1. VIP: Benefits to Students
Realistic Team Experience
Opportunity to Learn/Master different Roles/Skills
In-Depth Experience in their Field
Authentic Multi-Disciplinary Experience
Knowledge Exchange across many Boundaries
Provide a Compelling Reason to be on Campus
Preparation for Work / Grad School
Understanding of the Innovation Process
Fun!

2. VIP: Benefits to Companies
Work with Teams in Your Areas of Interest
Partner with Teams in Your Area
Research and Design Activities
Build long-term Relationships with Students
UGs: Internships after sophomore and junior years
Grads: Research collaboration
Basic VIP Partnership has Zero Overhead
Students own IP like other design programs
Companies receive updates on project progress
Research Contract per Master Agreement
Partner with VIP Program

3. Proposal Opportunities (1)
NSF-IUSE: framework for all investments in research and development that are critical for curricular improvement in undergraduate STEM education, within formal and informal learning environments.
use and build evidence about improved STEM instructional practices
design and study innovative learning opportunities
create, implement, and test program, curricular, course, and technology-driven models
develop, implement, and test creative approaches for adoption of education research into disciplinary teachings
develop and validate assessments/metrics for undergraduate STEM learning and instructional practice
conduct fundamental research on issues of undergraduate STEM teaching and learning
7/19/2018

4. Proposal Opportunities (2)
Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE:EHR). Has two tracks:
Engaged Student Learning: design, development, and research studies that involve the creation, exploration, or implementation of tools, resources, and models that show particular promise to increase engagement of undergraduate students in their STEM learning and lead to measurable and lasting learning gains.
Institutional and Community Transformation: innovative approaches to increase substantially the widespread use of highly effective, evidence-based STEM teaching and learning, curricular, and co-curricular practices in institutions of higher education or across/within disciplinary communities.
7/19/2018

5. Proposal Opportunities (3)
Each track has two tiers, and one tier has 2 levels:
Exploration and Design Tier: Deadline Nov 2, 2016.
Up to 5 years: $2M, Achieve propagation beyond a single institution or work to promote change across multiple STEM disciplines
Carry development to state where evaluation produces evidence
Development/Implementation Tier: Deadline Jan 11, 2017
Up to 5 years: $3M, Support large-scale efforts and long-term research on efforts to effect change.
NSF HBCU-Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP), to improve undergraduate education.
Letter of Intent July 26, 2016, Full Proposal Oct 4, 2016
7/19/2018

6. Proposal Opportunities (4)
EHR Core Research (ECR) .
Fundamental research in STEM education to:
Understand
Build theory to explain
Suggest interventions and innovations
Sept 8, 2016
NSF Professional Formation of Engineers (PFE)
CAREER, ERC, STC, NUE and all other NSF Proposals
VIP as the Education Component and as aid for Broader Impact
Workforce Development Component of any ERC
Industry Partnerships
With Consortium, With Sites, With teams
Endowment Opportunities
7/19/2018

7. Proposal Opportunities (5)
NSF-RED Revolutionizing Engineering & CS Departments
7/19/2018