funding

There are several funding opportunities for colleges with an interest in STEM education. We'll keep adding new resources to the top of this page as they appear.

Mar 2023

Elizabeth Stewart here, adding to Sandra's list of resources. I had the good fortune to be able to join the March 21st webinar about NSF Dear Colleague Letters (DCLs), hosted by Rachel Bower and attended by many program officers, including Celeste Carter, Lead Program Director, Advanced Technological Education (ATE). I learned a great deal about DCLs and in particular I learned that program officers are... Read more

On September 12, 2022 President Biden issued an executive order that launched a national biotechnology and biomanufacturing initiative long in the making. The " Advancing Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Innovation for a Sustainable, Safe, and Secure American Bioeconomy " investment is a commitment to innovation, the economy, jobs, food security and finding solutions to the challenge of climate change. On September 14th, the accompanying summit gave a chance to expand on the ideas presented by the government.

Goals described at the summit and in the White House's Fact Sheet include:

Leverage biotechnology for strengthened... Read more

Small companies and workforce education programs like those in the ATE community are natural partners. Small companies need access to highly-trained personnel and expensive equipment. ATE programs need industry partners to help ensure that they're teaching marketable technical skills and to provide internships for students.

The NSF has supplemental funding available to support these kinds of partnerships between small businesses (with active SBIR funding) and community colleges. There are supplements available to support internships by college instructors (RET), student internships (REU, VRS), and phase IICC supplements to support partnerships.

The first presentation is from Dr. Ben... Read more