Opportunity
NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM)
Award Info:
Awards to support Track 1 (Institutional Capacity Building) projects may not exceed $750,000 for up to 6 years. Awards to support Track 2 (Implementation: Single Institution) projects may not exceed $1,500,000 for up to 6 years. Awards to support Track 3 (Inter-institutional Consortia) projects may not exceed $5,000,000 for up to 6 years. The level of funding requested should be based on the focus, scope, and size of the effort. Awards to support Collaborative Planning grants may be up to $150,000 for up to two years.
Description:
Recognizing that financial aid alone cannot increase retention and graduation in STEM, the program provides awards to Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs) to fund scholarships and to advance the adaptation, implementation, and study of effective evidence-based curricular and co-curricular activities that support recruitment, retention, transfer (if appropriate), student success, academic/career pathways, and graduation in STEM. The S-STEM program encourages collaborations among different types of partners: Partnerships among different types of institutions; collaborations of STEM faculty and institutional, educational, and social science researchers; and partnerships among institutions of higher education and local business and industry, if appropriate.