EHR UPDATES Joan Ferrini-Mundy Assistant Director, National Science Foundation Education and Human Resources Advisory Committee, Directorate for Education and Human Resources April 30, 2014

D IRECTORATE FOR E DUCATION AND H UMAN R ESOURCES Vision: A healthy and vital national science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education enterprise. Mission: To support research and development on STEM education and learning and to engage and grow a diverse, STEM-literate citizenry ready to advance the frontiers of science and innovate for society. 2

Welcome! New NSF Director France Córdova New EHR Advisory Committee Members New EHR staff and assignments 3

Transparency and Accountability Abstracts Post-panel reviews Portfolio analyses 4

NSF FY 2015 Budget Request: $ Million EHR FY 2015 Budget Request: $ Million EHR FY 2015 request is shaped by investments in fundamental research, capacity building, and people as well as critical investments in NSF-wide priorities and programs, and cross-agency collaboration. 5

R ESEARCH, D EVELOPMENT, AND M ODEL - B UILDING FOR STEM L EARNING Investments where questions inform development and model-building and, in turn, model building and development give rise to new questions. Research Development & Model- Building 6

EHR FY 2015 C ONGRESSIONAL B UDGET R EQUEST Divisions Request Research on Learning in Formal $ million and Informal Settings (DRL) Graduate Education (DGE) $ million Human Resource Development (HRD) $ million Undergraduate Education (DUE) $ million Total FY 2015 Request: $ million Change over FY 2014 estimate: $43.25 million (+5.1%) 7

EHR STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK STEM Professional Workforce

EHR C ORE R ESEARCH (ECR) M ERGES WITH R ESEARCH ON E DUCATION AND L EARNING (REAL) Foundational research in areas that are broad, essential, and enduring Coherent foundation of theory and research to guide and improve STEM education Synthesize, build and/or expand research foundations in key areas Total FY 2015 Request: $75.57 million (+$4.99M over FY14 estimate) 9

Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) $ million Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR) $ million Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) $2.5 million Directorate for Geosciences (GEO) $ million Directorate for Engineering (ENG) $6.00 million Rapidly and dramatically improve U.S. undergraduate STEM education through coherent, agency-wide investment to: increase numbers broaden diversity improve preparation of STEM professionals Common system of assessing the impact of the collective investment 10

11

I-Corps for Learning (I-Corps-L) A pilot initiative to study whether the I-Corps model can help to propagate and scale educational innovations Integrating the Scientific Process and Active Learning Participating Team Participating Teams

Value of I-Corps-L (from the participants) For their learning innovation... “I was really skeptical…I have learned an amazing amount already and look at things very differently than I did two weeks ago” “A scientific approach to customer discovery framed within the construct of the business model canvas provides a potentially transformative perspective to propagation of innovations” “All faculty who engage in research/funded activities should know this” And beyond... “Already applying it to other projects” “Out of my comfort zone, a good challenge” “Opens doors to people we wouldn’t normally get to meet” “Got an idea of how to use it in my teaching...” 13

SCIENCE LEARNING + An international partnership Established by NSF, UK-based Wellcome Trust, and UK Economic and Social Research Council In collaboration with the MacArthur Foundation, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, and the Noyce Foundation Science Learning+ funding (up to $14.4mil) will support Research into how learning happens outside the classroom Exploration of effective practice Building the evidence base Objectives Strengthen the research and knowledge base Bridge the practice – research gap: Share knowledge and experience: Funding priorities Understanding learning Engagement in STEM Skills development Equity, diversity, and access to informal learning settings Measurement of outcomes For additional information see Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) solicitation, NSF NSF

NSF/USAID Partnership NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Graduate Research Opportunities Worldwide Graduate research experiences in underdeveloped countries Initial Year: 15 partner countries/47 awards to GRFP Fellows 15

Leadership and Excellence February 18-19, 2014 – Successful PAEMST State Coordinator Meeting March 2-5, 2014 – ADVANCE PI meeting, with pre – meeting gathering of presidents and provosts March 3-5, 2014 – Presidential Awards Recognition Ceremony

A current activity: DRAFT 17 Five Levers, that frame what we can and cannot do: 1.Grant Making 2.Technical Assistance 3.Communication 4.Partnerships 5.People Four goals for the next few years: 1.Improve EHR work environment 2.Improve operating procedures 3.Identify critical challenges, work to find solutions 4.Increase impact 11 Short-Term Projects, to be completed by 12/31/2014, that will move us towards our goals. Advisory Committee Recommendations Notice 135 “accountability & transparency” Other FEVS External Drivers Internal Processes

18 Cross-Agency Activities

F EDERAL S TEM E DUCATION 5- YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN Members of the Committee on STEM Education (CoSTEM) *Department of Agriculture *Environmental Protection Agency *Department of Commerce *Executive Office of the President *Department of Defense *National Aeronautics and Space *Department of Education Administration *Department of Energy *National Science Foundation *Department of Health & Human *Smithsonian Institution Services *Department of Homeland Security *Department of the Interior *Department of Transportation 19

F EDERAL S TEM E DUCATION 5- YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN Priority Areas: Lead Convener *Improve STEM Instruction: Department of Education *Increase and Youth and Public Engagement in STEM: Smithsonian Institution *Enhance STEM Experience of Undergraduate Students: National Science Foundation *Better Serve Groups Historically Underrepresented in STEM Fields: National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health *Design Graduate Education for Tomorrow’s STEM Workforce: National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health Coordination Objectives *Build New Models for Leveraging Assets and Expertise: FC-STEM *Build and Use Evidence-Based Approaches: FC-STEM 20

Focus of this meeting Next steps on “Strategic Re-Envisioning for the Education and Human Resources Directorate” Hearing from the AC: Collaborations across sectors Defining the STEM education trajectory Collaborations across NSF Reflections from outgoing members National dialogue on K-12 standards Tackling a national issue: growing the STEM workforce 21