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GK-12 Program National Science Foundation All Projects Meeting Washington, DC March 24-26, 2006

GK-12 Program National Science Foundation All Projects Meeting Washington, DC March 24-26, 2006. Sonia Ortega, Ph.D. GK-12 Program Director. GK12 – Numbers. 8 th year of operation $50+M/year 167 projects, 114 institutions 23-36 awards/year 600-900 Fellows supported/year

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GK-12 Program National Science Foundation All Projects Meeting Washington, DC March 24-26, 2006

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  1. GK-12 ProgramNational Science FoundationAll Projects MeetingWashington, DCMarch 24-26, 2006 Sonia Ortega, Ph.D. GK-12 Program Director

  2. GK12 – Numbers • 8th year of operation • $50+M/year • 167 projects, 114 institutions • 23-36 awards/year • 600-900 Fellows supported/year • 5,134 Fellows funded • Over 250,000 K-12 students

  3. GK12 – Map of Programs

  4. “Fellows will bring their scientific research experience to the schools, so that teachers and K-12 students are exposed to what science is all about, how science is done, how discoveries happen and what scientists do”

  5. GK-12 Sensors! Fellow Isenberg at Work • Transformative experience • Bring science to schools • Acquire new skills • Additional career options For Graduate Students –

  6. Improve science content • Professional development • Enriched learning • Increased interest in STEM For K-12 Teachers and Students – University of New Mexico, optics and photonics

  7. Institutional Culture Change • Transforming graduate education • Partnerships with schools For Institutions of Higher Education –

  8. “ The GK-12 program is an opportunity to bring the excitement and the results of science to schools and to create cultural changes both in K-12 schools and in institutions of higher education. It is also an opportunity for fellows to acquire skills that normally are not emphasized in a more traditional STEM graduate program so that they can have additional career options as professional scientists and engineers.”

  9. Solicitation Changes • New 600K/5year awards. No track II but 600K/3year continuing projects • International component • Theme(s) • No science ed students • Fellows support 2 years max. • Diversity and linkages with other programs • External evaluator

  10. Operational Changes • Reporting guidelines • QRC data gathering – Time window • Stipend Supplements – Time window • Website

  11. GK-12 Intellectual merit • How important is the proposed activity to advancing knowledge and understanding within own field or across different fields? • To what extent does the proposed activity suggests and explore creative and original concepts?

  12. Science must be relevant to society • Integration of R & E • Broad participation • Broad impact

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