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NSF and MichiganIn FY 2003, the NSF provided 698 awards totaling approximately $170 million to 34 institutions in Michigan as well as $1,206,000 in fellowships. Institutions in Michigan that received NSF support in FY 2002 include Calvin College, Grand Valley State University, T/J Technologies, Oakland University, Wayne State University, Lake Superior State University, and Central Michigan University. Examples of Projects Currently Funded by NSF in the State of Michigan:Promoting Rigorous Outcomes in Mathematics/Science Education (PROM/SE) — A Math and Science Partnership Comprehensive Award to supports a five-year effort by a joint partnership between Michigan State University and five consortia of school districts in Michigan and Ohio. The consortia include three intermediate school districts in Michigan, Ingham, Calhoun, and St. Clair County, and two consortia in Ohio, the High AIMS Consortium and the SMART consortium. The sixty-nine districts represent the broad range of social, economic, and cultural characteristics found in the United States as a whole being situated in large urban cities (Cleveland and Cincinnati) and their suburbs, in medium size cities with large minority populations such as Lansing, and in very rural areas such as those in St. Clair and Calhoun Counties. The partnership utilizes a unique combination of research and practice. Detailed data from all students and teachers using instruments from the Third International Mathematics and Science Study is gathered. On the basis of these data action teams of mathematicians, scientists, teacher educators, and K-12 personnel collaborate to develop more focused and challenging content standards, align standards with instructional materials, and improve mathematics and science teaching. The program is expected to impact over 400,000 students. Small Business Technology Transfer — Hundreds of thousands of dental castings are made each year by hand. The high labor cost makes the dental market ideal for the application of Rapid Freeze Prototyping (RFP) technology and other CAD/CAM technologies. An NSF STTR award to Tel Med Technologies supports the development an optimization of RFP to produce ice patterns used in investment casting to fabricate dental castings for crowns, bridges, implant-retailed restorations, and other prostheses, as well as the integration of this technology with commercial digital imaging and computer-aided design technologies into an Internet CAD/CAM dental restoration system. Industry/University Cooperative Research Center in Coatings — The mission of this center at Eastern Michigan University is two fold: 1) to be a world leading academic organization that develops relevant, pre-competitive scientific knowledge for understanding and advancing the technologies of polymeric coatings and 2) to enlarge the cadre of scientists and technologists capable of being productive in the field of coatings. The Center will directly address barriers that impede progress in coatings: 1) a shortage of precise polymer synthetic methods, 2) a need to better understand film formation and molecular level processes that control resistance to mechanical and chemical damage, 3) a need to extend and develop systematic understanding of degradation processes in coatings, and 4) a shortage of scientists and technologists who understand coatings science and technology. For more information on Michigan and NSF, please contact the Office of Legislative and Public Affairs at 703-292-8070. Useful Links: Michigan's
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