NSF Org:	EES Div. of Equity for Excellence in STEM
Recipient:	SOUTHWESTERN INDIAN POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
Initial Amendment Date:	December 20, 2006
Latest Amendment Date:	February 28, 2008
Award Number:	0631402
Award Instrument:	Interagency Agreement
Program Manager:	Jody Chase lchase@nsf.gov  (703)292-5173 EES  Div. of Equity for Excellence in STEM EDU  Directorate for STEM Education
Start Date:	December 1, 2006
End Date:	November 30, 2008 (Estimated)
Total Intended Award Amount:	$1,492,969.00
Total Awarded Amount to Date:	$994,551.00
Funds Obligated to Date:	FY 2007 = $495,317.00 FY 2008 = $499,234.00
History of Investigator:	Valerie Montoya (Principal Investigator) vmontoya@sipi.bia.edu Nader Vadiee (Co-Principal Investigator) Ronald Hooks (Co-Principal Investigator) Katherine Mitchell (Co-Principal Investigator)
Recipient Sponsored Research Office:	Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute 9169 COORS BLVD NW ALBUQUERQUE NM  US  87120-3101 (505)792-2976
Sponsor Congressional District:	01
Primary Place of Performance:	Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute 9169 COORS BLVD NW ALBUQUERQUE NM  US  87120-3101
Primary Place of Performance Congressional District:	01
Unique Entity Identifier (UEI):	CZ87WJC9JFJ5
Parent UEI:
NSF Program(s):	Tribal College & Univers Prog
Primary Program Source:	app-0407  04000809DB NSF Education & Human Resource 04000910DB NSF Education & Human Resource
Program Reference Code(s):	9178, 9150, SMET
Program Element Code(s):	174400
Award Agency Code:	4900
Fund Agency Code:	4900
Assistance Listing Number(s):	47.076

ABSTRACT

In 2001, SIPI received a five-year TCUP Implementation Grant to support the development of science, mathematics, engineering and technology education. SIPI proposed a comprehensive academic enhancement project, entitled 'Vision 21: Expanding STEM higher education for Native Americans in the 21st century', designed to build capacity among faculty and improve the school's science education infrastructure. Vision 21 Phase I resulted in SIPI being well positioned in three areas. First, we have a well-trained teaching faculty with a broad repertoire of instructional strategies. Second, we have a state of the art science education facility with well-equipped labs across the natural and physical sciences. Third, we have an established undergraduate research experience program with a proven record of enhancing student success. We propose to leverage this strong underpinning with our Phase II request, and have chosen two overarching themes, and 4 goals, which extend our reach beyond the basic capacity building of Phase I. In Phase II we will focus on:
I. Access to higher education
Goal 1 Improve outreach to area schools so as to help students move effectively from high school to SIPI, and on to high-demand STEM careers, through early assessment and better aligning secondary and postsecondary curriculum.
Goal 2. Increase access of Native American college students to science and technology degrees through distance education.
II. Best strategies to prepare students for future careers as technologists, scientists and engineers
Goal 3. Improve curriculum and course offerings within STEM associate degree programs to prepare students to be successful at four-year institutions and/or to assume productive careers in the STEM workforce
Goal 4. Increase student and faculty research capacity.
Intellectual merit
SIPI is a national community college with students from over 100 tribes whose

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