Innovation through Institutional Integration (I3)

National Science Foundation

Directorate for Education and Human Resources

Challenges faculty, administrators, and others in institutions of higher education to think strategically about the creative integration of NSF-funded awards towards a whole that exceeds the sum of its parts.

Innovation through Institutional Integration

Keys to Innovation

CreativityConnectivity IntegrationSynergy

Goals of I3

• Increase synergy and collaboration across NSF-funded projects and within/between institutions

• Expand and deepen impact, and enhance sustainability

• Broaden participation, attend to transitions across critical educational junctures, and/or provide for more globally engaged workforce

• Promote innovative programming, policies and practices to encourage integration of STEM research and education

• Encourage research on intra- or inter-institutional integration & broader impacts

Proposals are expected to incorporate a depth and quality of creative, coherent, and strategic actions that extend beyond commonplace approaches to normal institutional operations.

Innovation through Institutional Integration

I3 Proposals Proposed projects can have a focus

that is: Intra-institutional Inter-institutional

Proposed projects may be: Implementation only Research only A blend of the two

Cross-Divisional Effort In EHR

For the current competition, proposals are solicited in nine programs: Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology

(CREST) Research on Gender in Science and Engineering (GSE) Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate

Program (HBCU-UP) Alliances for Broadening Participation in STEM: Louis Stokes

Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Math and Science Partnerships (MSP) Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers

(ITEST) Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program (NOYCE) Research in Disabilities Education (RDE) Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP)

Eligibility And Limit On Number Of Proposals

I3 is limited to institutions of higher education (including two – and four- year colleges) accredited in, or having a campus located in the US, unless the proposal is exclusively for I3 STEM educational or related research.

If the proposal is exclusively for research, then all categories of proposers identified in the NSF Grant Proposal Guide are eligible.

Principal Investigator must be the University Provost or equivalent chief academic officer, unless the proposal is exclusively for I3 STEM educational or related research.

Only one proposal from an institution may be submitted for each deadline. All proposals, without regard to which program submitted, will be reviewed in competition with one another.

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Innovation through Institutional Integration

Proposals For Implementation Expected To Articulate

Project’s vision, goals, and anticipated outcomes Plan for achieving them, based on relevant literature Results from prior, relevant NSF investments,

especially those projects on which proposed institutional integration is based

Management/governance plan and timeline Evaluation plan to assess progress and success in

meeting project goals and objectives

Proposals For Research Expected To Provide

Brief review of literature that informs proposed research

Discussion of methodology and its alignment with strategic research questions

Clear articulation of logic among research question, method, analysis, inference, and evidence

Project Evaluation

Information about the project evaluation component of the proposal can be found in the solicitation: Section V: PROPOSAL PREPARATION AND

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS A. Proposal Preparation Instructions

Special Review Criteria

Extent to which project addresses goals for institutional integration and adds value to existing awards

Demonstrated track record of success with existing NSF awards as base for project

Degree of innovation Extent to which project addresses

programming, policies, and practices that sustain institutional changes needed for ongoing synergy

Continuing grants of up to $250K per year for up to five years, for a total of $1,250,000 with funding for years 4 and 5 dependent on project progress and availability of funds.

Innovation through Institutional Integration

Proposals Due:April 7, 2010

I3 proposals submitted to any of the nine participating EHR programs have a common due date and will be reviewed in competition with one another.

Cohort I, 2008 I3 Awards

0833461            Louisiana State University 0833364            U. Colorado at Boulder 0833434            Georgia Institute of

Technology 0833439            U. of Florida 0833338            U. of Washington 0833482            U. Hawaii, Kapiolani

Community College

Cohort II, 2009 I3 Awards 0930018 Vanderbilt University 0930067 Fort Belknap College 0930109 Arizona State University 0930134 Rutgers University, New

Brunswick 0930182 Michigan State University 0930242 CUNY New York College of

Technology 0930257 Texas Tech University

Answer to FAQ

You don’t need to have an existing

CREST, GSE, HBCU-UP, ITEST, LSAMP, MSP, Noyce, RDE, or TCUP award on your campus in order to submit a proposal, although it is expected that your campus(es) will have one or more EHR awards and that these awards will collaborate around one or more of the I3 integrative themes, unless…

Answers to FAQs

…the proposal is exclusively for research. Your campus does not necessarily need to have existing awards from EHR.

Proposals exclusively for research may be submitted by any eligible organization, as described in the NSF Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide.

Answer to FAQ

In addition to awards funded by EHR on a university campus(es), you may also include in your proposed project other awards/projects with a STEM educational focus, including other NSF-funded awards, as well as STEM educational projects funded by other governmental agencies, private organizations, and foundations.

FAQs Available At

EHR Website:

Visit http://www.nsf.gov Click on “Program Area” on left

navigation bar and select “Education” Find FAQs link in the “Special

Announcements” section

Questions????

Contacts

Any of the program directors below may be contacted:

Kathleen Bergin, kbergin@nsf.gov , 703-292-5171

Sylvia James, sjames@nsf.gov, 703-292-5333

Victor Santiago, vsantiag@nsf.gov , 703-292-4673