NSF Org:	DUE Division Of Undergraduate Education
Recipient:	INDIAN RIVER STATE COLLEGE
Initial Amendment Date:	May 14, 2020
Latest Amendment Date:	May 14, 2020
Award Number:	2018198
Award Instrument:	Standard Grant
Program Manager:	Virginia Carter vccarter@nsf.gov  (703)292-4651 DUE  Division Of Undergraduate Education EDU  Directorate for STEM Education
Start Date:	May 15, 2020
End Date:	April 30, 2026 (Estimated)
Total Intended Award Amount:	$3,610,655.00
Total Awarded Amount to Date:	$3,610,655.00
Funds Obligated to Date:	FY 2020 = $3,610,655.00
History of Investigator:	Kevin Cooper (Principal Investigator) kcooper@irsc.edu David Brown (Co-Principal Investigator) Rassoul Dastmozd (Co-Principal Investigator)
Recipient Sponsored Research Office:	Indian River State College 3209 VIRGINIA AVE FORT PIERCE FL  US  34981-5541 (772)462-4703
Sponsor Congressional District:	21
Primary Place of Performance:	Indian River State College 3209 Virginia Avenue Fort Pierce FL  US  34981-5541
Primary Place of Performance Congressional District:	21
Unique Entity Identifier (UEI):	SLC8K4SACKJ2
Parent UEI:
NSF Program(s):	Advanced Tech Education Prog
Primary Program Source:	04002021DB NSF Education & Human Resource
Program Reference Code(s):	1032, 9178, SMET
Program Element Code(s):	741200
Award Agency Code:	4900
Fund Agency Code:	4900
Assistance Listing Number(s):	47.076

ABSTRACT

The National Science Foundations' Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program has supported many U.S. community colleges to collaborate with industry in developing educational programs for the nation's skilled technical workforce. This project aims to broaden the diversity of institutions supported by the ATE program. Specifically, the project aims to catalyze submissions of ATE proposals from 45 two-year institutions that have not previously or not recently received ATE funding. The project will mentor and support the colleges to generate ideas for projects and to develop the infrastructure, knowledge, and expertise that are needed to submit high-quality proposals to ATE and to other NSF funding programs. By providing access to well-paying careers as skilled technicians, growth of community college STEM programs can help increase social mobility, as well as advance diversity and inclusion in the nation's STEM enterprise.

This project aims to encourage the participating community and technical colleges to submit proposals to the ATE program, as a source of funding to innovate and grow STEM programs in advanced technological areas. In this effort, the project will engage the college Presidents and Boards of Trustees, to leverage their influence on the efforts to pursue ATE funding. The project will support capacity building at each participating college, assisting the college to develop the infrastructure needed to submit proposals to NSF and to manage NSF awards. The project team will work with local faculty and staff to help them identify growth opportunities within their institutions and region, and to prepare proposals to support these opportunities. Through its activities, the project team expects to support innovation and growth in technology areas that might otherwise be neglected, thus supporting existing and emerging industry needs for a skilled technical workforce. This project is funded by the Advanced Technological Education program that focuses on the education of technicians for the advanced-technology fields that drive the nation's economy.

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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