OpportunityTitle: Math and Science Partnership
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: *Organization Limit: Proposals may only be submitted by the following:    -  Lead partner eligibility for any of the Partnership categories &amp;ndash; Targeted, Institute, MSP-Start or Phase II &amp;ndash; is limited to an institution of higher education or an eligible non-profit organization (or consortia of such institutions or organizations).            Eligibility for Research, Evaluation and Technical Assistance (RETA) projects is open to all categories of proposers identified in the NSF Grant Proposal Guide.            Eligibility for Innovation through Institutional Integration (I&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt;) is limited to institutions of higher education (including two- and four-year colleges) accredited in, and having a campus located in the US. If the proposal is exclusively for I&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt; STEM educational or related research, then all categories of proposers identified in the NSF Grant Proposal Guide are eligible to submit.          Any proposal to the MSP Program should be a single submission that includes support for all partners that are requesting funding from NSF.      *PI Limit:  The Principal Investigator of a proposal for any of the Partnership categories &amp;ndash; Targeted, Institute, MSP-Start or Phase II &amp;ndash; must be a mathematician, scientist or engineer and a regular faculty member in a mathematics, science or engineering department in a higher education core partner. One or more co-Principal Investigators must be representative(s) from the K-12 core partner organization(s).          The Principal Investigator for an Innovation through Institutional Integration (I&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt;) proposal must be the university provost or equivalent chief academic officer, unless the proposal is exclusively for I&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt; STEM educational or related research.
Description: The Math and Science Partnership (MSP) program is a major research and development effort that supports innovative partnerships to improve K-12 student achievement in mathematics and science. MSP projects are expected to raise the achievement levels of all students and significantly reduce achievement gaps in the mathematics and science performance of diverse student populations. In order to improve the mathematics and science achievement of the Nation&apos;s students, MSP projects contribute to what is known in mathematics and science education and serve as models that have a sufficiently strong evidence/research base to improve the mathematics and science education outcomes for all students. NSF&apos;s MSP program coordinates its effort with the Mathematics and Science Partnerships program of the U.S. Department of Education in the expectation that effective innovations in mathematics and science education will be disseminated into wider practice. The two programs are significant components of the America COMPETES Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-69). Through this solicitation, NSF seeks to support five types of MSP awards plus EHR-wide projects: Targeted Partnerships focus on studying and solving teaching and learning issues within a specific grade range or at a critical juncture in education, and/or within a specific disciplinary focus in mathematics or the sciences; Institute Partnerships &#8211; Teacher Institutes for the 21st Century focus on meeting national needs for teacher leaders/master teachers who have deep knowledge of disciplinary content for teaching and are fully prepared to be school- or district-based intellectual leaders in mathematics or the sciences; MSP-Start Partnerships are for awardees new to the MSP program, especially from minority-serving institutions, community colleges and primarily undergraduate institutions, to support the necessary data analysis, project design, evaluation and team building activities needed to develop a full MSP Targeted or Institute Partnership; Phase II Partnerships for prior MSP Partnership awardees focus on specific innovative areas of their work where evidence of the potential for significant positive impact is clearly documented. The intent is that focused efforts carry out the necessary research to advance knowledge and understanding in the specific area(s). Research, Evaluation and Technical Assistance (RETA) projects directly support the work of the Partnerships by conducting methodologically rigorous studies of the impacts of MSP activities on student or teacher learning. Longitudinal and cross-site studies are particularly encouraged as are those that test innovative methodologies; and Innovation through Institutional Integration (I3) projects enable faculty, administrators, and others in institutions to think and act strategically about the creative integration of NSF-funded awards, with particular emphasis on awards managed through programs in the Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR), but not limited to those awards. For Fiscal Year 2010, proposals are being solicited in nine EHR programs that advance I3 goals: CREST, GSE, HBCU-UP, ITEST, LSAMP, MSP, Noyce, RDE, and TCUP.
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