Purpose: The
National Science Foundation Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) program is
designed to encourage the development and implementation of bold, new, and
potentially transformative approaches to STEM graduate education training. The
program seeks proposals that explore ways for graduate students in
research-based master's and doctoral degree programs
to develop the skills, knowledge, and competencies needed to pursue a range of
STEM careers.
IGE
focuses on projects aimed at piloting, testing, and validating innovative and
potentially transformative approaches to graduate education. IGE Projects
are intended to generate the knowledge required for their customization,
implementation, and broader adoption. The program supports testing of novel
models or activities with high potential to enrich and extend the knowledge base
on effective graduate education approaches. The program addresses both workforce
development, emphasizing broad participation, and institutional capacity
building needs in graduate education. Strategic collaborations with the private
sector, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), government agencies, national
laboratories, field stations, teaching and learning centers, informal science
centers, and academic partners are encouraged.
As
a special emphasis under this solicitation, IGE seeks proposals that will result
in a single cooperative agreement for the development and implementation of an
IGE Innovation Acceleration Hub. The Hub will facilitate IGE awardee
communications about research activities and outcomes and provide a platform for
external stakeholder engagement. Only Hub proposals submitted to the October
2020 deadline will be considered for funding.
Eligibility:
An
individual may serve as Lead Principal Investigator (PI) or Co-PI on only one
proposal submitted to the IGE program per annual
competition.
Funding
Amount/ Project Period:
·
IGE
Projects: $300,000 to $500,000 for up
to 3 years.
·
IGE
Innovation Acceleration Hub: One award in the form of a cooperative agreement is
anticipated. $500,000 in FY21; remaining funds disbursed in years FY 2022 – FY
2025. The maximum award amount is $1,000,000 for five years.
Link
to Funding Opportunity
Announcement
Institutional
Limit: 2 - An eligible organization may
participate in two Innovations in Graduate Education proposals per competition
regardless of the role as lead, non-lead
organization, or subawardee.
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 October 13, 2020:
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: November
4, 2020