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NSF PR 99-66 - October 25, 1999
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New Awards Connect Higher Education and K-12 Classrooms
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has made a first
round of grants to researchers at 31 institutions
nationwide under an innovative educational program
enabling talented graduate students and advanced undergraduates
in science, mathematics, engineering and technology
to serve as teaching fellows in K-12 schools.
The grants, made under the NSF Graduate Teaching Fellows
in K-12 Education (GK-12) program, will go to institutions
in 24 states from New York to Hawaii, as well as Puerto
Rico. The multi-year awards were made after reviewing
proposals from 157 institutions in 46 states. Collectively,
the 31 new grants, totaling $13.4 million for the
first year, will fund about 300 graduate and 100 undergraduate
students annually. Planned as a pilot effort in1999,
the program received such a positive response from
colleges and universities that NSF allocated more
funds than originally planned.
A formal program was requested and approved by Congress
as part of NSF’s 2000 budget.
"The GK-12 program will boost the content of elementary
and secondary education and the quality of graduate
and undergraduate education at the same time," Rita
Colwell, NSF director said recently to the GK-12 review
panel. “This is a very practical approach: graduate
and advanced undergraduate students will get direct
classroom experience; young scientists will get involved
in the educational process at an early stage in their
careers; and the program gives recognition to teaching
in a scientific career.”
Colwell said that the collaboration between universities
and local school districts will strengthen relationships
between universities and communities, and the balance
of give-and-take between all educational levels gives
the program promise of “a classic win-win.”
Graduate students in the GK-12 program will 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 in the summer.
Academic institutions that offer graduate degrees
in science, mathematics, engineering and technology
can apply for two-to three-year awards ranging from
$200,000 up to $500,000 per year. The institutions
are responsible for selecting the teaching fellows.
Attachment: List of GK-12
Awards.
Attachment
GK-12 Awards For Teaching Fellows
State |
Institution |
Amount (Est.) |
Project Leader (PI) |
Alabama |
Univ. of Alabama, Birmingham
(UAB) |
$1,417,300-3 yrs |
Larry Krannich |
Arizona |
Univ. of Arizona |
$1,370,600-3 yrs |
Michelle Hall-Wallace |
California |
San Diego State Univ. Foundation |
$1,500,000-3 yrs |
Nancy Taylor |
Colorado |
Univ. of Colorado, Boulder |
$1,293,700-3 yrs |
Jacquelyn F. Sullivan |
Hawaii |
Univ. of Hawaii, Manoa |
$1,422,450-3 yrs |
Kenneth Y.Kaneshiro |
Illinois |
Univ. of Illinois, Chicago |
$1,317,200-3 yrs |
Donald J. Wink |
Kansas |
Univ. of Kansas |
$1,092,000-3 yrs |
Janet Bond Robinson |
Massachusetts (2) |
Tufts University |
$ 888,000-3 yrs |
Martha N. Cyr |
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Northeastern Univ. |
$1,000,000-3 yrs |
David C.Blackman |
Maryland |
Johns Hopkins Univ. |
$ 455,600-2 yrs |
James E. Hildreth |
Maine |
University of Maine |
$1,315,800-3 yrs |
Susan H. Brawley |
Michigan (2) |
Wayne State Univ. |
$1,343,200-3 yrs |
Gerald Dunifer |
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Michigan Tech. Univ. |
$1,147,000-3 yrs |
Beverly J. Baartmans |
Mississippi |
Univ. of Mississippi |
$1,422,300-3 yrs |
John H.O'Haver |
N. Carolina (2) |
North Carolina State |
$ 273,000-3 yrs |
Laura J. Bottomley |
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Duke University |
$ 340,300-3 yrs |
Gary A. Ybarra |
New Jersey |
Rutgers University |
$1,487,600-3 yrs |
Kathleen M.Scott |
New York
(2) |
Clarkson University |
$ 962,700-3 yrs |
Susan E. Powers |
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Cornell University |
$1,346,500-3 yrs |
Marianne E. Krasny |
Ohio |
Ohio State Univ. |
$1,186,800-3 yrs |
Alan Van Heuvelen |
Oregon |
Oregon State Univ. |
$1,486,100-3 yrs |
Donald J. Arp |
Pennsylvania (2) |
Penn St. Univ. |
$1,389,300-3 yrs |
Donald A.Streit |
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Univ. of Pennsylvania |
$1,497,900-3 yrs |
Dennis M.DeTurck |
Puerto Rico |
Univ. of Puerto Rico |
$1,300,000-3 yrs |
Josefina A.Arce de Sanabia |
Rhode Island |
Univ. of Rhode Island |
$1,477,700-3 yrs |
John T. Merrill |
Tennessee |
Vanderbilt Univ. |
$1,230,000-3 yrs |
Virginia L.Sheperd |
Texas (2) |
Rice University |
$1,373,900-3 yrs |
Kathleen S.Matthews |
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Texas Engrg. Experimentation
Station (College Station) |
$ 679,500-3 yrs |
Diana I.Marinez |
Washington |
Univ. of Washington |
$1,473,200-3 yrs |
Denice D. Denton |
Wisconsin |
Univ. of Wisconsin |
$1,100,000-3 yrs |
Terrence C.Millar |
West Va. |
West Virginia Univ. Research
Corp. |
$1,460,100-3 yrs |
Allen C. Cogley |
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