NSF Org:	CNS Division Of Computer and Network Systems
Recipient:	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE
Initial Amendment Date:	January 22, 2008
Latest Amendment Date:	January 22, 2008
Award Number:	0739304
Award Instrument:	Standard Grant
Program Manager:	Janice Cuny CNS  Division Of Computer and Network Systems CSE  Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering
Start Date:	February 1, 2008
End Date:	January 31, 2012 (Estimated)
Total Intended Award Amount:	$599,723.00
Total Awarded Amount to Date:	$599,723.00
Funds Obligated to Date:	FY 2008 = $599,723.00
History of Investigator:	Daniel Frost (Principal Investigator) frost@ics.uci.edu Amelia Regan (Co-Principal Investigator) William Tomlinson (Co-Principal Investigator)
Recipient Sponsored Research Office:	University of California-Irvine 160 ALDRICH HALL IRVINE CA  US  92697-0001 (949)824-7295
Sponsor Congressional District:	47
Primary Place of Performance:	University of California-Irvine 160 ALDRICH HALL IRVINE CA  US  92697-0001
Primary Place of Performance Congressional District:	47
Unique Entity Identifier (UEI):	MJC5FCYQTPE6
Parent UEI:	MJC5FCYQTPE6
NSF Program(s):	BROADENING PARTIC IN COMPUTING
Primary Program Source:	01000809DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT
Program Reference Code(s):	9218, HPCC
Program Element Code(s):	748200
Award Agency Code:	4900
Fund Agency Code:	4900
Assistance Listing Number(s):	47.070

ABSTRACT

The University of California, Irvine proposes an American Indian Summer Institute in Computer Science (AISICS) that aims to broaden participation in the computer sciences by actively engaging American Indian and Alaskan Native (AI/AN) students in cross-disciplinary culturally relevant hands-on information and computer science educational and social activities. For each of three summers, AI/AN high school students will work with computer science professors, graduate students, undergraduates, and high school teachers to develop interactive story projects. These projects will utilize technologies and concepts used in computer game development, will draw on the significant interest that many high school students feel for computer games, and will provide a means to present culture and history shared by American Indian storytellers in a modern context. About 100 AI/AN high school students will experience a cross-disciplinary culturally relevant curriculum, and their work will become part of a repository that provides a resource for digital curricular content made available to K-12 educators. The students will also participate in an American Indian studies course, a communication skills course, and informational workshops about college and the college admissions process. UC Irvine has offered a previous model of AISICS for eleven summers since 1991. This new AISICS project will enhance the partnership among the University, Title VII American Indian high school education programs, and other American Indian organizations.

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