CCLI
CCLI: Strengthening the STEM education community, developing the STEM knowledge base, supporting adaptation and implementation of innovations while encouraging partnerships and strengthening STEM literacy.
The vision of the National Science Foundation’s Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) program is excellent science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education for all undergraduate students. Towards this vision, the program supports projects based on high-quality science, technology, engineering or mathematics and recent advances in research on undergraduate STEM learning and teaching. The program seeks to stimulate, evaluate, and disseminate innovative and effective developments in undergraduate STEM education through the introduction of new content reflecting cutting-edge developments in STEM fields, the production of knowledge about learning, and the improvement of educational practice.
All proposals must contribute to the development of exemplary undergraduate STEM education and are peer-reviewed by a panel of experts using National Science Board approved merit criteria. In reviewing CCLI proposals, the standard criteria will be expanded to include the following additional review criteria as appropriate to the phase and main component of the proposed work:
Intellectual Merit : Will the project produce exemplary material, processes, or models that enhance student learning? Will it yield important assessment or research findings related to student learning, as appropriate to the goals of the project? Does the project build on the existing STEM education knowledge base? Are appropriate expected measurable outcomes explicitly stated and are they integrated into an evaluation plan? Is the evaluation effort likely to produce useful information?
Broader Impacts : Will the project contribute to the STEM education knowledge base? Will the project help build the STEM education community? Will the project have a broad impact on STEM education in an area of recognized need or opportunity?
The CCLI program accepts proposals for projects representing three phases of development:
Phase 1: Exploratory Projects Phase 2: Expansion Projects
These projects are expected to make a significant contribution to the STEM knowledge base, typically involving a limited number of faculty at one institution.
These projects build on successful smaller-scale projects, and refine and test them on diverse users in several settings.
Total budget up to $150,000/
$200,000 w/ CC partner for 1-3 years.
Total budget up to $500,000
for 2-4 years.
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Phase 3: Comprehensive Projects
These projects are intended to support large-scale efforts that typically involve a large number of faculty and students at a range of institutions.
Total budget up to $2,000,000 for 3-5 years.
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CCLI
The Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement program supports projects that focus on one or more of the following components:
Creating Learning Materials and Teaching Strategies
Projects should develop, revise, or enhance innovative learning materials and tools, or teaching methods and strategies.
Developing Faculty Expertise
Projects should design and implement methods that enable faculty to acquire the knowledge and skills to revise their curricula and teaching practices.
Assessing Student Achievement
Projects should conduct broad-based evaluations of educational programs, practices, or innovations.
Conducting Research on Undergraduate STEM education
Projects should contribute to the development of new or revised models of how undergraduate STEM students learn, leading to testable new ideas for creating learning materials and teaching strategies.
Implementing Educational Innovations
Projects should contribute to the broad-based adoption of successful educational innovations.
In a typical funding cycle, the CCLI program:
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Helps improve STEM curricula and instruction through educational innovations
Supports activities reaching over 1.5 million undergraduate students and 90,000 secondary school students
Involves over 20,000 college faculty and 12,000 secondary school teachers
Funds 227 projects in 45 states
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For more information and to see current projects: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5741
To contact:
Division of Undergraduate Education
National Science Foundation
4201 Wilson Blvd., Suite 835
Arlington, VA 22230
Phone: 703-292-8670
Fax: 703-292-9015 e-mail: undergrad@nsf.gov
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