TITLE: New Awards Connect Higher Education and K-12 Classrooms
Date:  October 25, 1999


Media contact:
Bill Noxon				NSF PR 99-66
(703) 306-1070/wnoxon@nsf.gov		October 15, 1999
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NEW AWARDS CONNECT HIGHER EDUCATION AND K-12 CLASSROOMS

     The National Science Foundation (NSF) has made a first round
of grants to researchers at 31 institutions nationwide under an
innovative educational program enabling talented graduate
students and advanced undergraduates in science, mathematics,
engineering and technology to serve as teaching fellows in K-12
schools.
     The grants, made under the NSF Graduate Teaching Fellows in
K-12 Education (GK-12) program, will go to institutions in 24
states from New York to Hawaii, as well as Puerto Rico.  The
multi-year awards were made after reviewing proposals from 157
institutions in 46 states. Collectively, the 31 new grants,
totaling $13.4 million for the first year, will fund about 300
graduate and 100 undergraduate students annually.  Planned as a
pilot effort in 1999, the program received such a positive
response from colleges and universities that NSF allocated more
funds than originally planned.
     A formal program was requested and approved by Congress as
part of NSF's 2000 budget.
     "The GK-12 program will boost the content of elementary and
secondary education and the quality of graduate and undergraduate
education at the same time," Rita Colwell, NSF director said
recently to the GK-12 review panel.  "This is a very practical
approach: graduate and advanced undergraduate students will get
direct classroom experience; young scientists will get involved
in the educational process at an early stage in their careers;
and the program gives recognition to teaching in a scientific
career."
      Colwell said that the collaboration between universities
and local school districts will strengthen relationships between
universities and communities, and the balance of give-and-take
between all educational levels gives the program promise of "a
classic win-win."
      Graduate students in the GK-12 program will receive annual
stipends of $18,000, plus a cost-of-education allowance.
Undergraduate students will receive as much as $5,000 per
academic year, plus up to an additional $5,000 for service in the
summer.
      Academic institutions that offer graduate degrees in
science, mathematics, engineering and technology can apply for
two-to three-year awards ranging from $200,000 up to $500,000 per
year.  The institutions are responsible for selecting the
teaching fellows.
                              -NSF-
Attachment: List of GK-12 awards.

                
		     GK-12 AWARDS FOR TEACHING FELLOWS
                                
State              Institution           Amount (Est.)          Project Leader (PI)

Alabama        Univ. of Alabama,        $1,417,300-3 yrs        Larry Krannich
               Birmingham (UAB)
Arizona        Univ. of Arizona         $1,370,600-3 yrs        Michelle Hall-Wallace
California     San Diego State Univ.    $1,500,000-3 yrs
                   Foundation
Colorado       Univ. of Colorado,       $1,293,700-3 yrs        Jacquelyn F.Sullivan
                  Boulder
Hawaii         Univ. of Hawaii, Manoa   $1,422,450-3 yrs        Kenneth Y. Kaneshiro
Illinois       Univ. of Illinois,       $1,317,200-3 yrs        Donald J. Wink
                  Chicago
Kansas         Univ. of Kansas          $1,092,000-3 yrs        Janet Bond Robinson
Massachusetts  Tufts University         $  888,000-3 yrs        Martha N. Cyr
     (2)       Northeastern Univ.       $1,000,000-3 yrs        David C.Blackman
Maryland       Johns Hopkins Univ.      $  455,600-2 yrs        James E. Hildreth
Maine          University of Maine      $1,315,800-3 yrs        Susan H. Brawley
Michigan       Wayne State Univ.        $1,343,200-3 yrs        Gerald L. Dunifer
    (2)        Michigan Tech. Univ.     $1,147,000-3 yrs        Beverly J.Baartmans
Mississippi    Univ. of Mississippi     $1,422,300-3 yrs        John H. O'Haver
N. Carolina    North Carolina State U.  $  273,000-3 yrs        Laura J.Bottomley
    (2)        Duke University          $  340,300-3 yrs        Gary A. Ybarra
New Jersey     Rutgers University       $1,487,600-3 yrs        Kathleen M. Scott
New York       Clarkson University      $  962,700-3 yrs        Susan E. Powers
(2)            Cornell University       $1,346,500-3 yrs        Marianne E.   Krasny
Ohio           Ohio State Univ.         $1,186,800-3 yrs        Alan VanHeuvelen
Oregon         Oregon State Univ.       $1,486,100-3 yrs        Donald J. Arp
Pennsyl.       Penn St. Univ.           $1,389,300-3 yrs        Donald A. Streit
    (2)        Univ. of Pennsylvania    $1,497,900-3 yrs        Dennis M. DeTurck
Puerto Rico    Univ. of Puerto Rico     $1,300,000-3 yrs        Josefina A.Arce de Sanabia    
Rhode Is.      Univ. of Rhode Island    $1,477,700-3 yrs        John T.Merrill
Tennessee      Vanderbilt Univ.         $1,230,000-3 yrs        Virginia L.Sheperd
Texas          Rice University          $1,373,900-3 yrs        Kathleen S. Matthews
 (2)           Texas Engrg. Experi-     $  679,500-3 yrs        Diana I.Marinez
                mentation Station (College Station)
Wash.          Univ. of Washington      $1,473,200-3 yrs        Denice D. Denton
Wisconsin      Univ. of Wisconsin       $1,100,000-3 yrs        Terrence C. Millar
West Va.       West Virginia Univ.      $1,460,100-3yrs         Allen C. Cogley
                    Research Corp.