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Metropolitan St. Louis Grants Conference
Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville
Thursday, January 11, 2007
11:45am-1:15pm
Promoting and Integrating Research and Education
In Predominantly Undergraduate Institutions
Thomas N. Cooley
Director, Office of Budget, Finance, and Award Management (BFA)
Chief Financial Officer
National Science Foundation
• Overview of:
– Key Programs
• RUI, REU, ATE, CCLI, and STEP
– Broader Context
• Proposal Funding Rates, PI Funding Rates
National Science Foundation
Predominantly Undergraduate Institutions
Play a critically important role in U.S. science and
technology by their substantial contributions to
research and education
Ensure a broad national base for research
Help faculty members stay at the cutting edge of
their disciplines
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Predominantly Undergraduate Institutions
(cont.)
Provide an opportunity for integration of the
excitement of scientific discovery into
undergraduate education
Confer a significant fraction of Bachelor degrees
awarded to SMET professionals
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Predominantly Undergraduate Institutions
Defined as follows:
Included are two- and four-year colleges, masterslevel institutions, and smaller doctoral institutions, that
institution-wide, do not award an average of more than
10 doctoral degrees each year in science and
engineering fields supported by NSF
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Key Program Components
Research at Undergraduate Institutions
Research Experiences for Undergraduates
Research Opportunity Award
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Research Undergraduate Institutions *
Supports:
Individual and collaborative research projects
Purchase of shared-use research instrumentation
Awards for work with NSF-supported investigators at
other institutions (ROA’s). 29
$28.6M
28.5
28
$27.6M
27.5
27
26.5
26
FY 2005
*All NSF directorates participate in the RUI activity.
FY 2006
National Science Foundation
Research Experiences for Undergraduates
(R.E.U.)
Supports:
Active research participation by undergraduate students in any
of the areas research funded by the National Science Foundation.
REU Sites are based on independent proposals to initiate and
conduct projects that engage a number of students in research.
REU Sites may be based in a single discipline or academic
department, or on interdisciplinary or multi-department research
opportunities with a coherent intellectual theme.
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Research Experiences for Undergraduates (R.E.U.)
(cont.)
Proposals with an international dimension are welcome. A
partnership with the Department of Defense supports REU Sites in
DoD-relevant research areas. REU Supplements may be requested
for ongoing NSF-Funded research projects or may be included as a
component of proposals for new or renewal NSF grants or
cooperative agreements.
$58.7M
59.0
58.5
58.0
57.5
57.0
56.5
$55.7M
56.0
55.5
55.0
FY 2005
FY 2006
National Science Foundation
Research Opportunity Award
(Note: Found in the RUI Solicitation)
Enable faculty members at PUI’s to pursue research as visiting
scientists with NSF-supported investigators at other institutions. These are
usually funded as supplements to ongoing NSF research grants. An ROA is
intended to increase the visitor’s research capability and to enhance the
NSF-funded research of the host principal investigator (PI). Most frequently,
ROA activities are summer experiences. The majority of NSF programs limit
support to moderate amounts, frequently including only the direct costs of
participation. (e.g., salary and fringe benefits for the visitor, travel costs, and
essential supplies.) Duration of support generally ranges from 2 to 12
months.
National Science Foundation
Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Program
Promotes Improvement in technological education at the undergraduate and secondary
school levels by supporting:
With an emphasis on to-year colleges,
the Advanced Technological Education (ATE)
program focuses on the education of technicians
for the high-technology fields that drive our
nation’s economy. The program also promotes
articulation between two-year and four-year
programs for K-12 prospective teachers that
focus on technological education and applied
research relation to technician education.
Funding in Millions
Curriculum Development
Professional development of college faculty and secondary school teachers
Career pathways to two-year colleges from secondary schools and from two-year
colleges to four-year institutions.
45.0
44.9
44.8
44.7
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44.5
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44.2
44.1
44.0
44.9 M
44.4 M
FY 2005
FY 2006
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Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Program
(cont.)
Changes in the ATE program solicitation for FY 2008, FY 2009, and FY 2010 include:
A new project’s category “Small Grants for Institutions New to ATE” has been added
for institutions that have not had an ATE award in the Past 10 Years.
Program Improvement within the ATE projects track has an expanded set of
opportunities.
Institution-level reform projects should be submitted under program improvement.
Teacher preparation has been rewritten to broaden the types of projects that can be
supported.
The research on Technician Education activity under projects has been changed to
Targeted research on Technician Education and is no a third track of the ATE program.
Next Deadline: April 26, 2007
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Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI)
Proposals focus on one or more of the Components of the cycle
Creating New Learning
Materials and Teaching
strategies
Conducting Research on
Undergraduate STEM Teaching
and Learning
Assessing Learning And
Evaluating Innovations
Developing Faculty
Expertise
Implementing Educational
Innovations
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Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI)
(Cont.)
Phase 1 Projects typically will address one program
component and involve a limited number of students
and faculty members at one academic institution. In
order to encourage collaboration between four-year
Phase 1 Projects: Total Budget up to $150,000 colleges and universities and two-year colleges,
projects involving such collaboration may request an
($200,000 when four-year colleges and
additional $ 50,000. The distribution of effort and
universities collaborate with two-year colleges)
funds should reflect a genuine collaboration.
for 1-3 years.
Phase 2 Projects build on smaller-scale successful
innovations or implementations, such as those
Phase 2 Projects: Total budget up to $500,000 for
produced by Phase 1 projects, and refine and test
2 to 4 years.
these on diverse users in several settings. In terms of
scope, their focus ordinarily includes two or more
components of the cyclic model with the connections
between components explicitly addressed. At a
minimum, the innovation, if successful, should be
institutionalized at the participating colleges and
Next Deadline: April 26, 2007
universities.
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Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI)
(Cont.)
Phase 3 Projects: Total Budget up to $2,000,000 Phase 3 Projects combine established results and
for 3 to 5 years
mature products from several components of the
cyclic model. Such projects involve several diverse
academic institutions, often bringing different kinds
of expertise to the project. Evaluation activities are
deep and broad, demonstrating the impact of the
project’s innovations on many students and faculty
at a wide range of academic institutions.
Dissemination and out reach activities that have
national impact are an especially important element
of Phase 3 projects.
Next Deadline: April 26, 2007
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Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement
$94.5M
(CCLI)
(Cont.)
94
Funding in Millions
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90
$88.1M
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Next Deadline:
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FY 2005
Phase1- January 10, 2007
FY 2006
Phase 2 and 3 - May 2007
National Science Foundation
STEM Talent Expansion Program (STEP)
Step seeks to increase the number of students receiving associate
or baccalaureate degrees in established or merging fields within
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).
Step has supported two types of projects, those aimed at
implementing strategies that will lead into an increase in the number of
undergraduates earning degrees in a STEM areas
STEP will continue to solicit Type 1 and Type 2 proposals in FY 2007
as part of the program’s effort to increase the number of
undergraduates earning degrees in STEM areas.
STEP expects to receive about 200 proposals in FY 2007. The
funding rate in FY 2005 was 12%.
National Science Foundation
STEM Talent Expansion Program (STEP)
In FY 2007, 95% of the budget will be
available for new awards and
activities. The remaining 5% funds
awards made in previous years.
Funding In Millions
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25.5M
25.5
25
24.5 M
Award sizes for Type 1 implementation
projects
depend
on
the
total
undergraduate enrollment at the
institution and are up to $500,000, $1
million, or $2 million over 5 years. Type
2 projects range up to $1.5 million over
3 years.
24.5
STEP will make approximately 22 new
awards in FY 2007
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FY 2005
FY 2006
Next Deadline: September 2007 for FY 2008
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NSF Funding Rate for Competitive Awards
Competitive Research Grants
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Competitive Awards
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2005
Proposals - Prior PI
11,638
12,028
11,699
12,178
12,886
14,024
14,981
16,899
18,700
18,661
Proposals - New PI
8,010
7,911
7,521
7,952
8,570
9,093
10,298
11,738
12,941
12,905
Funding Rate - Prior PI
34%
36%
36%
36%
36%
32%
32%
29%
25%
24%
Funding Rate - New PI
17%
20%
21%
20%
22%
19%
19%
17%
14%
13%
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Percentage
Research Grant Proposals by PI Type
PI vs Proposal Funding Rate - Research Grants Based on 3 Year Intervals
50%
2.5
45%
40%
2.0
30%
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Number
Percentage
35%
25%
20%
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10%
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PIs Funded %
Average Number of Props to Get 1 Award
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• So, you may be asking yourself:
– WHY BOTHER?
• Some keys to success:
– Ask early, as often
– Get to know your Program Officer
– Volunteer to be a Reviewer
– If you get declined, find out why….
• Re-submittals enjoy a roughly 50% success rate!
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• So……………………..
• ASK EARLY, ASK OFTEN, and
• Submit a proposal (you can’t get a grant if you don’t
apply!)
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