| NSF Org: |
DMS Division Of Mathematical Sciences |
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| Initial Amendment Date: | August 21, 2023 |
| Latest Amendment Date: | September 4, 2024 |
| Award Number: | 2317453 |
| Award Instrument: | Continuing Grant |
| Program Manager: |
James Matthew Douglass
mdouglas@nsf.gov (703)292-2467 DMS Division Of Mathematical Sciences MPS Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences |
| Start Date: | November 1, 2023 |
| End Date: | October 31, 2028 (Estimated) |
| Total Intended Award Amount: | $1,535,106.00 |
| Total Awarded Amount to Date: | $612,222.00 |
| Funds Obligated to Date: |
FY 2024 = $212,222.00 |
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| Recipient Sponsored Research Office: |
1600 CAMPUS RD LOS ANGELES CA US 90041-3314 (323)259-1414 |
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| Primary Place of Performance: |
1600 CAMPUS RD LOS ANGELES CA US 90041-3314 |
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| NSF Program(s): |
INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM, IUSE |
| Primary Program Source: |
01002526DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT 01002627DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT 01002728DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT 04002324DB NSF STEM Education |
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| Award Agency Code: | 4900 |
| Fund Agency Code: | 4900 |
| Assistance Listing Number(s): | 47.049, 47.076 |
ABSTRACT
The Center for Undergraduate Research in Mathematics (CURM) provides funding and training for undergraduate research courses during the academic year that are carried out in collaboration between a two-year or community college and a bachelor's-granting institution. Faculty members funded by CURM receive training in inclusive and scaffolded research mentoring for early-career students, funding to support research activities and collaboration during the academic year, and models for institutionalizing academic year undergraduate research. CURM also provides mentorship for developing a strong proposal to CURM for faculty with less experience in grant writing. Intellectual merits include contributions to research, presentations at conferences and workshops, and publishing research papers in multiple subfields of mathematics. Broader impacts include early exposure for students to the high impact practice of research, increasing transfer rates for two year and community college students, and development of strong research and research mentoring skills in mathematics faculty across the US.
CURM addresses previously identified barriers to undergraduate research at 2-year and community colleges. Providing funding for faculty helps address high teaching loads and lack of travel funding. Credit-bearing course-based research opportunities help address lack of student awareness of research opportunities, and also student workload issues. Inter-institutional communities of practice help address lack of student awareness, lack of sense of belonging at 4-year institutions for 2-year college students, and the short time students may be enrolled at 2-year colleges. Finally, training for faculty in research areas with rich selections of research projects for early career students helps address faculty uncertainty about how to find and effectively mentor an appropriate research project. We will offer a research immersion experience for faculty in those research areas, including data science, graph theory, mathematical modeling, and mathematics education. Doing so will also increase the research expertise in participating institutions.
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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