NSF GRADUATE STEM FELLOWS IN K-12 EDUCATION
(GK-12)
CONTACTS
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Members of the NSF-wide GK-12 Committee represent their respective NSF organizations. They contribute funds as well as intellectual and labor capital to the program. In addition to the GK-12 staff, members of the GK-12 committee are: o Denise Barnes, Office of Integrative Activities o Renee D. Crain, Office of Polar Programs o Fahmida N. Chowdhury, Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences o Sally E. O'Connor, Directorate for Biological Sciences o Kathleen McCloud, Directorate for Mathematics and Physical Sciences o Celestine H. Pea, Directorate for Education and Human Resources o Jessica Robin, Office of International Science and Engineering o Mary F. Poats, Directorate for Engineering o Diana R. Rhoten, Office of Cyberinfrastructure o Elizabeth L. Rom, Directorate for Geosciences o Maria Zemankova, Directorate for Computer and Information Sciences and Engineering General inquiries regarding this program should be made to the GK-12 staff at gk-12@nsf.gov. |
PROGRAM GUIDELINES
Solicitation
09-549
Please be advised that the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) includes
revised guidelines to implement the mentoring provisions of the America COMPETES Act (ACA)
(Pub. L. No. 110-69, Aug. 9, 2007.) As specified in the ACA, each proposal that requests
funding to support postdoctoral researchers must include a description of the mentoring
activities that will be provided for such individuals. Proposals that do not comply
with this requirement will be returned without review (see the PAPP Guide Part I:
Grant Proposal Guide Chapter II for further information about the implementation of
this new requirement).
DUE DATES
Letter of Intent Deadline Date: May 19, 2009
Full Proposal Deadline Date: June 29, 2009
Letter of Intent Deadline Date: April 20, 2010
SYNOPSIS
This program provides funding for graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines to bring their leading research practice and findings into K-12 learning settings. Through collaborations with other graduate fellows and faculty from STEM disciplines, teachers and students in K-12 environments, and community partners, graduate students can gain a deeper understanding of their own research and place it within a societal and global context. The GK-12 program provides an opportunity for graduate students to acquire value-added skills, such as communicating STEM subjects to technical and non-technical audiences, leadership, team building, and teaching while enriching STEM learning and instruction in K-12 settings. This unique experience will add value to the training of U.S. graduate students and will energize and prepare the students for a broad range of STEM careers in a competitive globalized marketplace. Furthermore, the GK-12 program provides institutions of higher education with an opportunity to transform the conventional graduate education by infusing and sustaining GK-12 like activities in their graduate programs. Expected outcomes include: 1) For graduate fellows Enhanced understanding of their own research subject area, and its societal and global contexts; improved communication skills of STEM subjects with technical and non-technical audiences, leadership, team building, and teaching capabilities. 2) For K-12 education Professional development opportunities for teachers in both STEM content and pedagogy; and enhanced learning and STEM career interest for students. 3) For institutions of higher education Transformation of graduate programs; strengthened and sustained partnerships with local school districts, industry, non-profit sector, etc.; and enhanced institutional impact of graduate education to society.
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