1. National Science Foundation Briefing
2011 USDA E. de la Garza Fellowship
US Department of Agriculture
Washington, DC
July 5, 2010
Victor A. Santiago
Division of Human Resource Development

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3. About the NSF
Sponsors scientific research in all areas of math, science, engineering and education
Supports education and training at all levels
Ensures a world-class science, engineering and technology workforce
Promotes public understanding of science, engineering and math 3

4. National Science Foundation
Board
Inspector General
Offices
Cyberinfrastructure
Integrative Activities
International S&E
Polar Programs
Director
Deputy Director
Computer &
Info. Science
& Engineering
Mathematical & Physical Sciences
Biological Sciences
Engineering
Geosciences
Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences
Budget, Finance & Award Management
Information Resource Management
Education & Human Resources 4

5. FY 2011 Budget Request
FY 2011 Budget Request: ~$7B
(8% over FY 10)

6. Two Merit Review Criteria:
NSF invests in the best ideas from the most capable people, determined by competitive merit review
Two Merit Review Criteria:
Intellectual Merit
Broader Impact 6

7. Intellectual Merit
How important is the proposed activity to advancing knowledge and understanding within its own field or across different fields?
How well qualified is the proposer (individual or team) to conduct the project?

8. Broader Impact
How well does the activity advance discovery and understanding while promoting teaching, training, and learning?
How well does the proposed activity broaden the participation of underrepresented groups?
Will it enhance the infrastructure for research and education, such as facilities, instrumentation, networks, and partnerships?

9. How Does NSF Identify Reviewers?
Program Director’s knowledge
NSF reviewer database
Professional society meetings
Professional journals
Literature cited in the proposal
Suggestions by the PI
Volunteers 9

10. Who will do science?
The face of higher education does not mirror the face of our nation.
Council of Graduate Schools, 2009

11. Institutional Capacity Building
Historically Black Colleges & Universities Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP)
Tribal Colleges & Universities Program (TCUP)
Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP)
Alliances for Graduate Education & the Professoriate (AGEP)
Centers of Research Excellence in Science & Technology (CREST)

12. Section 7033 of the America COMPETES Act authorizes the National Science Foundation to establish a new program to award grants on a competitive basis to Hispanic Serving Institutions.

13. HSI Listening Sessions
HACU Conference - Washington DC March, 2009
Faculty Outreach Forum – Albuquerque
Sept. 2009
Follow-up Workshop – Las Vegas
Dec. 2009
Draft Concept Paper (for Comment):

14. HSI Needs For STEM Capacity
Student Support
Faculty Support
STEM Curricula Enhancement
Integration of Research and Education
Partnerships
Laboratory Space
Instrumentation and Equipment

15. Selected NSF Programs
Transforming Undergraduate Education in STEM (TUES)
Advanced Technological Education (ATE)
Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP)
Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology

16. Transforming Undergraduate Education in STEM (TUES)
seeks to improve the quality of STEM education for all undergraduate students;
encourages projects that have the potential to transform undergraduate STEM education;
supports projects representing different stages of development, from small, exploratory investigations to large, comprehensive projects.

17. TUES supports efforts that:
Enhance our understanding of how students learn STEM topics and how faculty members adopt instructional approaches;
Build capacity to assess learning and evaluate educational innovations;
And, further the work of the program itself synthesizing findings across projects and disseminating them.

18. TUES supports efforts that:
Bring advances in STEM disciplinary knowledge into the undergraduate experience;
Create and adapt learning materials and teaching;
Develop faculty expertise;
Promote widespread implementation of educational innovations;
Prepare future K-12 teachers;

19. Advanced Technological Education (ATE)
promotes improvement in the education of S&E technicians at the undergraduate and secondary school level and the educators who prepare them.
focuses on 2-year colleges and expects 2-year colleges to have a leadership role in all projects.

20. ATE Tracks Projects Centers Targeted Research on Technician Education
Standard ($25, ,000/yr for 3 yrs)
Small projects for institutions new to ATE
Centers
National ($5 million over 4 yrs)
Regional ($3 million over 4 yrs)
Resource ($1.6 million over 4 yrs)
Targeted Research on Technician Education
- $100,000-$300,000/yr for 4 yrs

21. Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation Program (LSAMP)
Goal
Increase the number of underrepresented minority students attaining STEM BS degrees & preparing them to pursue advanced degrees in STEM fields.
Alliances
Community colleges, universities, schools, laboratories, industry…
HRD has a long tradition of effective partnerships to strengthen the Nation’s STEM enterprise.

22. LSAMP 39 Alliances with 500 Majority & Minority institutions
Graduated 26,000 students with STEM BS degrees in
Currently enrolls 230,000 undergraduate students in STEM.

23. LSAMP Lead Institutions
U.C.- Irvine Cal State Northridge
Colorado State Clark Atlanta
Drexel U. U. Houston
Chicago State Purdue U
Southern U A&M New Mexico State
U Mass – Amherst Stony Brook
Texas A&M Howard U
Arizona State U Md-Baltimore Co
U. Texas El Paso U. South Carolina
North Carolina A&T Jackson State U

24. LSAMP Strategies Summer Bridge Programs Research Experience Mentoring
Drop-In Centers
Caring Staff
Alliance Structure
Westat Report (NSF 01-31)

25. Centers of Research Excellence in Science and
Technology

26. NSF Contacts TUES Russ Pimmel: rpimmel@nsf.gov ATE
Celeste Carter:
LSAMP
A. James Hicks:
CREST
Richard Smith:
Victor A. Santiago:

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