2011 Proposal Writing Workshop
Joan Prival
National Science Foundation
Linnea Fletcher
Austin Community College
Workshop Objectives
As the result of this workshop, participants will better
understand:
 Key elements of the Advanced Technological
Education Program as it Pertains to Teacher
Preparation in Community Colleges
 Key elements of the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship
Program as it Pertains to Community Colleges
 Key features of a successful proposal to the program
Workshop Agenda
 Introductions
 Overview:
 Advanced Technological Education (ATE)
 Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship
 Elements of a Good Proposal
 Proposal Writing Tips and Q & A
 Meet with a Program Officer
“NSF invests in the best ideas generated by scientists, engineers and educators
working at the frontiers of knowledge, and across all fields of research
and education. Our mission, vision and goals are designed to maintain and
strengthen the vitality of the U.S. science and engineering.”
National Science Foundation Investing in America’s Future
Strategic Plan FY 2006-2011
Organization of EHR Directorate
Directorate of Education & Human
Resources (EHR)
Division of Research on Learning in Formal &
Informal Settings (DRL)
Division of Undergraduate Education
(DUE)
Division of Graduate Education
(DGE)
Division of Human Resource Development
(HRD)
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Community Colleges and Teacher
Preparation
 More than 50% of the preservice teachers take their
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science at a community college
There are direct connections to industry via
community college workforce programs
A diverse population attends community colleges
Good teaching is important at community colleges
Can you think of other reasons for community colleges
to get involved in teacher preparation?
Advanced Technological Education: NSF-10-539
 Initiated by an act of Congress
 Managed by both DRL and DUE
 Main Goal: Prepare technicians in STEM-related
areas at two year schools
Advanced Technological Education
Tracks:
 Projects
 Program Development and Improvement
 Professional Development for Educators
 Leadership Capacity Building for Faculty
 Curriculum and Educational Materials Development (for National
Dissemination)
 Business and Entrepreneurial Skills for Students
 K12 Teacher Preparation
 Small Grants for Institutions New to the ATE Program:
 Conferences and Workshops
 Centers
 Targeted Research on Technician Education
Why Does the ATE program Fund
Teacher Preparation?
 Teachers are instrumental in successfully
recruiting and retaining students in STEMrelated areas
 Teachers are instrumental in providing a
quality STEM education to students
 Teachers are instrumental in ensuring the
success of students in STEM-related
occupations
 Can you remember a “teacher” that made a
difference in your choice of careers or your
success?
Sinclair Community College
 Received its first ATE grant (NSF # 0802428) to develop a
strong STEM oriented preservice teacher program, the
Dayton Urban STEM Academy. Started in 2009
 Establish a new Tech Prep STEM Teacher Education pathway
 Transitional Activities for future STEM teachers
 Foster Matriculation of STEM preservice teachers to the 4 yr
partnering schools
 Integrate innovative uses of technology in teaching and
learning
 Received a second ATE grant (NSF # 1003048) to develop
the High School STEM Teacher Synergistic Institute,
initiated in 2011
 Focuses in in-service teachers
 Composed of a summer workshop, online learning
community and externships for teachers in industry.
2011 ATE Program Deadlines
Full Proposal Deadline(s) 5 pm proposer’s local
time:
 October 20, 2011
 October 18, 2012
Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program
 Initiated by Act of Congress in 2002
 Reauthorized in 2007 (America COMPETES
Act) and in 2010 under America COMPETES
Reauthorization of Act of 2010
 To encourage talented mathematics, science,
and engineering undergraduates to pursue
teaching careers
 To encourage STEM professionals to become
teachers
 To prepare Master Teachers
2011 Noyce Scholarship Program (NSF 11-517)
Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Track
 Scholarships for undergraduate STEM majors preparing to become
K12 Teachers
 Internships for freshmen and sophomores
 Stipends for STEM professionals seeking to become K12 teachers
NSF Teaching Fellowships & Master Teaching
Fellowships
(TF/MTF) Track
 Fellowships for STEM professionals receiving teacher certification
through a master’s degree program with teacher certification
 Fellowships for science and math teachers preparing to become
Master Teachers
2011 Noyce Scholarship Program
Capacity Building Track (new in 2011)
To establish the infrastructure and partnerships for
implementing a future Noyce Teacher Scholarship or NSF
Teaching Fellowship (TF/MTF) project
 Development of new teacher preparation programs for
STEM majors and STEM professionals
 Development of new programs for developing Master
STEM Teachers
Relevance to the Community College
Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Track
Scholarships for undergraduate STEM majors preparing to become K12
Teachers in a preservice teacher education program at a community
college
Internships for freshmen and sophomores at a community college that
providing teaching experience. For example, students could intern in a
STEM related industry and take that experience and translate it into a
teaching experience for K-12 students.
Stipends for STEM professionals seeking to become K12 teachers in a
strong STEM alternative teacher certification program.
NSF Teaching Fellowships & Master Teaching Fellowships
(TF/MTF) Track
Fellowships for science and math teachers preparing to become Master
Teachers in a program that is jointly managed by a 2-yr – 4yr
partnership such that the education is provided by both or the 2-yr
school and the 4 –yr school provides the graduate credit.
Relevance to the Community College
Capacity Building Track:
 To start a new or revise a pre-service teacher education
program that has strong STEM components; the PI is a
faculty member from a STEM related department.
 To start a new or revise a teacher alternative certificate
program that has strong STEM components; the PI must
be a faculty member from a STEM related department.
 To start a STEM-oriented master teacher program, in
partnership with a 4-yr school graduate program. For
example, the 2-yr school could offer master teacher
biotechnology education and the partnering 4-yr school
would provide the graduate credit for that education.
Noyce Scholarship Program Eligibility
Proposals may only be submitted by:
 Universities & 2- or 4-year colleges (including
community colleges)
 Nonprofit entities that have established consortia
among such IHEs
Principal Investigators:
 The PI, or at least one Co-PI, must be a faculty member
in a STEM department.
Noyce Scholarship Program Scholarship Track
To recruit undergraduate STEM majors and STEM career
changers who might otherwise not have considered a
career in K-12 teaching:
 Summer internships for freshmen and sophomores to
interest students in STEM teaching
 Undergraduate Scholarships of at least $10,000 per year
for up to three years beginning in junior year
 Undergraduate students graduate with a degree in a STEM
discipline and teacher certification and/or licensing.
 One-year stipends of at least $10,000 for STEM
professionals (career-changers) and post-baccalaureate
students to obtain teacher certification
Noyce Scholarship Program Scholarship Track
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Scholarship and stipend capped by cost of attendance
Recipients commit to teaching in a high need school
district for 2 years for each year of scholarship/stipend
support.
Recipients failing to meet service requirement must
repay scholarship
Noyce Scholarship Program
Projects include:
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STEM faculty collaborating with Education faculty
Strong partnership with school district
Recruitment and selection strategies
Exemplary teacher preparation programs leading to certification
and/or professional development programs for Master Teaching
Fellows)
Support for new teachers
Mechanism for monitoring recipients
Institutional support
Evaluation
Noyce Scholarship Track
Phase I: For new awardees or new project with different
focus
Phase II: For previously funded awardees 
Scholarships & Stipends: To expand and extend evaluation efforts
begun under previous award and support additional cohorts of
scholarship and stipend recipients
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Monitoring and evaluation: To expand and extend evaluation efforts
of previous project without support for additional cohorts.
Noyce Scholarship Track
Phase I
 Scholarships, Stipends, Internships
 Award size up to $1,200,000
 Additional $250,000 for collaboration with two-year colleges
 Duration up to 5 years
 Administrative/programmatic costs may not exceed 20%
of total direct costs
 80% of total direct costs must directly support participants
 No cost sharing
Noyce Scholarship Program
Scholarship Track Phase II
 Scholarships and Stipends plus longitudinal evaluation
studies of previously supported cohorts of students
 Award size up to $750,000; up to 5 yrs.
 Up to 20% of
budget for admin./programmatic costs)
 80% of budget for direct support to participants
 No cost sharing
 Monitoring and Evaluation
 Award size up to $150,000; up to 3 yrs.
 No cost sharing
NSF Teaching Fellowships & Master
Teaching Fellowships Track (TF/MTF)
NSF Teaching Fellows
STEM professionals enroll in a master’s degree program
leading to teacher certification or licensing
 Receive one-year stipend of at least $10,000 while enrolled in the
Master’s degree program
 Selection of Fellows based on professional achievement,
academic merit, and demonstration of advanced content
knowledge in STEM
 Commit to teach for 4 years in a high need school district
 Receive annual salary supplement of at least $10,000 while
fulfilling four-year teaching commitment
NSF Teaching Fellowships & Master Teaching
Fellowships Track
NSF Master Teaching Fellows:
 Fellowships for math and science teachers preparing to
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become Master Teachers
Selection of Fellows based on professional achievement,
academic merit, demonstration of advanced content
knowledge in STEM, demonstrated success in in
improving student achievement
Must have Master’s degree
Commit to teach for 5 years in a high need school district
Receive annual salary supplement of at least $10,000 for 5
years plus professional development while fulfilling the
teaching commitment
NSF Teaching Fellowships & Master Teaching
Fellowships Track
 Award size up to $3 million over 5-6 years
 Additional $250,000 for collaboration with two-year colleges
 Matching funds required:
 30% of total budget for request less than $1.5 million, excluding twoyear college incentive
 50% of total budget if request is $1.5 million or more, excluding twoyear college incentive
 At least 50% of cost share must be cash
 At least 80% of total direct costs must be for direct support to
participants (stipends, salary supplements, professional development)
TF/MTF Proposals Must Include:
1. A department within an IHE that provides an
advanced program of study in math and science,
2. A department or entity within an IHE that provides
teacher preparation or a 2-year institution that offers a
teacher preparation program or a dual enrollment or
an articulation agreement with an IHE that
credentials teachers,
3. At least one high need school district and public
school(s) within this district, and
4. At least one nonprofit organization with the capacity
and expertise to support the goals of the project.
Noyce Scholarship Program
Capacity Building Track
Development of new programs, partnerships,
infrastructure for future Noyce project
 Award size up to $300,000; up to 2 yrs.
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include an additional $50,000 over 2 years for collaborations
between two-year and four-year institutions.
 No restriction on budget allocation (within standard NSF
policies)
 No cost sharing
Project Description: Phase I Scholarship Track
 Results from relevant prior NSF support
 Descriptions of:
 proposed scholarship or stipend program
 teacher preparation program
 recruitment and marketing activities
 selection process
 management & administrative structure for
administering scholarship or stipend program
 plans to monitor & enforce compliance with the
required teaching commitment
Project Description: Phase I Scholarship Track
 Provide evidence of:
 infrastructure to support new teachers,
 collaboration between STEM & education faculty,
 a functioning partnership between the IHE(s) & school
districts,
 a commitment to making the program a central
institutional focus
 Include an objective evaluation plan
NSF Review Criteria
 NSF Merit Review Criteria
 Intellectual Merit
 Broader Impacts
 Additional Considerations
 Integration of Research & Education
 Integrating Diversity into NSF Programs
 Additional Noyce Program specific review criteria,
dependent on proposal type
Review Criteria: Phase I Scholarship Proposals
 Capacity and ability of institution to effectively conduct
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the program
Number and quality of students that will be served by the
program
Justification for number of students and amount of
stipend & scholarship support
Ability of the program to recruit STEM majors who
would not otherwise pursue a teaching career
Quality and feasibility of recruitment & marketing
strategies
Quality of the preservice educational program
Review Criteria: Phase I Proposals
 Extent to which STEM & education faculty are
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collaborating in developing & implementing the program
Quality of the preservice student support and new teacher
support infrastructure
Extent to which the proposed strategies reflect effective
practices based on research
Degree to which the proposed programming will enable
scholarship or stipend recipients to become successful
mathematics & science teachers
Feasibility & completeness of an evaluation plan that will
measure the effectiveness of the proposed strategies
Institutional support for the program and the extent to
which the institution is committed to making the program
a central organizational focus
Project Description: TF/MTF Proposals
 Results from Prior NSF Support
 Description of proposed Fellowship program:
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For NSF Teaching Fellows
 Description of the Master’s degree program
 Evidence of an infrastructure that is supportive of new
teachers
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For NSF Master Teaching Fellows
 Description of the professional development program
 Evidence of an infrastructure that will support and facilitate
the Fellows’ work as Master Teachers
Project Description: TF/MTF Proposals
 Describe:
 Recruitment activities
 Selection
process
 Management and
 Cost sharing,
administrative structure
including source and amount; enter
amount on Budget form Line M
Project Description: TF/MTF Proposals
 Describe:
 Plans to monitor and enforce compliance with the required
teaching commitment
 Plans for sustaining activities beyond NSF funding period
 Evaluation plan
 Provide evidence of:
 Collaboration between STEM faculty and education faculty
 Functioning partnerships between IHEs, school districts, and non-
profit organizations
 Commitment to make the program a central institutional focus
Review Criteria: TF/MTF Proposals
 Extent to which the proposed strategies reflect effective
practices based on research
 Extent to which STEM & education faculty are
collaborating in developing & implementing a program
with curriculum based on the specialized pedagogy needed
to enable teachers to effectively teach math & science & to
assume leadership roles in their schools.
 Degree to which the proposed programming will enable
the participants to become successful mathematics and
science teachers or Master Teachers
Review Criteria: TF/MTF Proposals
 Capacity & ability of institution to effectively conduct
the program
 Number & quality of Fellows that will be served by the
program
 Justification for number of Fellows served & amount of
stipend & salary supplements
 Quality & feasibility of recruitment & marketing
strategies
Review Criteria: TF/MTF Proposals
 Feasibility & completeness of an objective
evaluation plan that will measure the effectiveness
of the proposed strategies
 Institutional support for the program & the extent
to which the institution is committed to making
the program a central organizational focus
 Evidence of cost sharing commitments
 Plans for sustainability beyond the period of NSF
funding
Review Criteria: TF/MTF Proposals
NSF Teaching Fellows only:
 Ability of the program to recruit individuals who would not
otherwise pursue a career in teaching & to recruit
underrepresented groups
 Quality of the Master’s degree program leading to teacher
certification
 Quality of the preservice student support and new teacher
support infrastructure
NSF Master Teaching Fellows only:
 Quality of the professional development that will be
provided
Project Description: Capacity Building
Projects
 Results from Prior NSF Support: Address prior support
relevant to the proposed project
 A description of the activities planned, timeline, and
outcomes expected to result from the proposal.
 Plans for evaluating progress and outcomes of the
project.
Review Criteria: Capacity Building
Proposals
 Clarity of proposed plans and activities that will lead
to a well-designed program consistent with the
requirements of the Noyce Scholarship Program.
 Clear statement of objectives to be completed and
expected outcomes of the project.
 Evaluation plans that will measure stated objectives
and outcomes.
Math and Science Teachers Project: Teachers of
Excellence Program
Lake City Community College
DUE-0630435
PI: Pamela Carswell
 Alternative certification program for STEM professionals in
rural North Central Florida
 Practical experience with lesson planning, classroom
management, and research-based cooperative learning
strategies
 Integration of real world math and science into classroom
 Cohort development, mentoring, and follow-up supervision
The Process
 Proposals may be submitted to FastLane or
grants.gov (Use FastLane for TF/MTF proposals)
 All proposals are peer-reviewed according to
standard NSF merit review criteria
 Notification of results within six months of receipt
 Reviewers’ comments may be accessed through
FastLane after final decision is made
All Proposals Must Include:
 One page Project Summary (Intellectual Merit and Broader
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Impact)
Project description (15 pages)
Budget forms and narrative for each year
Biosketches
Current & Pending Forms
Facilities document
References
Mentoring Plan for Postdoctoral Researchers (if in budget)
Data Management Plan (consult NSF Proposal & Award
Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG), NSF 11-1)
Indicate Human Subjects status on cover sheet (pending,
approved, or exempt)
Data Management Plan
The Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG)
contains a clarification of NSF’s long standing data policy.
 All proposals must describe plans for data management
and sharing of the products of research, or assert the
absence of the need for such plans.
 FastLane will not permit submission of a proposal that is
missing a Data Management Plan.
 The Data Management Plan will be reviewed as part of the
intellectual merit or broader impacts of the proposal, or
both, as appropriate.
 More information can be found in the Grant Proposal
Guide Chapter II.C.2j (NSF 11-1).
FY 2011 Noyce Scholarship Program
Deadlines
 Letters of Intent (optional): February 23, 2011
 Full Proposal Deadline: March 23, 2011
Questions?
Contact a Noyce Program Officer:
Joan Prival
jprival@nsf.gov
Richard Alo
ralo@nsf.gov
Mary Lee Ledbetter
msledbet@nsf.gov
Other Resources:
www.nsf.gov
www.nsfnoyce.org
Questions?
Contact an ATE Program Officer:
Celeste Carter
vccarter@nsf.gov
David Campbell
dcampbel@nsf.gov
Other Resources:
Linnea Fletcher
linneaf@austincc.edu
www.nsf.gov
Go to the ATE site in
DUE