Funding of Biotechnology Workforce Education by the National Science Foundation Linnea Fletcher Ph.D.

Programs at NSF That Fund Workforce Development Advanced Technology Education (ATE)-

primarily 2-year colleges are the lead institutions on these proposals but other entities can be if the need is well-justified

Penn State is the lead institution for the Nanotechnology Center Grant

New solicitation!

Promotes improvement in the education of science and engineering technicians at the undergraduate and the secondary school levels; may affect specialized technology courses or core science, mathematics, and technology courses that serve as immediate requisites or co-requisites for the specialized courses.

Activities may have a national or a regional focus, but not a purely local one.

Recognizes students as life –long learners

Provide students with 21st century skills (www.21stcenturyskills.org)

Needs to be sustainable

ATE Solicitation Track 1: ATE Projects Faculty and Program Development, Teacher Preparation New opportunities

Business and Entrepreneurial Skills for Students Leadership Capacity Building for Faculty Small Institutions New (in the last 10 years) to ATE

Increased to $200,000 Conferences and Workshops up to $250,000 (anytime but

need 10 month lead time)

ATE Central –provides information on what events are happening across projects and centers and helps PIs with the tagging and distribution of information

Track 2: Centers (regional, national, and resource) www.atecenters.org Size and ScopeFeatures

○ National or regional systemic reform, broad outreach, community-building, and leadership development

○ Realistic plan for achieving sustainability○ Development and maintenance of resources○ Mentoring of new PIs or potential PIs○ Specific strategies for recruiting, retaining and placing

students ○ Mechanisms for counting and tracking students○ Evaluation

Targeted Research in Education and Economic Development

A good starting point is EVALUATE

Center Grant in Evaluation

www.evalu-ate.org

www.edu/evalctr/ate

Examples of What Was Funded in 2009

April 28 – 30, 2008 Scottsdale, Az

In 2008, NSF provided $16.3 million in support of biotechnology programs through its Advanced Technology Program

Excellent STEM education for ALL undergraduate studentsCreation and Adaptation of curriculum that

embody what we know about how students learn

Supports faculty developmentWide dissemination and ADOPTION

Type 1, 2, 3 and Centers

For 2-year, 4-year, and graduate programs in STEM

Check DUE Site for MORE Programs Interdisciplinary Training for Undergraduates i

n Biological and Mathematical Sciences (UBM)

Math and Science Partnership (MSP) Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education (NUE) in Engineering

Research Coordination Networks in Biological Sciences (RCN)

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program (STEP)

Other Divisions

Division of Informal and Formal Learning

(DRL)

ITESTShortage of technology workers in the USProvide school-age children and teachers

with science, technology, engineering, and math experiences in a career context

Inquiry-based Marine Biotechnology and

Bioinformatics for Teachers and Students

Division of Graduate Education (DGE)

Frequently asked questions including how this is different From the Professional Science Master’s ProgramRequires a research component

CHECK EHR Site, the Research Director Sites and the NSF Programs that Cross Cut Divisions

Partnerships Across the Federal Government and Other Entities Department of Labor Department of Education Department of Energy US Department of Agriculture BIO Vision and Change Meeting

Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)National Institute of HealthProfessional Societies

lafletch@nsf.gov