Writing a More Effective Proposal for the New CCLI Solicitation

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National Science Foundation Update What
s New at DUE? The 19th Biennial Conference on
Chemical Education Monday, July 31,
2006 Kathleen Parson (Chemistry) Program
Director Susan Hixson Hal
Richtol Harry Ungar Division of
Undergraduate Education
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

• DIVISION OF UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION (DUE)

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Selected Programs
CCLI Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory
Improvement S-STEM Scholarships in Science,
Technology,Engineering, and
Mathematics (formerly CSEMS) STEP STEM
Talent Expansion Program ATE Advanced
Technological Education Robert Noyce Scholarship
Program Scholarships for STEM Teacher
Preparation Stipends for STEM career changers
New
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CCLI

• Vision
• Excellent STEM education for all undergraduate
  students.
• Goal
• Stimulate, disseminate, and institutionalize
  innovative developments in STEM education through
  the production of knowledge and the improvement
  of practice.
• Our broadest, most innovative program

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Increased Emphases in New Solicitation

• Build on and contribute to the STEM education
  knowledge base
• Build a community of scholars in STEM education
  reform
• Identify project-specific measurable outcomes
• Project management and evaluation

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Deadlines

• Phase 1   May (?), 2007
• Phase 2 3  January 10, 2007
• Send it in early!

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Cyclic Model for Creating Knowledge andImproving
Practices in STEM Education
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Five Components from the Cyclic Model
Materials
Expertise
Research
Implement
Assess

• Include one or more of these components
• Create learning materials and teaching
  strategies
• Develop faculty expertise
• Implement educational innovations
• Assess learning and evaluate innovation
• Conduct research on STEM teaching and
  learning

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Component 1
Materials
Expertise
Research
Implement
Assess

• Create Learning Materials and Teaching Strategies
• New materials and tools
• New methods and strategies
• Revised materials and strategies

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Component 2
Materials
Expertise
Research
Implement
Assess

• Develop Faculty Expertise
• New Methods (e.g. web based)
• From short-term workshops to sustained
  activities
• Foster new communities of practicing educators
• Diverse group of faculty
• Cost-effective professional development

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Component 3
Materials
Expertise
Research
Implement
Assess

• Implement Educational Innovations
• Disseminate proven learning materials, teaching
  strategies, or faculty-development methods
• From CCLI projects or other sources
• Local adaptation and implementation projects
  acceptable
• Include instrumentation to support such projects
• No cost sharing

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Component 4
Materials
Expertise
Research
Implement
Assess

• Assess Learning and
• Evaluate Innovations
• Design and test new assessment and evaluation
  tools and processes.
• Apply new and existing tools to conduct
  broad-based assessments
• Must span multiple projects and be of general
  interest

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Component 5
Materials
Expertise
Research
Implement
Assess

• Conduct Research on STEM Teaching and Learning
• Synthesize previous results and theories
• Practical focus
• Testable new ideas
• Impact on STEM educational practices
• Publication contribute to the knowledge base

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Three Sizes of Projects

• Phase 1
• 150,000 1 to 3 years
• 50,000 with community college partner
• Phase 2
• 500,000 2 to 4 years
• Phase 3
• 2,000,000 3 to 5 years

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Phases Reflect

• Scope of the Project
• Number of components in the cyclic model
• Scale of the Project
• Number of institutions, students and faculty
• Maturity of the Project
• Phase 1 may lead to Phase 2, etc.
• Not required

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Cyclic Model
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Phase 1

• Scope and Scale
• One program component
• Limited number of students faculty at one
  institution
• Expected Results
• Contribute to the STEM education knowledge base
• Can serve as basis for Phase 2 project

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Phase 2

• Scope and Scale
• Build on smaller-scale proven ideas
• Two or more components of the cyclic model
• Diverse users in several settings
• Expected Results
• Conclusive results
• Successful products and processes ready for wide
  distribution and commercialization
• Can serve as basis for Phase 3 project

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Phase 3

• Scope and Scale
• Combine proven results and mature products
• Several components of the cyclic model
• Involve several diverse institutions
• Expected Results
• Evaluation activities deep and broad
• Demonstrate the impact -- many students and
  faculty -- wide range of institutions.
• Dissemination and outreach have national impact

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NSFs outline

• READ THE SOLICITATION!
• Goals, Objectives, and Outcomes
• Rationale Reasons for doing it
• Project Plan Clear description of what you want
  to do
• Evaluation formative summative
• How will you know whether you have accomplished
  your goals objectives?
• Dissemination

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Examples of Phase I Awards

• Otterbein College DUE0546710 Visual-Spatial
  Learning Development of an Interactive Web-Based
  Symmetry Tutorial
• U of Alabama at Birmingham DUE 0536039 POGIL
  in Preparatory Chemistry
• U MN Morris DUE0535763 Integration of
  Conducting Polymers Across the UG Chemistry
  Curriculum
• U of Detroit Mercy DUE 0535943 AA
  Spectroscopy for Interdisciplinary Environmental
  Studies
• Loyola U New Orleans DUE0535957 Greening
  the Chemistry Laboratory Curriculum at LU/NO
• Texas AM DUE0536673 Anchoring Organic
  Chemistry in Broad Context
• Everett CC DUE0535624 Addition of Low-Field
  FT-NMR and FT-IR Spectroscopy for the Enhancement
  of the Chemistry Laboratory Curriculum
• Award Abstracts are available on the DUE web
  site.

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S-STEM
New

• Scholarships
• Science, Technology,
• Engineering, and Mathematics
• An enlarged version of CSEMS

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• Awards to colleges and universities to provide
  scholarships to their students
• Scholarships are part of a project to attract,
  retain, and place students. The goal is to
  increase the number and quality of graduates in
  the sciences
• Promotes learning communities

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Student requirements

• US Citizen or permanent resident
• Eligible for need-based Federal financial aid
• Enrolled in a program leading to a degree in one
  of the STEM disciplines
• Degree may be Associate, Bachelors, or Graduate
  
• Full-time enrollment
• Demonstrate academic ability or potential
• Scholarship may be for up to 10,000 per year,
  depending on financial need

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Proposal

• PI is faculty member in one of the STEM
  disciplines
• Others involved include faculty, financial aid,
  and student support staff
• Plan for selecting students and managing project
• Plan for using existing support student
  structures or creating new ones
• Plan for evaluating success of project

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Budget

• 125,000 per year for up to 4 years 500,000
  maximum award
• No indirect costs
• Allowance of 8 for student support costs
• 7 for administrative costs
• About 110 grants each year
• Due Date April (?), 2007

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STEP STEM Talent Expansion Program

• Types of Proposals
• Type 1 (10 to 20 awards)
• strategies to increase student numbers
• New numbers cannot come from other disciplines
• Type 2 (1 to 3 awards) research on degree
  attainment in STEM
• Program Deadline
• Letter of Intent August 15, 2006
• Proposal Due Date September 26, 2006

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STEP STEM Talent Expansion Program

• Outcomes expected
• Description of activities institutionalized from
  project
• Plan for continuing efforts to increase number of
  STEM students
• Evaluation of progress
• Dissemination of project results to broader
  community

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STEP STEM Talent Expansion Program

• Budgetary Limitations
• Type 1 (Implementation)
• 500 K for 5 years for up to 5,000 undergrad
  students
• 1.0 M for 5 years for 5,000-15,000 undergrad
  students
• 2.0 M for 5 years for gt15,000 undergrad students
• Type 2 (Educational Research)
• 500 K per year for 1-3 years
• One proposal per institution
• (can be a partner on only one proposal)
• 25 million available in 2005

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Award Supplement Opportunities

• Research Experiences for Teachers (RET)
• Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
• Research Opportunity Awards (ROA)
• Research Assistantships for Minority High School
• Students (RAMHSS)
• Informal Science Education Supplements
• International Research and Education Supplements
• Facilitation Award for Scientists and Engineers
  with Disabilities

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Information and Inquiries

• DUE Information System
• Email undergrad_at_nsf.gov
• Phone [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• DUE Web Site
• http//www.nsf.gov/div/index.jsp?divDUE
• Create a MyNSF personalized alert service
• DUE Mailing Address
• NSF, Division of Undergraduate Education
• 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Room 835
• Arlington, VA 22230
• VOLUNTEER TO REVIEW PROPOSALS!
• CONTACT A PROGRAM OFFICER SEE DUE WEB SITE!