Funding-Math and
Science Partnership (MSP); July 8, 2010
Because
UK’s Appalachian Math Science Partnership is applying for a Phase II
Partnership, UK will not hold an internal competition for the Targeted,
Institute, MSP-Start, or Phase II Partnership Programs. (There is no limit to
the number of proposals that can be submitted to the Research, Evaluation and
Technical Assistance (RETA) Projects Program.)
Agency
National Science
Foundation
Description
The Math and Science
Partnership (MSP) program is a major research and development effort that
supports innovative partnerships to improve K-12 student achievement in
mathematics and science. MSP projects are expected to raise the achievement
levels of all students and significantly reduce achievement gaps in the
mathematics and science performance of diverse student populations. In order to
improve the mathematics and science achievement of the Nation's students, MSP
projects contribute to what is known in mathematics and science education and
serve as models that have a sufficiently strong evidence/research base to
improve the mathematics and science education outcomes for all students. NSF's
MSP program coordinates its effort with programs of the U.S. Department of
Education in the expectation that effective innovations in mathematics and
science education will be disseminated into wider practice.
Through this
solicitation, NSF seeks to support five types of awards:
1.
Targeted Partnerships
focus on studying and
solving teaching and learning issues within a specific grade range or at a
critical juncture in education, and/or within a specific disciplinary focus in
mathematics or the sciences;
2.
Institute
Partnerships - Teacher Institutes for the 21st
Century focus on meeting
national needs for teacher leaders/master teachers who have deep knowledge of
disciplinary content for teaching and are fully prepared to be school- or
district-based intellectual leaders in mathematics or the
sciences;
3.
MSP-Start
Partnerships are for awardees new
to the MSP program, especially from minority-serving institutions, community
colleges and primarily undergraduate institutions, to support the necessary data
analysis, project design, evaluation and team building activities needed to
develop a full MSP Targeted or Institute Partnership;
4.
Phase II Partnerships
are for prior NSF MSP
Partnership awardees to continue implementation on specific innovative areas of
their work where evidence of the potential for significant positive impact is
clearly documented. The intent is that there will be focused efforts to carry
out the necessary research to advance knowledge and understanding in the
specific area(s); and
5.
Research, Evaluation
and Technical Assistance
(RETA) projects (a) study the relationships among MSP
activities and student learning using theoretically informed, methodologically
rigorous methods; (b) develop and validate instruments of teacher or student
knowledge that MSPs and others can use to assess the impact of their work, or
(c) provide technical assistance to MSP projects to help them rigorously
evaluate their work.
Announcement
Number:
nsf10556
Closing
Date: July 08,
2010
Institute
Partnerships, MSP-Start Partnerships, Phase II Partnerships, RETA
Projects
October 14,
2010
Targeted
Partnerships
Link to Full
Announcement
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2010/nsf10556/nsf10556.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click
Contact
Information
·
Kathleen B. Bergin,
Program Director, telephone: (703) 292-5171, email: kbergin@nsf.gov
·
James E. Hamos, Program Director, telephone: (703) 292-4687, email:
jhamos@nsf.gov
·
Ann F. McKenna,
Program Director, telephone: (703) 292-4629, email: amckenna@nsf.gov
·
Don L. Millard,
Program Director, telephone: (703) 292-4620, email: dmillard@nsf.gov
·
Lance C. Pérez, Program Director, telephone: (703) 292-4640, email:
lperez@nsf.gov
·
Joan T. Prival, Program Director, telephone: (703) 292-4635, email:
jprival@nsf.gov
·
Daphne Y. Rainey,
Program Director, telephone: (703) 292-4671, email: drainey@nsf.gov
·
Hannah Sevian, Program Director, telephone: (703) 292-5108, email:
hsevian@nsf.gov
·
Elizabeth VanderPutten, Program Director, telephone: (703) 292-5147,
email: evanderp@nsf.gov