Purpose: The
National Science Foundation's Directorate for Engineering (ENG) and the
Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) have
joined to support the Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering and
Computer Science program. This program supports active long-term collaborative
partnerships between K-12 Science, Technology, Engineering, Computer and
Information Science, and Mathematics (STEM) in-service and pre-service
teachers, full-time community college faculty, and university faculty and
students to enhance the scientific disciplinary knowledge and capacity of the
STEM teachers and/or community college faculty through participation in
authentic summer research experiences with engineering and computer science
faculty researchers. The research projects and experiences all revolve around a
focused research area related to engineering and/or computer science that will
provide a common cohort experience to the participating educators. The K-12
STEM teachers and/or full-time community college faculty also translate their
research experiences and new scientific knowledge into their classroom
activities and curricula. The university team will include faculty, graduate
and undergraduate students as well as industrial advisors. Involvement of
graduate students in support of academic-year classroom activities is
particularly encouraged.
Partnerships with inner city, rural or other high needs schools are
especially encouraged, as is participation by underrepresented minorities,
women, veterans, and persons with disabilities. As part of the long-term
partnership arrangements, university undergraduate/graduate students will
partner with pre-college/community college faculty in their classrooms during
the academic year to support the integration of the RET curricular materials
into classroom activities.
Note:
Only RET Site proposals are limited.
Three RET Site proposals may be submitted per competition by a U.S. academic
institution, including a College/Department of Engineering, Engineering
Technology, or Computer and/or Information Science as the lead institution. No more than two of the three proposals may
have an engineering focus, and only one of the three proposals may have a
computer and/or information science focus.
Eligibility:
The
PI must be a full-time Engineering and/or Computer Science faculty member whose
primary job responsibilities are research and teaching and not a faculty member
who is involved in an administrative capacity such as a dean or outreach
coordinator.
Funding Amount/ Project
Period: $600,000 for up to 3 years
for an RET Site
Link
to Funding Opportunity Announcement
Institutional Limit:
3 RET Sites, no more than 2 with an
engineering focus and only 1 with a computer/information science
focus
Internal
Competition: To
participate in the university’s selection process,please upload the
following,assembled
into a single PDF file, to the Office of the Vice President for Research via
this
portal
with a copy to your Associate Dean for Research by July 9,
2019:
A committee will be
convened to review the material and make a recommendation.
For questions or issues
with submission through the portal, email the limited submission mailbox
(limitedsubmissions@uky.edu), or call 257-2861.
Agency Deadline: September
18, 2019