Grants Alert

• Published date: 07 September 2017
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/fgc.30143
• Date: 07 September 2017

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NSF announces graduate

education project awards

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has

announced $4.8 million for 10 new projects to pilot,

test and validate innovative and transformative

ways to teach science, technology, engineering

and mathematics (STEM) in graduate education.

NSF said the awards are part of its Innovations in

Graduate Education (IGE) program, which connects

students with multiple career paths, supports

diversity and inclusion in graduate schools, and tests

approaches aimed at improving communications,

quantitative, teamwork and other skills critical for

successful integration into the workforce.

“These IGE projects address important

challenges in graduate education: diversity, career

pathways and transferable skillsets,” said Jim

Lewis, acting assistant director for NSF’s Education

and Human Resources Directorate, in a statement.

“Learning more about what constitutes effective

graduate education will enable us to prepare

a STEM-capable workforce that can meet the

evolving demands of a fast-paced, data-intensive,

globally networked world.”

NSF said these newest IGE projects are diverse

in nature, evaluating different approaches that could

be scaled for use at other institutions nationally.

According to NSF, projects include but are not

limited to:

• “Integrating Team Science into the STEM

Graduate Training Experience,” Susan Cozzens

(PI), Georgia Tech Research Corporation;

• “The NAVIGATE Project: A Case-Study

Approach to Overcoming Barriers to Advancement

for Women in STEM,” Liesl Folks, State University

of New York at Buffalo; Coleen Carrigan (PI), Cal

Poly Foundation; and

• “Ph.D. Career Ladder Program: A Grassroots

Approach to Career Development,” Nancy Goroff

(PI), Stony Brook University, New York.

To see the latest solicitation for the IGE

program, go to http://www.grants.gov and search

FON# 17-585.

The next deadline for proposal submission is Oct.

25, 2017.

Grants alert

Humanities Connections—Implementation

Grants (NEH)

Scope: The National Endowment for the Humanities

seeks applications for the Humanities Connections—

Implementation Grants to support the interdisciplinary

collaboration of faculty from two or more separate

departments or schools (a minimum of one in and one

outside of the humanities), with the implementation

of a sustainable curricular program or initiative as the

outcome.

Deadline: Oct. 17, 2017.

Funds: Awards of up to $100,000. The maximum

project period is 36 months.

Eligibility: Colleges and universities.

Areas: NEH said Implementation Grants may be used

to: convene a core faculty team and develop working

groups on issues central to project rationale; engage

outside experts on issues pertinent to project content,

design and sustainability; and develop, implement,

assess and refine curricula (such as new courses,

modules and pathways) and instructional models for

effective pedagogy.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# 20171017-AKA

Humanities Connections—Planning Grants

(NEH)

Scope: The National Endowment for the Humanities

seeks applications for the Humanities Connections—

Planning Grants announcement to support the

interdisciplinary collaboration of faculty from two or

more separate departments or schools (a minimum

of one in and one outside of the humanities), with the

goal of designing a new, coherent curricular program

or initiative.

Deadline: Oct. 17, 2017.

Funds: Up to $35,000 per award. The maximum

project period is 12 months.

Eligibility: Colleges and universities.

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