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NSF
Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 Education (GK-12) Program Announcement
Internal
Deadline for preproposals: Thursday,
May 1, 2008
The University
of Minnesota may submit one application for the NSF Graduate Teaching
Fellows in K-12 Education (GK-12) Program. This program supports
fellowships and associated training that enable graduate students
in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering and mathematics
(STEM) disciplines to acquire additional skills that will broadly
prepare them for professional and scientific careers in the 21st
Century.
The objectives of the GK-12
program are: 1) to support highly qualified graduate students in
NSF- supported STEM disciplines through fellowships to provide
them with an opportunity to acquire additional skills that will
broadly prepare them for professional and scientific careers in
the 21st century; 2) to improve STEM instruction in K-12 schools;
and 3) to provide institutions of higher education with an opportunity
to make a permanent change in their graduate programs by incorporating
GK-12 like activities in the training of their STEM graduate students.
The GK-12 program
offers awards for new projects for up to $600,000
per year for five years. Track 1, 2 or
continuing funding are no longer offered.
Complete GK-12
Program description and requirements are available at NSF08556.
Evaluation Criteria:
Preproposals
will be evaluated using the criteria stated in section VI (Proposal
Review Information).
Preproposal Instructions:
Preproposals should include the following:
- Cover page that includes the PI name, Department,
e-mail, Project Title
- A list of Co-PIs, STEM faculty advisors and departments involved;
Numbers of 1)STEM Graduate fellows per year 2)K-12 classes anticipated
to be served per year, 3) Schools and school district partners;
Target audience (elementary, middle and high school grades);
Setting (urban, suburban, rural).
- Abbreviated Vita and Publications for PI. Limit three
pages. List education, appointments, relevant publications.
- Description of the proposed project that includes the objectives,
STEM research/interdisciplinary theme(s), and innovative
aspects of the project (limit
five pages). Indicate how fellow-teacher partnerships
will be initiated and enhanced during the lifetime of the project,
and how the program will benefit the fellows, teachers,
K-12 students, STEM faculty, and K-12 and higher education institutions.
Also include the intellectual merit and broader impacts of the
project proposed.
- Current and Pending support for PI and Co-PIs .
- A summary budget for each year of support requested.
- Letter(s) of collaboration/support from superintendent(s) of
participating K-12 school, if available.
The U of Minnesota applicant
will be required to submit a letter of intent to NSF by May
16, 2008, and submit a full proposal by July
3, 2008.
Please submit preproposals via
e-mail to facgrant@umn.edu by Thursday,
May 1 , 2008.
Please call 612-625-2356 or 612-625-7585 or email facgrant@umn.edu 
with questions about this program. |
