Transcript Orientation for New Awardees

New Awardees
Session
Robert Noyce Teacher
Scholarship Conference
July 7-9, 2010
Washington, DC
Overview of 2009 Noyce Awardees
Scholarship Track
Phase I: 68
Phase II: 11
Teaching Fellowship/ Master Teaching Fellowship Track
(TF/MTF)
TF:
10
MTF:
6
TF/MTF: 4
Planning:15
Reporting
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Annual Report submitted to FastLane
 due
90 days before anniversary date
 Activities and Findings
Data collection for Noyce Monitoring
 ARRA quarterly reporting (only for ARRA funded
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projects)
Highlights
 Dissemination
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Notifications and Requests
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Use FastLane to request:
 Change
in PI/Co-PI
 Change in Participant Costs
 Add a subaward
 No-cost extension
Good Advice
Know who your program officer is
 Contact your program officer as questions
arise and before submitting a request to
FastLane
 Learn from other Noyce projects
 Connect to Noyce projects in your area
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Is there a list of high need districts or schools?
What does “high” mean in the definition of high need
local educational agency used in the Noyce solicitation?
The term "high need local educational agency" means a local
educational agency that serves an elementary or secondary
school located in an area in which there is:
 a high percentage of individuals from families with incomes
below the poverty line;
 a high percentage of secondary school teachers not teaching
in the content area in which the teachers were trained to
teach; or
 a high teacher turnover rate.
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Consider “high” relative to state or national averages
Frequently Asked Questions
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Some resources for identifying high need
districts/schools:
 State
Education websites
 US Census website: http://www.census.gov/
 Teacher Cancellation Low Income Directory
https://www.tcli.ed.gov/CBSWebApp/tcli/TCLI
PubSchoolSearch.jsp
Frequently Asked Questions
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Does NSF have a standard form for student
agreements?
Follow guidelines in solicitation associated with your
2009 award (NSF 09-513):
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The institution is responsible for collecting the repayment amounts,
including interest, in accordance with P.L. 110-69, SEC. 7030 , which
specifies that the repayment of scholarships or stipends as loans by
individuals who withdraw from the program or fail to complete the
service requirement shall be payable to the Federal Government,
consistent with the provisions of part B or D of title IV of the Higher
Education Act of 1965.
 All forfeited stipend funds, less grantee administrative costs associated
with collection of the repayment not to exceed 5% of the forfeited
amount, will be returned to the United States Treasury.
 Funds collected as repayments may not be used by the awardee.
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Resources: Financial Aid Office; other Noyce Projects
Frequently Asked Questions
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Does the Noyce Scholar or Fellow need to teach
in a high need school or can they teach in any
school in a high need district?
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Do Noyce Scholars have to teach in the partner
districts?
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Does an Economics major qualify as a STEM
major?
Frequently Asked Questions
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Our proposal indicated how many
undergraduates and how many career changers
we would recruit each year. Can we change the
proportion based on the candidate pool?
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What if we don’t recruit the number we stated in
the proposal?
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Do the funds carry over?
Frequently Asked Questions
Can we reallocate funds into different
categories?
 The tuition has increased since we began
the project. Can we increase the
scholarship amount?
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Frequently Asked Questions
What if a Noyce Scholar can’t find a job?
 How do the scholars repay the
scholarship?
 One of our scholars has disappeared.
What happens if we can’t find a Noyce
Scholar who needs to repay the
scholarship?
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Other Questions?
www.nsf.gov
www.nsfnoyce.org