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Funding of Biotechnology Workforce Education by the National Science Foundation Linnea Fletcher Ph.D.
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Programs at NSF That Fund Workforce Development Advanced Technology Education (ATE)-
primarily 2-year colleges are the lead institutions on these proposals but other entities can be if the need is well-justified
Penn State is the lead institution for the Nanotechnology Center Grant
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New solicitation!
Promotes improvement in the education of science and engineering technicians at the undergraduate and the secondary school levels; may affect specialized technology courses or core science, mathematics, and technology courses that serve as immediate requisites or co-requisites for the specialized courses.
Activities may have a national or a regional focus, but not a purely local one.
Recognizes students as life –long learners
Provide students with 21st century skills (www.21stcenturyskills.org)
Needs to be sustainable
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ATE Solicitation Track 1: ATE Projects Faculty and Program Development, Teacher Preparation New opportunities
Business and Entrepreneurial Skills for Students Leadership Capacity Building for Faculty Small Institutions New (in the last 10 years) to ATE
Increased to $200,000 Conferences and Workshops up to $250,000 (anytime but
need 10 month lead time)
ATE Central –provides information on what events are happening across projects and centers and helps PIs with the tagging and distribution of information
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Track 2: Centers (regional, national, and resource) www.atecenters.org Size and ScopeFeatures
○ National or regional systemic reform, broad outreach, community-building, and leadership development
○ Realistic plan for achieving sustainability○ Development and maintenance of resources○ Mentoring of new PIs or potential PIs○ Specific strategies for recruiting, retaining and placing
students ○ Mechanisms for counting and tracking students○ Evaluation
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Targeted Research in Education and Economic Development
A good starting point is EVALUATE
Center Grant in Evaluation
www.evalu-ate.org
www.edu/evalctr/ate
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Examples of What Was Funded in 2009
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April 28 – 30, 2008 Scottsdale, Az
In 2008, NSF provided $16.3 million in support of biotechnology programs through its Advanced Technology Program
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Excellent STEM education for ALL undergraduate studentsCreation and Adaptation of curriculum that
embody what we know about how students learn
Supports faculty developmentWide dissemination and ADOPTION
Type 1, 2, 3 and Centers
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For 2-year, 4-year, and graduate programs in STEM
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Check DUE Site for MORE Programs Interdisciplinary Training for Undergraduates i
n Biological and Mathematical Sciences (UBM)
Math and Science Partnership (MSP) Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education (NUE) in Engineering
Research Coordination Networks in Biological Sciences (RCN)
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program (STEP)
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Other Divisions
Division of Informal and Formal Learning
(DRL)
ITESTShortage of technology workers in the USProvide school-age children and teachers
with science, technology, engineering, and math experiences in a career context
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Inquiry-based Marine Biotechnology and
Bioinformatics for Teachers and Students
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Division of Graduate Education (DGE)
Frequently asked questions including how this is different From the Professional Science Master’s ProgramRequires a research component
CHECK EHR Site, the Research Director Sites and the NSF Programs that Cross Cut Divisions
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Partnerships Across the Federal Government and Other Entities Department of Labor Department of Education Department of Energy US Department of Agriculture BIO Vision and Change Meeting
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)National Institute of HealthProfessional Societies
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