Preparing Tomorrows Scientists and Engineers for the Challenges of the 21 st Century Preparing Tomorrows Scientists and Engineers for the Challenges of the 21 st Century GK-12 NSF Division of Graduate Education Graduate STEM Fellows in K-12 Education

Program Goals Graduate STEM Fellows in K-12 Education (GK-12) Graduate Students Communication, Leadership, Team Building K-12 Education Enhanced Teaching and Learning Higher Education Transform Graduate Programs

Annual Budget $55+ Million GK-12 has made 299 awards at 182 institutions Funded 7,440 Graduate Fellows Provided resources for 10,717 K-12 Teachers, working in 5,503 different schools 550,024 K-12 Students have been impacted by GK-12 Fellows Graduate STEM Fellows in K-12 Education (GK-12) Ten Year Numbers

Graduate STEM Fellows in K-12 Education (GK-12) GK-12 Projects: National Distribution GK-12 Projects: National Distribution

Funding Amount Graduate STEM Fellows in K-12 Education (GK-12) >= 70% Participant Support (including travel) >= 70% Participant Support (including travel) K-12 Teachers $5,000 Stipend Graduate Students $30,000 Stipend $10,500 Cost of education External Project Evaluator Up to 2.5% of total direct costs Indirect Costs 8% of total direct costs $600,000 (Per Year, for 5 Years)

Budget Breakdown *Additional contributions from EPSCoR, OISE, OCI FY10 Anticipated Contributions (in Millions) DGE M (90%) ENG M (6.2%) BIO – 0.9 M (1.6%) GEO – 0.4 M (0.7%) MPS M (0.6%) CISE M (0.4%) SBE M (0.1%) Total GK-12 Budget 54.5 M

Types of Institutions

NSF Supported STEM Disciplines

Eligibility Lead academic institution must be in the United States or its territories and grant masters or doctoral degrees in STEM disciplines supported by the NSF Principal Investigator(PI) must be a STEM discipline faculty member actively conducting STEM research at lead institution One proposal may be submitted per institution Institutions having an active or past GK-12 project are eligible, but must coordinate evaluation efforts; Must be a new proposal, clarify what are the differences between the new and existing or past ones Graduate STEM Fellows in K-12 Education (GK-12)

Application Cycle Graduate STEM Fellows in K-12 Education (GK-12) New Solicitation Released February / March Letters of Intent Due Late May Full Proposal Due Later June Panel Review Mid August New Awards Made December / January

Graduate STEM Fellows in K-12 Education (GK-12) International Supplement Supplements to current project Support to Graduate Students and/or Teachers (only U.S. participants) May request up to $100,000 for international component

Fellows Perspective Graduate STEM Fellows in K-12 Education (GK-12)

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