Title: CISE Educational Innovation Program
Type: Program Announcements & Information
Subtype: Computer/Information Sciences
It may be found at:
http://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/getpub?nsf9844
CISE EDUCATIONAL INNOVATION PROGRAM
INTRODUCTION
The objective of the CISE Educational Innovation (EI) program is to
stimulate innovative educational activities at the undergraduate level in
CISE disciplines by encouraging the transfer of research results into the
undergraduate curriculum.
SCOPE OF THE PROGRAM
The EI program will support the design, development testing and
dissemination of innovative approaches for increasing the effectiveness of
the undergraduate learning experience in CISE disciplines (see NSF Guide to
Programs, NSF 97-150) by integrating research results into undergraduate
courses and curricula. The research, whether on-going or completed, may be
drawn from any research project, not just those funded by the National
Science Foundation.
As a minimum, the set of individuals involved in a project should be chosen
to ensure an appropriate level of expertise in teaching, curriculum
development, and in the relevant research areas. Addition of individuals
with expertise in learning sciences, education, information technologies,
cognitive sciences and/or related areas, if appropriate to the project, is
encouraged. It is not required that the principal investigator or other
active participants in the project be the originators of the research
results which are to be transferred to the undergraduate curriculum.
However, the proposal should describe the group's expertise in the research
area(s).
Projects supported by the EI program are expected to act as a national
model of excellence by being a prototype of educational experiences for use
by a broader segment of the scientific and engineering community.
Consequently successful dissemination of the project results is essential.
The proposal should contain a detailed set of activities for communicating
the results of the project to the CISE community. Collaboration with other
institutions, particularly as part of the dissemination activities,is
highly encouraged. The formality, level, and nature of this collaboration
will be the decision of the institutions concerned; however the
effectiveness of the dissemination activities will be part of the
evaluation criteria. An institution submitting a proposal should also
include a budget amount for at least one trip by the principal investigator
to a major educational conference for presentation of results of the
project.
EI awards will be for three years and are expected to range from $300,000
to $600,000 over the three year period. At the current level of funding for
this program, we expect 4-6 proposals to be selected for support.
PROPOSAL DEADLINE
The deadline for EI grant proposals is the third Monday in March. Proposals
postmarked after this date will be returned unprocessed. Awards are planned
for the summer.
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Recommendations:
To learn about additional NSF-wide cross-disciplinary activities, please
follow the OSTI information (http://www.nsf.gov/od/osti).
The Division of Experimental and Integrative Activities (EIA)
(http://www.cise.nsf.gov/eia/index.html) supports experimental research in
Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) areas as well as
interdisciplinary and integrative research activities that are CISE
Directorate- or NSF-wide.
You are encouraged to subscribe to the NSF Custom News Service
http://www.nsf.gov/home/cns/start.htm
and receive the program annoucements and other information of interest to
you, as soon as these are released.
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