OpportunityTitle: NSF GRADUATE STEM FELLOWS IN K-12 EDUCATION
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: *Organization Limit: Proposals may only be submitted by the following:   - Academic institutions in the United States and its territories that grant masters or doctoral degrees in STEM disciplines supported by the National Science Foundation.   *PI Limit: The lead Principal Investigator (PI) must be a STEM discipline faculty member actively conducting STEM research at the lead institution.  Faculty memberswhose primary research is on science education (e.g. physics education, technology education, mathematics education, engineering education, etc.) are not eligible to serve as the lead PI.
Description: This program provides funding for graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines to bring their leading research practice and findings into K-12 learning settings. Through collaborations with other graduate fellows and faculty from STEM disciplines, teachers and students in K-12 environments, and community partners, graduate students can gain a deeper understanding of their own research and place it within a societal and global context. The GK-12 program provides an opportunity for graduate students to acquire value-added skills, such as communicating STEM subjects to technical and non-technical audiences, leadership, team building, and teaching while enriching STEM learning and instruction in K-12 settings. This unique experience will add value to the training of U.S. graduate students and will energize and prepare the students for a broad range of STEM careers in a competitive globalized marketplace. Furthermore, the GK-12 program provides institutions of higher education with an opportunity to transform the conventional graduate education by infusing and sustaining GK-12 like activities in their graduate programs. Expected outcomes include:1) For graduate fellowsEnhanced understanding of their own research subject area, and its societal and global contexts; improved communication skills of STEM subjects with technical and non-technical audiences, leadership, team building, and teaching capabilities.2) For K-12 education Professional development opportunities for teachers in both STEM content and pedagogy; and enhanced learning and STEM career interest for students.3) For institutions of higher educationTransformation of graduate programs; strengthened and sustained partnerships with local school districts, industry, non-profit sector, etc.; and enhanced institutional impact of graduate education to society.
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CloseDateExplanation: Letter of Intent Due Dates (required) May 19, 2009  April 20, 2010 Full Proposal Deadlines June 29, 2009 June 03, 2010