NSF Org:	DUE Division Of Undergraduate Education
Recipient:	THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS RIO GRANDE VALLEY
Initial Amendment Date:	May 31, 2018
Latest Amendment Date:	August 19, 2021
Award Number:	1758406
Award Instrument:	Continuing Grant
Program Manager:	Jennifer Ellis jtellis@nsf.gov  (703)292-2125 DUE  Division Of Undergraduate Education EDU  Directorate for STEM Education
Start Date:	August 1, 2018
End Date:	July 31, 2025 (Estimated)
Total Intended Award Amount:	$1,199,508.00
Total Awarded Amount to Date:	$1,199,508.00
Funds Obligated to Date:	FY 2018 = $954,133.00 FY 2021 = $245,375.00
History of Investigator:	Kenneth Smith (Principal Investigator) kenneth.smith@utrgv.edu Angela Chapman (Co-Principal Investigator)
Recipient Sponsored Research Office:	The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley 1201 W UNIVERSITY DR EDINBURG TX  US  78539-2909 (956)665-2889
Sponsor Congressional District:	15
Primary Place of Performance:	The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley 1201 West University Dr Edinburg TX  US  78539-2909
Primary Place of Performance Congressional District:	15
Unique Entity Identifier (UEI):	L3ATVUT2KNK7
Parent UEI:
NSF Program(s):	Robert Noyce Scholarship Pgm
Primary Program Source:	04001819DB NSF Education & Human Resource 04002122DB NSF Education & Human Resource 04002223DB NSF Education & Human Resource
Program Reference Code(s):	9178
Program Element Code(s):	179500
Award Agency Code:	4900
Fund Agency Code:	4900
Assistance Listing Number(s):	47.076

ABSTRACT

With funding from the National Science Foundation's Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship program, this project at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley will recruit undergraduate majors in science and mathematics and prepare them to become secondary science and mathematics teachers. Over the five-year span of the award, the project will support 55 scholars. In this project, the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley will collaborate with nine public school districts in South Texas (McAllen Independent School District, Edinburg Consolidated School District, South Texas Independent School District, Harlingen Consolidated School District, Brownsville Independent School District, Mission Consolidated Independent School District, Sharyland Independent School District, San Benito Consolidated Independent School District, and Los Fresnos Consolidated Independent School District). Noyce Scholars will have internship opportunities, and this project has a strong evaluation plan to investigate the outcomes of the scholarship program.

This project will prepare science and mathematics majors to become certified high school science and mathematics teachers who will then teach in high-need school districts in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas and surrounding areas. This project will be administered at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, a federally designated Hispanic-serving Institution in South Texas with 89% of its more than 27,000 students self-identifying as Hispanic. By leveraging a curriculum grounded in equity, along with other strengths of the established UTeach model, this project has the potential to increase understanding of factors that contribute to successful recruitment and retention of STEM teachers, particularly those serving in largely Hispanic populations.

This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

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