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NSF PR 01-27 - April 11, 2001
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New Wave of Graduate Students to Enrich K-12 Classrooms
A second wave of partnerships between universities
and local K-12 school districts will form as graduate
and advanced undergraduate students enter the classroom
to teach their younger peers.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $30
million in 25 new grants under an innovative educational
program enabling approximately 300 talented graduate
and advanced undergraduate students in science, mathematics,
engineering and technology to serve as teaching fellows
in K-12 schools. The grants, from NSF's Graduate Teaching
Fellows in K-12 Education (GK-12) program, will go
to institutions in 19 states from Maine to California,
as well as Puerto Rico.
"Researchers need to bring their expertise and enthusiasm
out of the laboratory and into the classroom," says
Rita Colwell, NSF director. "The GK-12 program creates
partnerships across the academic community that benefit
research and education at every level."
The second round of multi-year awards was made after
reviewing 90 proposals from institutions nationwide.
Planned as a pilot effort in 1999, the GK-12 program
received positive responses from colleges and universities,
as well as from elementary and secondary schools.
These new awards will significantly expand the program
nationwide.
"The GK-12 program has been a springboard for learning
opportunities throughout San Diego County," says Nancy
Taylor, director of the PISCES Project--established
in the first wave of the awards. "Our elementary students
want to know if their scientist is coming again today,
our teachers are improving practice and gaining content
knowledge, and our GK-12 fellows are becoming better
communicators. Parents are especially enthusiastic
about the science learning that their children are
experiencing."
Under GK-12, institutions are responsible for recruiting
the teaching fellows from their campus science, mathematics
and engineering departments. Graduate students in
the program receive annual stipends of $18,000, plus
a cost-of-education allowance. Undergraduate students
will receive as much as $5,000 per academic year,
plus up to an additional $5,000 for service during
the summer.
Attachment: List of Year
2000 GK-12 awards
Attachment
GK-12 Awards For Teaching Fellows
State
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Institution
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Amount (est)
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Project Leader (PI)
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Arizona
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Arizona State University, Tempe
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$1,397,825-3 yrs
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B. Ramakrishna
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California
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San Francisco State Univ.
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$1,500,000-3 yrs
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John Stubbs
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Colorado
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U of Northern Colorado, Greeley
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$1,409,010-3 yrs
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John Moore
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Georgia (2)
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GA Tech Res Corp-GIT
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$1,496,635-3 yrs
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Donna Llewellyn
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GA State U Res Fdn, Inc.
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$1,187,565-3 yrs
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Barbara Baumstark
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Illinois (2)
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Illinois State University, Norman
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$1,343,560-3 yrs
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Cynthia Moore
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Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
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$1,499,768-3 yrs
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Eric Jakobsson
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Maine
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Univ. of Southern Maine, Portland
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$805,170-3 yrs
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Samuel Duboise
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Maryland
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Univ. of MD, College Park
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$927,086-3 yrs
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Ellen Williams
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Massachusetts
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Harvard University
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$1,140,000-3 yrs
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John Hutchinson
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Missouri
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Southwest Missouri State U
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$961,721-3 yrs
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Tamera Jahnke
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Nebraska
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Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln
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$1,442,817-3 yrs
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Diandra Leslie-Pelecky
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New Jersey
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Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick
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$952,908-3 yrs
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Jeffrey Kidder
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New York (2)
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SUNY Binghamton
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$1,161,486-3 yrs
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Nancy Stamp
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Columbia University
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$1,434,272-3 yrs
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Jack McGourty
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North Dakota
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North Dakota State Univ. Fargo
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$971,556-3 yrs
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Dogan Comez
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Ohio
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University of Akron
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$1,169,324-3 yrs
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Peter Niewiarowski
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Oklahoma (2)
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U of Oklahoma, Norman
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$1,490,010-3 yrs
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Anant Kukreti
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U of Oklahoma, Norman
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$1,102,538-3 yrs
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Michael Mooney
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Puerto Rico
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U of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez
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$1,465,956-3 yrs
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Juan Lopez-Garriga
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South Carolina (2)
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Clemson University
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$1,275,043-3 yrs
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John Leudeman
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Univ. of SC, Columbia
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$1,099,192-3 yrs
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Jed Lyons
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Texas
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Baylor College of Medicine
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$624,815-3 yrs
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Nancy Moreno
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Virginia
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Virginia Commonwealth Univ.
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$1,499,999-3 yrs
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William Haver
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Washington
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Univ. of Washington, Seattle
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$1,476,702-3 yrs
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Loyce Adams
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