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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.

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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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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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