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Preparing Tomorrow’s Scientists and Engineers for the Challenges of the 21 st Century

NSF Division of Graduate Education Graduate STEM Fellows in K-12 Education. NSF Division of Graduate Education Graduate STEM Fellows in K-12 Education. Preparing Tomorrow’s Scientists and Engineers for the Challenges of the 21 st Century. GK-12.

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Preparing Tomorrow’s Scientists and Engineers for the Challenges of the 21 st Century

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  1. NSF Division of Graduate Education Graduate STEM Fellows in K-12 Education NSF Division of Graduate Education Graduate STEM Fellows in K-12 Education Preparing Tomorrow’s Scientists and Engineers for the Challenges of the 21st Century GK-12 Preparing Tomorrow’s Scientists and Engineers for the Challenges of the 21st Century GK-12

  2. Program Goals Graduate StudentsCommunication, Leadership, Team Building K-12 EducationEnhanced Teaching and Learning Higher EducationTransform Graduate Programs Graduate STEM Fellows in K-12 Education (GK-12)

  3. Ten Year Numbers • Annual Budget $55+ Million • GK-12 has made 299 awards at 182 institutions • Funded 7,440 Graduate Fellows • Provided resources for 10,717 K-12 Teachers, working in 5,503 different schools • 550,024 K-12 Students have been impacted by GK-12 Fellows Graduate STEM Fellows in K-12 Education (GK-12)

  4. GK-12 Projects: National Distribution Graduate STEM Fellows in K-12 Education (GK-12)

  5. Participant Support (including travel) Participant Support (including travel) K-12 Teachers Graduate Students >= 70% >= 70% • $5,000 Stipend • $30,000 Stipend • $10,500 Cost of education $600,000 (Per Year, for 5 Years) External Project Evaluator Indirect Costs • Up to 2.5% of total direct costs • 8% of total direct costs Funding Amount Graduate STEM Fellows in K-12 Education (GK-12)

  6. Budget Breakdown SBE - 0.10 M (0.1%) CISE - 0.24 M (0.4%) MPS - 0.33M (0.6%) GEO – 0.4 M (0.7%) BIO – 0.9 M (1.6%) ENG - 3.37 M (6.2%) DGE - 49.0 M (90%) Total GK-12 Budget 54.5 M FY10 Anticipated Contributions (in Millions) *Additional contributions from EPSCoR, OISE, OCI *Additional contributions from EPSCoR, OISE, OCI

  7. Types of Institutions

  8. NSF SupportedSTEM Disciplines

  9. Eligibility • Lead academic institution must be in the United States or its territories and grant masters or doctoral degrees in STEM disciplines supported by the NSF • Principal Investigator(PI) must be a STEM discipline faculty member actively conducting STEM research at lead institution • One proposal may be submitted per institution • Institutions having an active or past GK-12 project are eligible, but must coordinate evaluation efforts; • Must be a new proposal, clarify what are the differences between the new and existing or past ones Graduate STEM Fellows in K-12 Education (GK-12)

  10. New Solicitation Released February / March Letters of Intent Due Late May New Awards Made December / January Full Proposal Due Later June Panel Review Mid August Application Cycle Graduate STEM Fellows in K-12 Education (GK-12)

  11. International Supplement • Supplements to current project • Support to Graduate Students and/or Teachers (only U.S. participants) • May request up to $100,000 for international component Graduate STEM Fellows in K-12 Education (GK-12)

  12. Fellows Perspective Graduate STEM Fellows in K-12 Education (GK-12)

  13. GK-12 Website www.gk12.org

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