Easy and fun
reading, comprehensive index-profiles of every project funded through 2001.
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National Science Foundation. New Formulas for America's Workforce: Girls in
Science and Engineering. NSF, 2003.
PDF File online
NSF 03-207
To request a brochure with a
CD-ROM, ask for NSF 03-208 (Pending)
Profiles with Abstracts on the NSF
Web Site
NSF
provides the ability to search and list all funded projects along with public
information
such
as the institution, the principal investigator, the total amount, and an
abstract
summarizing
the scope. You are free to contact the PI for additional information.
Phone
numbers and email addresses are given.
To
find a list of all projects funded by the Research on Gender in Science and
Engineering Program/STEM, click on this link:
www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/index.jsp
In
the search dialog window, select the tab Program Information. Type 1544 in the
field Element Code. At the bottom of the screen, remove the
Check
mark on Active Awards only.
1544
and "Girl Scouts"
1544
and MA
1544
and "summer camp"
Web site Describing Projects
1993-1996
The
Program for Women and Girls/Gender Equity funded the development of a database
with
more
information about its funded projects. The development was done by the
Education
Development
Center under grant #HRD 94-50042.
The
database (originally on a CD-ROM) is at http://www.edc.org/CCT/pwg/.
Sample Project Web Sites
The New
Formulas book, above, includes web sites for all projects. Below are only a
few.
Mid-Continent
Council
Plugged
In: an Interactive Program Designed to Advance Scientific, Mathematics and
Computer
Literacry for Girls
Miami
Dade Community College
Learning
Mathematics Through Transactional Writing
Santa
Clara University
Improving
and Assessing the Impact of Programs to Encourage High School Girls
to
Pursue Science, Engineering and Mathematics
www.scu.edu/SCUProjects/NSFWorkshop99/
University
of California Los Angeles
Visualizing
Women in Mathematics, the Physical Sciences and Technology
The
Role of Personal Choice and Inspiration in a Scientist's Life
www.physics.ucla.edu/scienceandart/
TERC
Inc.
Eyes
to the Future: Middle School Girls Envisioning Science and Technology in
High
School and Beyond
North
Carolina State University
Girls
on Track: Increasing middle-Grade Girls' Interest in Math-Related Careers
by
Engaging Them in computer-Based Mathematical Explorations of Urban Problems.
Education
Development Center
Imagination
Place
www.edc.org/CCT/imagination_place
Willaim
Marsh Rice Univ
Project
Advance: A Collaboration for Equitable Classroom Climate, Quality
Instructions
for female students
TERC
Inc.
WGIDPO:
Weaving Gender Equity into Math Reform
Miami
Museum of Science
RISE
(Raising Interest in Science & Engineering): A Collaboration Targeting
Middle
School Girls
Work
& Family Services
Teaching
SMART National Teacher Training and Technical Assistance Program
Chabot Obser & Sci Ctr
F.I.R.S.T.
Female Involvement in Real Science Technology
Washington
Research Inst
Washington
State Gender Equity Project
U of
Arizona
Girls
in the System (Sustaining Youth in Science, Technology, Engineering, &
Mathematics
Muskingum
Area Technical College
Action-WISE
Program Encouraging Woman and Girls in Science, Engineering,
and
Mathematics
University
of Missouri Columbia
Promoting
Young Woman in Physical Sciences
Hofstra
University
Girls
Actions Getting into Real Life Science: Achieving Changes to Improve
Our
Neighborhoods
Oregon
Graduate Institute
AWSEM
Advocacy Program: Expanding Outreach to Engineering and Technology
Washington
State University
EFFECT-
Equation for Future Equity n Curriculum and Technology
Williams
Marsh Rice University
Project
Advance: A Collaboration for Equitable Classrooms
www.ruf.rice.edu/~djensen/index.html
Old
Dominion Research Foundation
Gender
Balanced Education: A Professional Development Program for Educators
Counseling
Girls in Virginia
Metropolitan
State College Denver
WGIDPO:
Gender-Equity in Science, Engineering and Mathematics Education: Making
Connections
for 3rd to 5th Grade Girls
PA St
U University Park
MPWG:
The WISER Research Program to Retain First Year Woman in Science
and
Engineering Majors
www.psu.edu/dept/spacegrant/highered/reserach.html
SUNY
Stony Brook
EPWG:
Stony Brook's Women in Science Experimental Project