learning experiences; advance innovative research on
and assessment of STEM learning in informal environments; and develop
understandings of deeper learning by participants.

Whether for personal satisfaction, professional advancement, or fulfilling
learning requirements for pre-K through graduate and professional
education, greater possibilities for accessing and understanding informal
education are emerging through increased access to STEM learning anywhere
and anytime. These personalized learning options and participatory learning
environments are also expanding and broadening participation in STEM and
blurring many distinctions between formal and informal learning settings.
Many of these changes are related directly or indirectly to the
pervasiveness and accessibility of digital technologies.
Proposals are due January 14, 2104. Funding varies by type of project:
(1) Pathways projects: up to $300,000 with duration up to two years;
(2) Research in Service to Practice projects: from $300,000 to $2,000,000
with a duration from two to five years;
(3) Innovations in Development projects: $500,000 to $3,000,000 with
duration up to five years;
(4) Broad Implementation projects from $500,000 to $3,000,000 with a
duration from two to five years

*2) NSF National Robotics Initiative (NRI):* NSF has also released a
revised solicitation for its NRI program (http://www.nsf
.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503641), which includes funding from NIH,
NASA, and USDA. From the program description:

*II.C. Planning Testbeds and Applications for K-16 Education*

To explore the linking of robotics research efforts and testbeds for K-16
education, NSF's Directorate for Education and Human Resources will provide
funding at the lower end of the funding range for planning, study, and
prototyping projects (refer to section III: Award Information). Successful
applicants are expected to demonstrate high potential to advance K-16
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education. Due to
limited funds and the multi-agency nature of this solicitation,
*education-focused
proposals are discouraged at the higher end of the funding range.*

Example activities are:

   - Design of innovative robotic technologies as tools for enhancing STEM
   learning in formal and informal learning environments.
   - Applications that further the development of co-robot systems that
   support personalized learning.
   - Design, implementation, and rigorous study of robotics competitions
   impact on student engagement, motivation to learn STEM content, and STEM
   career motivation.

Proposals are due January 21, 2014. Although there is only one class of
proposals, agency requirements and funding mechanisms dictate two ranges of
consideration on this solicitation, by agency:

   1. *NIH* and *USDA* will consider: Projects comprising one or more
   investigators with budgets ranging from approximately $100,000 to $250,000
   per year in *direct costs* averaged over the duration of the project,
   with durations of one to three years.
   2. *NSF* and *NASA* will consider: Projects comprising one or more
   investigators with budgets ranging from approximately $100,000 to
   $1,000,000 per year in *total costs* (direct and indirect) averaged over
   the duration of the project, with durations of one to three years. It is
   expected that the bulk of awards will be made at the smaller end of the
   range.

*3) NSF Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarships:* NSF has also released a revised
solicitation for its Noyce program (
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5733). From the program
synopsis:

The *Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program* seeks to encourage talented
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics majors and professionals
to become K-12 mathematics and science teachers. The *Noyce Scholarship
Track* provides funds to institutions of higher education to support
scholarships, stipends, and academic programs for undergraduate STEM majors
and post-baccalaureate students holding STEM degrees who earn a teaching
credential and commit to teaching in high-need K-12 school districts.
 The *NSF
Teaching Fellowship/Master Teaching Fellowship Track* provides funding to
support STEM professionals who enroll as NSF Teaching Fellows in master's
degree programs leading to teacher certification by providing academic
courses, professional development, and salary supplements while they are
fulfilling a four-year teaching commitment in a high-need school district.
This track also supports the development of NSF Master Teaching Fellows by
providing professional development and salary supplements for exemplary
mathematics and science teachers to become Master Teachers while they
fulfill a five-year teaching commitment in high-need school districts.
 *Capacity
Building Projects* support the development of new programs and activities
to increase the capacity for institutions to provide innovative teacher
preparation programs that enable increasing numbers of STEM majors and STEM
professionals to become effective K-12 mathematics and science teachers and
to develop the capacity to prepare Master science and mathematics teachers.

Letters of intent are due February 5, 2014 and full proposals are due March
5, 2014. Funding amounts vary depending on the track and phase of the
proposal.

*4) Great Lakes College Success: *The Great Lakes Philanthropy has released
a new set of application guidelines for its College Success grant program (
http://www.mygreatlakes.org/web/community/content/community/grants/successOverview.html).
>From its "Overview" webpage:
Colleges have services that have proven effective in helping participating
students stay in school, earn the grades they need, and graduate. But these
services are helping only a small percentage of all students who need them.
Colleges may not have the resources, such as staffing, to identify and
connect the students in need with the services available.

That's where Great Lakes can help. Unlike previous *College
Success*grants, our 2014-2015 *College
Success* grant is NOT intended to fund existing campus-based programs that
serve underrepresented students. Instead, it is intended to provide
resources to allow institutions to identify at-risk freshmen who exhibit
warning signs early in the semester, and connect them with the services
that will help them complete the credits they attempt during their first
year of college, and earn the grades necessary to position themselves for a
successful college career.

Proposals are due January 6, 2014. Funding is for up to $200,000 for one
year. Applications are limited to one per institution. There will be an
informational webinar on November 19.

[image: The Ohio State University]
Christopher Andersen
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