1. “NSF’s Division of Undergraduate Education: Funding Opportunities for
Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)
“NSF’s Division of Undergraduate Education: Funding Opportunities for
Community Colleges” League For Innovations
March 30, 2010
Eun-Woo Chang,
Linnea Fletcher,
Program Directors
Division of Undergraduate Education
National Science Foundation

2. Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)
Caution
Most of the information presented in this talk represents the opinions of the individual program officers and is not an official NSF position.

5. “EHR’s 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.”

8. NSF Structures

9. Two-Year College Snapshot*
Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)
Two-Year College Snapshot*
Number and Type of Colleges:
Total: 1195
Public: 987 Independent: 177 Tribal: 31
Enrollment:
Total: 11.5 million
Credit: 6.5 million Non-Credit: 5.0 million
Full-time: 41% Part-time: 59%
*National profile of community colleges: Trends and statistics (4th ed.), 2005

10. Two-Year College Snapshot *
Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)
Two-Year College Snapshot *
Demographics:
Average age: 29
First-generation: 39% single parent: 17%
Community College students constitute the following percentage of undergraduates:
All undergraduates: 46%
Black: 46% Native American: 55%
Hispanic: 55% Asian/Pacific Islander: 46%
First-time freshmen: 41%
*National profile of community colleges: Trends and statistics (4th ed.), 2005

11. Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)
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 bachelor’s or master’s degree attended a community college (more than 50% of the bachelors and 35% of the masters)
* 51% of Hispanic bachelor’s and masters graduates and 18% of the Hispanic Ph.D.s attended a community college
* 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

12. NSF Budget Education and Human Resources (EHR):
Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)
NSF Budget
Education and Human Resources (EHR):
FY 2009 (Actual) $845 Million
FY 2010 (Estimate) $873 Million
FY 2011 (Requested) $892 Million
Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE):
FY 2009 (Actual) $283 Million
FY 2010 (Estimate) $292 Million
FY 2011 (Requested) $290 Million
*Note: Extra $ Million from H-1B visa fees employers pay to obtain a visa for a foreign high-tech worker to fund the S-STEM program.

13. Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)
NSF Budget
* American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Stimulus) fund of 2009 for DUE
- NOYCE Scholarship Program: 60 M
- Math and Science Partnership Program: 25 M

14. Selected Programs in DUE
Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)
Selected Programs in DUE
FY FY FY2011
(Actual) (Estimate) (Requested)
ATE $ $ $64
TUES/CCLI $ $ $61
STEP $ $ $30
S-STEM $ /year from H1B visa fee
NOYCE $ $ $55
MSP $86 $ $58
*(in Million)

15. NSF support for two-year college projects (FY 2006-2008)
Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)
NSF support for two-year college projects (FY )
FY2006
FY2007
FY2008
Program
Award # ($)
ATE
128 (44M)
119 (50M)
151 (50M)
CCLI
5 (0.6M)
9 (1.5M)
19 (2.0M)
S-STEM
34 (17.8M)
25 (19M)
35 (16M)
STEP
4 (2.8M)
7 (5M)
4 (2.1M)
MSP -
2 (0.58M)
Noyce
1 (0.24M)
0 (0)
Total DUE
172 (66M)
160 (75M)
212 (71M)
Total NSF
218 (82M)
212 (91M)
278(101M)

16. The Unconventional Way of Repairing

17. Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)
Transforming Undergraduate Education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (TUES)  
Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI)
Program Solicitation NSF

18. CCLI Vision Excellent STEM education for all undergraduate students
Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)
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

19. CCLI Supports efforts that
Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)
CCLI
Supports efforts that
- Bring advances in STEM disciplinary knowledge into curriculum
- Create or adapt learning materials and teaching strategies
- Develop faculty expertise
Promote widespread implementation of educational innovations
Prepare future K-12 teachers
Enhance our understanding of how students learn STEM topics
Enhance our understanding how faculty adopt instructional approaches
Build capacity for assessment and evaluation
Further the work of the program itself

20. CCLI Program especially encourages projects that:
Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)
CCLI
Program especially encourages projects that:
- Have potential to transform undergraduate STEM education
- Produce widespread adoption of classroom practices based on how students learn
- Explore cyberlearning

21. Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)
NOTE:
Instrumentation and equipment requests are appropriate - based on learning impact

22. Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)
TUES vs CCLI
Title changed to emphasize the special interest in projects that have the potential to transform undergraduate STEM education 
* Review criteria modified to emphasize the desire for projects that
- Propose materials, processes, or models that have the potential to
-Enhance student learning and
-Be adapted easily by other sites
- Involve a significant effort to facilitate adaptation at other sites

23. TUES Project Components
Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)
TUES Project Components
* Creating Learning Materials and Strategies:
-Guided by research on teaching and learning
-Incorporate and be inspired by advances within the discipline
* Implementing New Instructional Strategies:
-Contribute to understanding on how existing strategies
-Can be widely adopted
-Are transferred to diverse settings
-Impact student learning in diverse settings

24. TUES Project Components
Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)
TUES Project Components
* Developing Faculty Expertise:
- Enable faculty to acquire new knowledge and skills in order to revise their curricula and teaching practices
- Involve a diverse group of faculty
* Assessing and Evaluating Student Achievement:
- Develop and disseminate valid and reliable tests of STEM knowledge
- Collect, synthesize, and interpret information about student understanding, reasoning, practical skills, interests, attitudes or other valued outcomes

25. TUES Project Components
Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)
TUES Project Components
Conducting Research on Undergraduate STEM Education:
- Explore how
-Effective teaching strategies and curricula enhance learning and attitudes,
-Widespread practices have diffused through the community
-Faculty and programs implement changes in their curriculum

26. TUES Suggested Questions for Intellectual Merit
Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)
TUES Suggested Questions for Intellectual Merit
Will the project
Produce one or more of the following:
1) Exemplary materials, processes, or models that enhance student learning and can be adopted by other sites
2) Important findings related to student learning?
- Build on existing knowledge about STEM education?
- Have explicit and appropriate expected measurable outcomes integrated into an evaluation plan?
- Include an evaluation effort that is likely to produce useful information?
Institutionalize the approach at the investigator's college or university as appropriate for the Type
NOTE: Oversized type indicates changes from CCLI solicitation

27. TUES Suggested Questions for Broader Impacts
Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)
TUES Suggested Questions for Broader Impacts
Will the project
- Involve a significant effort to facilitate adaptation at other sites?
- Contribute to the understanding of STEM education?
- Help build and diversify the STEM education community?
- Have a broad impact on STEM education in an area of recognized need or opportunity?
- Have the potential to contribute to a paradigm shift in undergraduate STEM education?
NOTE: Oversized type indicates changes from CCLI solicitation

28. Project Types Type 1: Total budget up to $200,000 for 2 to 3 years
Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)
Project Types
Type 1: Total budget up to $200,000 for 2 to 3 years
$250,000 when 4-year and 2-year schools collaborate
Type 2: Total budget up to $600,000 for 2 to 4 years
Type 3: Budget negotiable -- not to exceed $5M over 5 years
Central Resource Projects: Budget negotiable
Small focused workshop projects -- 1 to 2 years & up to $100,000
Large scale projects -- 3 to 5 years & $300,000 to $3M

29. Proposal Deadlines * For Type 1:
Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)
Proposal Deadlines
* For Type 1:
May 26-27, May 26-27, 2011 May 28-29, 2012
* For Type 2 and 3 and Central Resource Project:
January 14, January 13, 2012 January 14, 2013
Note: Central Resource Project proposals for small focused workshops can be submitted at any time after consulting with a program officer

30. Advanced Technological Education
Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)
Advanced Technological Education
(ATE)
PROGRAM SOLICITATION NSF

31. Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)
*Goal: Educate technicians for the high-tech fields that drive our nation’s economy
*Sample activities:
- Curriculum development
- Faculty professional development
- Building career pathways

32. Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)
ATE is in its 16th year of funding community colleges, having started with the Science and Advanced Technology Act of 1992 (SATA).
FY2010
Preliminary Proposals April 22, 2010
Formal Proposals October 21, 2010

33. ATE Institution Requirements
Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)
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

34. ATE Tracks *Projects - Program improvement
Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)
ATE Tracks
*Projects
- Program improvement
- Professional development for educators
- Curriculum and educational materials development
- Teacher preparation
- Small grants to new awardees

35. Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)
Small grants
- Focus on community colleges that have little or no previous ATE grant experience
- Designed to stimulate implementation, adaptation, and innovation in technological education

36. ATE Tracks ATE Centers - National Centers of Excellence
Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)
ATE Tracks
ATE Centers
- National Centers of Excellence
- Regional Centers of Excellence
- Resource Centers
* Targeted research on technician education

37. Typical ATE award sizes
Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)
Typical ATE award sizes
- Project Grants: Up to $300K/year for 3 years (45)
- Small Grants: Up to $150K (15)
- National Centers: $5M for 4 years (2)
- Regional Centers: $3M for 3 years (3)
- Planning Grants for Centers: $70K
- Resource Centers: $1.6M for 4 years (4)
- Targeted Research: Up to $300K for 4 years (5-8)

38. ATE Professional Development Opportunities
Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)
ATE Professional Development Opportunities
Go to
- Now over 100 professional development opportunities

39. Number of Awards per State in ATE’s 16 Year History Total number of Awards (865)9 30
WASHINGTON 6
MAINE 3
MONTANA 5
NORTH DAKOTA 18
MINNESOTA 2
VT. 7
N.H. 25
OREGON 19
WISCONSIN 62
MA. 2
IDAHO 4
SOUTH DAKOTA 47
NEW YORK 2
WYOMING 16
MICHIGAN
14 CT. 16
PENNSYLVANIA
1 R.I. 23
IOWA
16 N.J. 7
NEBRASKA 3
NEVADA 42
OHIO
2 DEL. 28
ILLINOIS 8
INDIANA 2
UTAH 15
COLORADO 2
W.V.
26 MD. 22
VIRGINIA 6
MISSOURI 3
KANSAS
20 D.C. 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 3
ALASKA 32
FLA.
3 PUERTO RICO
HAWAII

40. ATE Centers of Excellence (36)
National Center
Regional Center
Resource Center

41. Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)

42. Foci of ATE Awards FY 96-06 2007 2008 Biotechnology 47 5 8
Chemical Technology/Pulp & Paper/Environmental 58 3 1
Multidisciplinary/Institution Reform 43 4 2
Electronics/Microelectronics/Nanotech/Mechatronics/Lasers 23 7
Other Engineering Technology 75 10
Geospatial (GIS/GPS/Surveying) 28
Manufacturing 92
Math/Physics/Computational Science/Core 40
Computer/Information Systems/Cybersecurity/Telecommunications
139
Marine/Agriculture/Aquaculture/Natural Resources/Viticulture 20
Teacher Preparation 34
Multimedia
Energy Technology 6 9
Research/Evaluation
Recruitment/Retention
Totals
614 54 69
Foci of ATE Awards

43. PROGRAM SOLICITATION NSF 08-569
Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program
(STEP)
PROGRAM SOLICITATION NSF

44. Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)
STEP
Goal
To increase the number of students (U.S. citizens or permanent residents) RECEIVING associate or baccalaureate degrees in established or emerging fields within science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)

45. Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)
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

46. STEP - Type 1 *Possible project activities:
Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)
STEP - Type 1
*Possible project activities:
- Focus directly on student learning
- Incorporate current technology
- Develop interdisciplinary approaches
- Offer bridge programs
Note: Increases in a particular field must not be at the expense of other fields!

47. Submission & Funding Trends
Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)
Submission & Funding Trends
Fiscal Year
Type 1
Type 2
Submitted
Awarded
2005
170 22 16 2
2006
141 -
2007
135 19 21
2008
139 20 14
2009
153
~20 11
1-3

48. STEP awards (FY2009) Maximum award sizes:
Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)
STEP awards (FY2009)
Maximum award sizes:
* Type 1 (15-20 awards anticipated)
$100K/year for 5 years for SFTE < 5000
$200K/year for 5 years for 5000 < SFTE < 15000
$400K/year for 5 years for < SFTE
* Type 2: $500K/year for 3 years (2 awards anticipated)

49. STEP Letter of Intent: August 17, 2010
Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)
STEP
Letter of Intent: August 17, 2010
Proposal Due Date: September 28, 2010

50. Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)
Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics 
(S-STEM)
Program Solicitation NSF

51. Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)
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 14, 2010 Full Proposal: August 12, 2010

52. Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)
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

53. S-STEM * Special Program Features
Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)
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.

54. Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program
Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)
Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program
PROGRAM SOLICITATION NSF NSF

55. Noyce Program * Initiated by Act of Congress in 2002
Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)
Noyce Program
* Initiated by Act of Congress in 2002
* Reauthorized in 2007 (America COMPETES Act)
To encourage talented mathematics, science, and engineering undergraduates to pursue teaching careers
To encourage STEM professionals to become teachers
- To prepare Master Teachers

56. Noyce Program *Track 1: Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarships
Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)
Noyce Program
*Track 1: Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarships
Phase 1 - Institutions not previously funded under Noyce or for different department/focus from previous award
Phase 2 - For previous Noyce awardees to continue longitudinal evaluation, and can also fund additional cohorts

57. Noyce Program *Track 1: Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarships Phase 1
Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)
Noyce Program
*Track 1: Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarships
Phase 1
STEM summer internships including early field experiences for freshmen and sophomores
STEM undergraduate majors: up to 3 years of scholarship support (junior year through 5th year credentialing program)
STEM professionals: 1 year stipend for credentialing program

58. Noyce Program *Track 1: Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarships Phase 1
Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)
Noyce Program
*Track 1: Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarships
Phase 1
Each year of support = 2 year teaching commitment in high need school district
At least $10K/year for scholarship or stipend, but capped at the cost of attendence
STEM professionals: 1 year stipend for credentialing program

59. Noyce Program *Track 1: Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarships Phase 1
Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)
Noyce Program
*Track 1: Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarships
Phase 1
Max institutional award: $1.2M over 5 years
No indirect costs allowed
At least 80% of otal budget must be for direct participant support
Collaboration between 4-year institutions and 2-year institutions may request additional $250K in total budget

60. Noyce Program *Track 1: Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarships Phase 2
Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)
Noyce Program
*Track 1: Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarships
Phase 2
Expands and extends evaluation/research initiated under previous award
Supports additional cohorts of previous cohorts
Max institutional award: $750K over 5 years

61. Noyce Program *Track 2: Robert Noyce Teacher Fellowships
Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)
Noyce Program
*Track 2: Robert Noyce Teacher Fellowships
NSF Teaching Fellowships (TF) – To prepare career changers who are STEP professionals
2. NSF Master Teaching Fellowships (MTF) – Current STEM teachers with a Master’s degree or doctorate who enroll in a master teacher professional deelopment program
- 3M over 5 Yrs(one cohort) or 6 yrs (two cohorts)
- Requires 50% matching funds

62. Noyce Program Eligibility
Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)
Noyce Program Eligibility
Proposals may only be submitted by:
- Universities & 2- or 4-year colleges
- Nonprofit entities that have established consortia among such IHEs
Principal Investigators:
- The PI, or at least one Co-PI, must be a faculty member in a STEM department.

63. Noyce Program Projects include
Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)
Noyce Program
Projects include
- STEM faculty collaborating with Education faculty
- Strong partnership with school district
- Recruitment and selection strategies
- Exemplary teacher preparation programs leading to certification (or professional development program for Master Teaching Fellows)
- Support for new teachers
- Mechanism for monitoring recipients
- Institutional support
- Evaluation

64. Noyce Program Letters of Intent (optional): Feb, 2010
Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)
Noyce Program
Letters of Intent (optional): Feb, 2010
Full Proposal Deadline: March 10, 2010

65. 2009 Stimulus Funds

67. Quality Education for Minorities (QEM)
Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)
Programs for MSIs
Quality Education for Minorities (QEM)

68. Information about funded proposals
Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)
Information about funded proposals
Go to the DUE Home website on NSF
Find the Program of interest to you
Go to the bottom of that page and click on “Abstracts of Recent Awards Made Through This Program”
- Write to the PI requesting a copy of her/his proposal.
*An example follows for the Noyce Program

69. Information about funded proposals

74. “NSF’s Division of Undergraduate Education: Funding Opportunities for
Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)
“NSF’s Division of Undergraduate Education: Funding Opportunities for
Community Colleges” League For Innovations
March 30, 2010
Eun-Woo Chang,
Linnea Fletcher,
Program Directors
Division of Undergraduate Education
National Science Foundation