Funding Opportunities for Learning and Teaching in the Mathematical Sciences 2016 PCMI

NSF Funding Sources Cross-Directorate Programs – Research in Undergraduate Institutions – Research Opportunity Awards Directorate for Education and Human Resources Discipline Research Directorates

NSF Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR): Themes Broadening Participation to Improve Workforce Development Enriching the Education of STEM Teachers Promoting Learning Through Research and Evaluation Furthering Public Understanding of Science and Advancing STEM Literacy Transforming STEM Education through Cyber-enabled Learning Strategies

EHR Core Research (ECR) EHR has established a cross-directorate Core Research Program. Proposals are encouraged that help synthesize, build and/or expand research foundations in four core areas. STEM Learning STEM Learning environments Workforce development Broadening participation in STEM

Types of Proposals The three levels of funding should align with the maturity of the proposed work, the size and scope of the effort, as well as the capacity of the interdisciplinary team to conduct the proposed research: Level I proposals: have a maximum award size of $500,000 and a maximum duration of 3 years; Level II proposals have a maximum total award size of $1,500,000 and a maximum duration of 3 years; Level III proposals have a maximum award size of $2,500,000 and a maximum duration of 5 years.

NSF Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR): Divisions Division of Research on Learning (DRL) - merger of Elementary, Secondary, and Informal Education (ESIE) and Research, Evaluation, and Communication (REC) Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE) Division of Human Resource Development (HRD) Division Graduate Education (DGE)

Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings (DRL): Mission To promote innovative research, development, and evaluation of learning and teaching across all STEM disciplines by advancing cutting-edge knowledge and practices in both formal and informal learning settings.

Offer a set of complementary approaches for advancing research, development, and field-based improvement strategies. Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) Discovery Research K-12 (DR-K12) STEM+Computing Partnerships(STEM+CP)

DR-K12 Goals The DR-K12 program seeks to enable significant advances in K-12 student and teacher learning of the STEM disciplines, through research and development of innovative resources, models, and technologies for use by students, teachers, administrators and policy makers.

1. Improve assessment of student knowledge and skills in order to improve instruction and learning. 2. Provide all student the opportunity to learn significant STEM content. 3. Enhance the ability of teachers to provide STEM education. 4. Learn how effective innovations are implemented, scaled, and sustainedschools.

Award types – Full Design and Development projects – Exploratory projects – Conference/Workshop projects

DR-K12 Review current solicitation at: d=500047&ods_key=nsf13601 Date: For further information: , or A portfolio of funded projects can be found at

Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE) Mission: To promote excellence in undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education for all students Goals: Provide leadership Support curriculum development Prepare the workforce Foster connections

Noyce Scholarship Program: Noyce Scholarship Track Encourage STEM disciplinary majors to pursue pre-K to 12 teaching careers Support career changers with STEM backgrounds to pursue pre-K to 12 teaching Recipients must teach in a “high-need” setting for two years for every one year of support Funds provided to colleges and universities with strong teacher preparation programs to provide scholarships for prospective teachers Scholarships based on academic merit, consideration of financial need, and increasing the participation of minority populations in the teaching There are four tracks

Noyce Scholarship Program Track 2: NSF Teaching Fellowstrack: professionals enroll in master's degree teacher certification programs and receive academic courses, professional development, and salary supplements while fulfilling four years of teaching in a high need school district. Track 3: NSF Master Teaching Fellows: Exemplary mathematics and science teachers receive professional development and salary supplements to become Master Teachers in high need school districts.

Support for undergraduate students: – must be juniors or seniors majoring in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics – Scholarships of at least $10,000 per year for 2 years – Students must commit to teaching in a high need school district for 2 years for each year of scholarship support – Students failing to meet service requirement must repay scholarship Noyce Scholarship Program

Support for career-changers: – Must be STEM professional enrolled in a teacher certification program – Stipends of at least $10,000 for one year – Recipients must commit to two years of service as a mathematics or science teacher in a high need school district – Recipients failing to meet service requirement must repay scholarship

Noyce Scholarship Awards Model Projects include— Recruitment strategies Exemplary programs leading to certification Requirement for 2-years of service in high need school district for each year of support Mechanism for monitoring recipients and evaluating project

NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) Goals 1. To increase the recruitment, retention, student success, and graduation of low-income academically talented students with demonstrated financial need. 2. To implement and study models, effective practices, and/or strategies that contribute to understanding the factors of supportive curricular and co-curricular activities that affect recruitment, retention, student success 3. To contribute to the implementation and sustainability of effective curricular and co-curricular activities for low-income academically talented students with demonstrated financial need, pursuing undergraduate or graduate STEM education Deadlines: 09/22/2015 and 05/16/2016

S-STEM STRAND 1: Up to $650,000 S-STEM Institutional Capacity Building seeks to increase the participation of institutions that have limited experience with designing and conducting activities. Strand 1 provides funds to establish new collaborative partnerships and infrastructure that support these types of projects to (1) provide scholarships, (2) enhance the implementation and understanding of evidence-based academic and student support activities for NSF S-STEM Scholars and other academically talented low-income students pursuing STEM degrees, (3) increase retention, student success and graduation in STEM, and (4) develop and test strategies for systematically exploring student academic and career pathways in STEM in ways that are congruent with the context of the institution. At least 60% of funds have to be used for student scholarships.

S-STEM STRAND 2: Up to $1 million for a single institution and $5 million for multi-institutional projects S-STEM Design and Development seeks to leverage S- STEM funds with institutional efforts and infrastructure to increase and understand recruitment, retention, student success, and degree attainment in STEM, with emphasis on low- income academically talented students with demonstrated financial need.

Strand 2 projects are expected to establish scholarship programs that also provide strong academic and student support to increase student success and degree attainment increase retention, student success and graduation in STEM and the quality of the STEM workforce; have strong STEM faculty commitment and involvement; implement or adapt and study effective high quality curricular and co- curricular activities and professional development that are tailored to students, STEM faculty, and different types of institutional contexts; focus on aspects of student experiences and success (such as research experiences, internships, participation in student cohorts, the mentor/mentee relationship); and increase implementation and understanding of high quality evidence- based practices and strategies on student outcomes.

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATION Promotes improvement in the education of science and engineering technicians at the undergraduate and secondary school level and the educators who prepare them, focusing on high-technology fields that drive the nation’s economy. ATE is in its 24 th year of funding community colleges, having started with the Science and Advanced Technology Act of 1992 (SATA).

Advanced Technological Education Program Projects which focus on: – Program Improvement; – Professional Development for Educators; – Curriculum and Educational Materials Development; – Teacher Preparation; or – Small Grants for Institutions New to the ATE Program. Centers of Excellence – National, Regional, Resource – Targeted Research on Technician Education

Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) DUE is no longer accepting proposals for WIDER, TUES, or STEP. Proposals that would have gone to one of these programs now go to IUSE.

IUSE Full Proposal Deadline Date: November 2, 2016 Exploration and Design Tier for Engaged Student Learning & Institution and Community Transformation Full Proposal Deadline Date: January 11, 2017 Development and Implementation Tiers for Engaged Student Learning & Institution and Community Transformation

IUSE Goal Address immediate challenges and opportunities facing the undergraduate STEM education enterprise.

IUSE Envisioned Outcomes Increased student retention in STEM Students prepared to participate in STEM for tomorrow Improve student learning gains New knowledge about how students learn and about effective practice in STEM undergraduate classrooms Broadened participation in STEM

Workforce Program in the Mathematical Sciences Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (MSPRF) Mathematical Sciences Infrastructure Program Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Division of Mathematical Sciences (DMS) Training Programs

The program welcomes unsolicited proposals that aim to improve: recruitment and retention - increasing the number and diversity of U.S. students who successfully pursue undergraduate and graduate degrees in mathematics and statistics educational breadth - broadening graduate education and undergraduate education content in the mathematical sciences to prepare students for a wider range of career opportunities professional development - enhancing the professional skills of mathematical sciences postdoctoral associates, graduate students, and undergraduate students to better prepare them for both academic and nonacademic employment The program particularly seeks proposals for activities that are: novel and potentially transformative, in that they promise extraordinary outcomes portable, in the sense that they potentially can be duplicated at other institutions sustainable, meaning that the activity can be continued in the absence of external funding likely to have large impact in terms of the numbers of trainees affected exemplary, in that they can serve as national models for education through research involvement Mathematical Science Infrastructure Program: Unsolicited Proposals Proposal submission window: May 15 - June 15 annually

Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) NSF-wide program that supports active research participation by undergraduate students Draws on the integration of research and education to attract a diversified pool of talented students into careers in science and engineering Projects involve students in meaningful ways in ongoing research programs or in research projects specifically designed for the REU program

Sites vs. Supplements Group of students with group activities Variety of research projects, maybe NSF- funded or maybe not Choice of mentor or project Most students not from host institution Usually one or two students Research within an NSF-funded research project Position tied to particular mentor or project Students usually from host institution REU SitesREU Supplements Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)

Sites Well-defined common focus to facilitate a cohort experience for students Budget: $1,200/student/week Significant fraction of student participants must come from outside host institution Full proposal deadline: Fourth Wednesday in August

Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Supplements Support for (usually) one or two students within an NSF-funded research project Students usually from host institution Request either as a supplement to an active NSF grant, or within a regular (new or renewal) research proposal For advice, contact program officer assigned to the active NSF grant or program officer who manages the relevant research program Not appropriate for education grants, except education research

NSA Funding Opportunities Grants for Research in Mathematics Conferences, workshops, REUs and Special Situation Proposals Sabbaticals Program

Grants for Research in Mathematics The NSA supports self-directed, unclassified research in the areas of Algebra, Number Theory, Discrete Mathematics, Probability, and Statistics They do not support research in cryptology Two types of grants  Young Investigators grant  Standard Grant

Young Investigator Grant Investigators must be within ten years of receiving the Ph.D $20,000 a year for two years Awards cover the direct costs of up to two months of summer salary per year plus fringes, a small amount for travel and expenses, and a university payment of indirect cost may apply. During the same period of time, research by a Young Investigator cannot be supported by another government funding agency.

Conferences, Workshops, REUs, and Special Situations Up to 2 years of support Efforts to promote attendance and participation by minorities and women are highly encouraged The stipend awarded by NSA for a conference or workshop cannot exceed $25,000 for a single year Requests for other activities in this category cannot exceed $125,000 per year.

MAA Grants Dolciani Mathematics Enrichment Grants (DMEG) support projects designed to develop mathematical enrichment programs for talented students in middle or high school. (Up to $6000) Dolciani Mathematics Enrichment Grants (DMEG) National Research Experience for Undergraduates Program (NREUP) supports the participation of mathematics undergraduates from underrepresented groups in focused and challenging research experiences to increase their interest in advanced degrees and careers in mathematics. (Up tp $27,500) National Research Experience for Undergraduates Program (NREUP)

MAA cont. PIC Math prepares mathematical sciences students for industrial careers by engaging them in research problems that come directly from industry. (Up tp $5000) PIC Math Tensor Grants for Women and Mathematics support projects designed to encourage college and university women or high school and middle school girls to study mathematics. (Up to $6000) Tensor Grants for Women and Mathematics

MAA cont. Tensor-SUMMA Grants: Strengthening Underrepresented Minority Mathematics Achievement support programs designed to encourage pursuit and enjoyment of mathematics among middle school students, high school students, and/or beginning college students from groups traditionally under-represented in the field of mathematics. (Up to $6000) Tensor-SUMMA Grants: Strengthening Underrepresented Minority Mathematics Achievement Travel Grants for Undergraduates to attend MAA National Meetings. Students can receive up to $500 to cover travel and lodging expenses if they are presenting at MathFest or the Joint Mathematics Meetings. Travel Grants for Undergraduates

Division of Human Resource Development (HRD) Minority and Minority Serving Institution Programs: Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate Program (AGEP) Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU-UP) The Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Program (LSAMP) Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP)

Division of Human Resource Development (HRD) Women and Girls: Research on Gender in Science and Engineering (GSE) Persons with Disabilities: Research in Disabilities Education (RDE)

Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate Program (AGEP) Increase the number minority students receiving doctoral degrees in STEM develop and implement models for recruiting, mentoring, and retaining students develop effective strategies for identifying and supporting students who want to pursue academic careers Research on different transitions undergraduate through graduate study course-taking to independent research the academic environment to the workplace

Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) Develops outstanding centers through the integration of education and research Minority Serving Institutions are eligible Promote the production of new knowledge Increase the research productivity of faculty Broaden student access to STEM research Five-year projects, up to $1 M per year Research Infrastructure for Science and Engineering (HBCU-RISE) HBCUs with STEM doctoral programs only Three-year projects, $1 M total

The Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Program (LSAMP) Develop strategies to increase the number of minority students who complete BA/BS degrees in STEM Partnerships between institutions, government agencies and laboratories, industry and professional organizations are required Activities include: student enrichment skill development and academic enrichment mentoring curricular and instructional improvement direct student support

Historically Black Colleges and Universities – Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP) Enhance the quality of undergraduate STEM education at HBCUs Course development Undergraduate research opportunities Faculty development Technology incorporation Student support services: tutoring, mentoring NEW: Education Research Projects provide support to undertake a three-year education research project which is relevant to the HBCU community and has the potential to strengthen the STEM education and research programs at HBCUs.

Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP) Enhance the quality of STEM instructional and outreach programs at TCUs Emphasis on the leveraged use of information technologies to address the digital divide Activities include: Implementation of comprehensive institutional approaches to strengthen STEM teaching and learning Improve access to, retention within and graduation from STEM programs Eligible institutions are Tribal Colleges and Universities, and Alaskan Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions

Research on Gender in Science and Engineering (GSE) Broaden participation of girls and women in STEM fields – Research informing educational practice – Dissemination of research – Integration of proven good practices in education

Research in Disabilities Education (RDE) Increase the participation and achievement of persons with disabilities in STEM education and careers Research informing educational practice Dissemination of research Regional Alliances for persons with disabilities in STEM education

To increase the participation and advancement of women in academic science and engineering careers ADVANCE: To increase the participation and advancement of women in academic science and engineering careers Partnerships for Adaptation, Implementation and Dissemination (PAID) Variable duration and funding size depending on scope Projects should adapt, implement and/or disseminate the exemplary programs, policies, and practices to increase the participation of women in STEM academics. Institutional Transformation (IT) 5-year projects, $2-4M total Comprehensive, institution-wide, projects to transform the organization and culture of the university or college IT-Catalyst: 2-year planning grant projects, up to $200K total Planning and assessment activities to prepare a competitive IT proposal.

Division of Graduate Education (DGE) DGE programs promote the early career development of scientists and engineers by providing support at critical junctures of their careers through fellowships and traineeships.

Five Year Award Three years of support during 5-year fellowship period $34,000 Stipend per year $12,000 Educational allowance to institution Choice of project, research advisor & program No service requirement Portability Any accredited institution MS PhD DGE---Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)