Title:
Advanced Technological Education (ATE)
Funding Source:
National Science Foundation
Scope:
With an emphasis on two-year colleges, the Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program focuses on the education of technicians for the high-technology fields that drive our nation's economy. The program involves partnerships between academic institutions and employers to promote improvement in the education of science and engineering technicians at the undergraduate and secondary school levels.
Areas:
The ATE program supports curriculum development; professional development of college faculty and secondary school teachers; career pathways to two-year colleges from secondary schools and from two-year colleges to four-year institutions; and other activities. A secondary goal is articulation between two-year and four-year programs for K-12 prospective teachers that focus on technological education. The program also invites proposals focusing on applied research relating to technician education.
Changes in the ATE program solicitation for FY2008, FY2009, and FY2010 include:
1.
A new project's category "Small Grants for Institutions New to ATE" has been added for institutions that have not had an ATE award in the past 10 years.
2.
Program Improvement within the ATE projects track has an expanded set of opportunities.
3.
Institution-level reform projects should be submitted under program improvement.
4.
Teacher preparation has been rewritten to broaden the types of projects that can be supported.
5.
The Research on Technician Education activity under projects has been changed to Targeted Research on Technician Education and is now a third track of the ATE program.
Funds:
Anticipated Type of Award: Standard Grant or Continuing Grant
Estimated Number of Awards: 75
Anticipated Funding Amount: $46,000,000 each year in FY 2009, and FY 2010, for both new and continuing ATE Awards, subject to the availability of funds.
Deadline:
October 15th, 2009 Full proposal
Note: A preliminary proposal is optional, but strongly recommended.
The deadline for the preliminary proposal was April 23rd, 2009.
Before your grant proposal is submitted, the district grants office will be available to review your application, answer any questions, and help you with technical difficulties. Please contact us after reviewing the guidelines if you are planning on submitting this grant.
Please note: Dr. Harper-Marinick is required to review all outgoing proposals as well as the district grants office and your campus president. The district grants interest packet contains grant related information, and includes procedures. |
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