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GAANN Fellowship Program. GAANN Technical Assistance Workshop November 6, 2009 Gary Thomas. GAANN Fellowship Program. Program Staff: Gary Thomas – Senior Program Manager Rebecca Green – Program Manager. GAANN Fellowship Program. Special thanks to the following guest presenters :
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GAANN Fellowship Program GAANN Technical Assistance Workshop November 6, 2009 Gary Thomas
GAANN Fellowship Program • Program Staff: • Gary Thomas – Senior Program Manager • Rebecca Green – Program Manager
GAANN Fellowship Program Special thanks to the following guest presenters: • Khriss Howard-U.S. Department of Education • Janice Ruett-Robey – University of Maryland, College Park • Mary Hudson – Dartmouth University • Martha Mecartney – University of California, Irvine • Tim Topoleski – University of Maryland, Baltimore County • Arthur Utz – Tufts University • Sue Thomas – University of Maryland, Baltimore • Michael Mueller – Rutgers University
GAANN Fellowship Program • Is the GAANN Program the right fit for your institution? Key components of the program: 1) Eligible students must demonstrate financial need. 2) One- year supervisory teaching requirement. 3) Evaluation
GAANN Fellowships Program What’s New: • Institutions can only make fellowship awards to individuals who plan to pursue the highest possible graduate degree available in their course of study at the institution. • New grantees are now required to submit an additional final performance report to provide data on the academic and employment status for all fellows--two years after the grant has expired. • Applications must be submitted electronically using e-Application. • The page limit for Interdisciplinaryapplicationsis now 40 pages maximum.
GAANN Fellowship Program Tentative FY 2010 Competition Dates: • Notice inviting applications –November • Closing Date – December • Competition –January /February • Awards Made – Early June • Approximately 52 new awards will be made.