Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program Overview

1. Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship ProgramOverview 2014 Proposal Writing Workshop January 9, 2014 Co-sponsored by the: National Science Foundation & American Association for the Advancement of Science

2. National Science Foundation “Vision: NSF envisions a nation that capitalizes on new concepts in science and engineering and provides global leadership in advancing research and education.” Empowering the Nation Through Discovery and Innovation: NSF Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years (FY) 2011-2016

3. Organization of EHR Directorate Directorate of Education & Human Resources (EHR) Division of Research on Learning in Formal & Informal Settings (DRL) Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE) Division of Graduate Education (DGE) Division of Human Resource Development (HRD)

4. Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE) Preparing the Workforce: Strategies: • Promote technological, quantitative, and scientific literacy. • Support an increase in diversity, size, and quality of the next generation of STEM professionals who enter the workforce with two- or four-year degrees or who continue their studies in graduate and professional schools. • Invest in the nation's future K-12 teacher workforce. • Fund research to evaluate and improve workforce initiatives.

5. Prepare and Inspire PCAST Report: Prepare and Inspire: K-12 Education in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) for America’s Future(President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, 2010) • Recommendation: “Recruit and train 100,000 great STEM teachers over the next decade who are able to prepare and inspire their students.” • Goal over the next decade: “100,000 new STEM middle and high school teachers who have strong majors in STEM fields and strong content-specific pedagogical preparation, by providing vigorous support for programs designed to produce such teachers.”

6. Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program • Initiated by Act of Congress in 2002 • Reauthorized in 2007 (America COMPETES Act) and 2010 (America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010) • To encourage talented mathematics, science, and engineering undergraduates to pursue teaching careers • To encourage STEM professionals to become teachers • To prepare Master Teachers

7. Noyce Scholarship Program Eligibility Sponsoring institutions Proposals may only be submitted by: • Universities & 2- or 4-year colleges (including community 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.

8. Noyce Scholarship Program (NSF 14-508) Three Categories : • Scholarship Track • Supports undergraduate STEM majors and post-baccalaureate students/career changers • NSF Teaching Fellowship/Master Teaching Fellowship Track (TF/MTF) • Supports post-baccalaureate students/career changers and inservice teachers • Capacity Building Projects • Planning, development, building infrastructure

9. Noyce Scholarship ProgramScholarship Track To recruit undergraduate STEM majors and STEM career changers who might otherwise not have considered a career in K-12 teaching: • Summer internships for freshmen and sophomores to interest students in STEM teaching • Undergraduate Scholarships of at least $10,000 per year for up to three years beginning in junior year • Undergraduate students graduate with a degree in a STEM discipline and teacher certification and/or licensing. • One-year stipends of at least $10,000 for STEM professionals (career-changers) and post-baccalaureate students to obtain teacher certification

10. Noyce Scholarship ProgramScholarship Track • Scholarships and stipends capped by cost of attendance • Recipients commit to teaching in a high need school district for 2 years for each year of scholarship/stipend support. • Recipients failing to meet service requirement must repay scholarship

11. Noyce Scholarship 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 and/or professional development programs for Master Teaching Fellows) • Support for new teachers • Mechanism for monitoring recipients • Institutional support • Evaluation

12. Noyce Scholarship Track Phase I: For new awardees or new project with different focus Phase II: For previously funded awardees - • Scholarships & Stipends: To expand and extend evaluation efforts begun under previous award and support additional cohorts of scholarship and stipend recipients • Monitoring and evaluation: To expand and extend evaluation efforts of previous project without support for additional cohorts.

13. Noyce Scholarship Track Phase I • Scholarships, Stipends, Internships • Award size up to $1,200,000 • Additional $250,000 for collaboration with two-year colleges • Duration up to 5 years • Administrative/programmatic costs may not exceed 25% of total budget direct costs • 75% of budget for direct support to participants • No cost sharing; must apply full indirect cost rate as negotiated

14. Noyce Scholarship Program Scholarship Track Phase II • Scholarships and Stipendsplus longitudinal evaluation studies of previously supported cohorts of students • Award size up to $800,000; up to 5 yrs. • Up to 25% of budget for admin./programmatic costs) • 75% of budget for direct support to participants • Monitoring and Evaluation • Award size up to $300,000; up to 3 yrs.

15. Project Description: Phase I Common to all proposals (consult NSF 14-1): • Results from relevant prior NSF support: include a summary of the results of the completed work, including accomplishments, separately described under two distinct headings, related to the Intellectual Merit and Broader Impact activities supported by the award • The Project Description must contain, as a separate section within the narrative, a discussion of the broader impacts of the proposed activities.

16. Project Description: Phase I • Descriptions of: • proposed scholarship or stipend program • teacher preparation program • recruitment and marketing activities • selection process • management & administrative structure for administering scholarship or stipend program • plans to monitor & enforce compliance with the required teaching commitment

17. Project Description: Phase I • Provide evidence of: • infrastructure to support new teachers, • collaboration between STEM & education faculty, • a functioning partnership between the IHE(s) & school districts, • a commitment to making the program a central institutional focus • Include an objective evaluation plan

18. NSF Teaching Fellowships & Master Teaching Fellowships Track (TF/MTF) NSF Teaching Fellows STEM professionals enroll in a master’s degree program leading to teacher certification or licensing • Receive one-year stipend of at least $10,000 while enrolled in the Master’s degree program • Selection of Fellows based on professional achievement, academic merit, and demonstration of advanced content knowledge in STEM • Commit to teach for 4 years in a high need school district • Receive annual salary supplement of at least $10,000 while fulfilling four-year teaching commitment

19. NSF Teaching Fellowships & Master Teaching Fellowships Track NSF Master Teaching Fellows: • Fellowships for math and science teachers preparing to become Master Teachers • Selection of Fellows based on professional achievement, academic merit, demonstration of advanced content knowledge in STEM, demonstrated success in in improving student achievement • Must have Master’s degree • Commit to teach for 5 years in a high need school district • Receive annual salary supplement of at least $10,000 for 5 years plus professional development while fulfilling the teaching commitment

20. NSF Teaching Fellowships & Master Teaching Fellowships Track Phase I: • Award size up to $3 million over 5-6 years • Additional $250,000 for collaboration with two-year colleges • Matching funds required: • 30% of total budget for request less than $1.5 million, excluding two-year college incentive • 50% of total budget if request is $1.5 million or more, excluding two-year college incentive • At least 50% of cost share must be cash • At least 75% of total direct costs must be for direct support to participants (stipends, salary supplements, professional development)

21. NSF Teaching Fellowships & Master Teaching Fellowships Track • Phase II Fellowships: Award size up to $1.8 million over 5 years • Matching funds required • At least 75% of total direct costs must be for direct support to participants (stipends, salary supplements, professional development) • Phase II Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E): • Award size up to $300,000 with duration of up to 3 years • No matching funds or restriction on budget allocation (no Fellowships)

22. TF/MTF Proposals Must Include: • A department within an IHE that provides an advanced program of study in math and science, • A department or entity within an IHE that provides teacher preparation or a 2-year institution that offers a teacher preparation program or a dual enrollment or an articulation agreement with an IHE that credentials teachers, • At least one high need school district and public school(s) within this district, and • At least one nonprofit organization with the capacity and expertise to support the goals of the project.

23. Project Description: TF/MTF Proposals • Results from Prior NSF Support • Statement on Broader Impacts • Description of proposed Fellowship program: • For NSF Teaching Fellows • Description of the Master’s degree program • Evidence of an infrastructure that is supportive of new teachers • For NSF Master Teaching Fellows • Description of the professional development program • Evidence of an infrastructure that will support and facilitate the Fellows’ work as Master Teachers

24. Project Description: TF/MTF Proposals • Describe: • Recruitment activities • Selection process • Management and administrative structure • Cost sharing, including source and amount; enter amount on Budget form Line M

25. Project Description: TF/MTF Proposals • Describe: • Plans to monitor and enforce compliance with the required teaching commitment • Plans for sustaining activities beyond NSF funding period • Evaluation plan • Provide evidence of: • Collaboration between STEM faculty and education faculty • Functioning partnerships between IHEs, school districts, and non-profit organizations • Commitment to make the program a central institutional focus

26. Noyce Scholarship Program Capacity Building Track To establish the infrastructure and partnerships for implementing a future Noyce Teacher Scholarship or NSF Teaching Fellowship (TF/MTF) project • Development of new teacher preparation programs for STEM majors and STEM professionals • Development of new programs for developing Master STEM Teachers

27. Noyce Scholarship Program Capacity Building Track: Serving the broader community of STEM educators To develop the capacity of the teacher preparation community to expand efforts to document, disseminate, and implement evidence-based practices for preparing effective STEM teachers and teacher leaders: • workshops, conferences focusing on challenges or effective practices in recruiting and preparing STEM teachers for high-need school districts • Knowledge syntheses, identification/dissemination of resources and evidence-based practices • Enhancing Noyce project evaluation

28. Project Description: Capacity Building Projects • Results from Prior NSF Support: Address prior support relevant to the proposed project • Broader Impacts statement • A description of the activities planned, timeline, and outcomes expected to result from the proposal. • Plans for evaluating progress and outcomes of the project.

29. Noyce Scholarship Program Capacity Building Track • Award size up to $300,000; up to 2 yrs. • May include an additional $50,000 over 2 years for collaborations between two-year and four-year institutions. • No restriction on budget allocation (within standard NSF policies) • No cost sharing

30. NSF Review Criteria • NSF Merit Review Criteria • Intellectual Merit: encompasses the potential to advance knowledge • Broader Impacts: encompasses the potential to benefit society and contribute to the achievement of specific, desired societal outcomes • Additional Noyce Program specific review criteria, dependent on proposal type

31. All Proposals Must Include: • One page Project Summary (Overview, Intellectual Merit and Broader Impact) • Project description (15 pages) , including Results from Prior NSF Support • Budget forms and narrative for each year • Biosketches • Current & Pending Forms • Facilities, Equipment, and Other Resources document • References • Mentoring Plan for Postdoctoral Researchers (if in budget) • Data Management Plan (consult NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG), NSF 14-1) • Indicate Human Subjects status on cover sheet (pending, approved, or exempt) • Consult Grant Proposal Guide (NSF 14-1) for specific guidance not specifically addressed in solicitation

32. Common Guidelines for Educational Research • The Guidelines were developed to “establish cross-agency guidelines for improving the quality, coherence, and pace of knowledge development in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education” (NSF 13-126) • The Common Guidelines (NSF 13-126): http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf13126 • Related FAQs (NSF 13-127): http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2013/nsf13127/nsf13127.jsp

34. Noyce Portfolio

35. Noyce Scholarship Program 2014 Deadlines • Letters of Intent (optional): February 5, 2014 • Full Proposal Deadline: March 5, 2014

36. Questions? Contact a Noyce Program Officer: Joan Prival jprival@nsf.gov Nicole Bennett nbennett@nsf.gov Gregory Goins ggoins@nsf.gov www.nsf.gov www.nsfnoyce.org