S-STEM awards facilitate the establishment of
infrastructure and collaborations to: (1) provide scholarships to domestic
low-income academically promising students with demonstrated financial need
pursuing a degree in one of the S-STEM eligible disciplines; (2) adapt and
implement evidence-based curricular and co-curricular activities to support NSF
S-STEM scholars; (3) increase retention, student success, and graduation of
these low-income students in STEM; (4) test strategies for systematically
supporting student academic and career pathways in STEM in ways that are
congruent with the institutional context and resources; and (5) disseminate
findings on what works related to the supports and interventions undertaken by
the project, in particular to other institutions working to support low-income
STEM students.
In addition to providing funds for scholarships, the
S-STEM program also supports the implementation and testing of an ensemble of
existing effective evidence-based curricular and co-curricular activities
featuring: (1) close involvement of faculty in S-STEM eligible disciplines, (2)
one-on-one mentoring for students, (3) provisions and adaptation of activities
that support student success, including the formation of student cohorts and
other effective practices (e.g., student support services; professional and
workforce development activities), (4) covering of academic expenses that
become barriers for success for low-income students (e.g., graduation fees,
standardize testing fees, graduate school application fees, etc.)
Proposals with a strong focus on workforce development
are encouraged to partner with business, industry, local community
organizations, national labs, or other federal or state government
organizations to provide appropriate opportunities to scholars, including but
not limited to internships, research and service-learning activities and other
opportunities above and beyond the financial support provided through
scholarships.
Note, UCR is not eligible to submit Awards for Track 1.
Awards for Track 2 (Implementation: Single Institution)
projects may not exceed $2,000,000 total for a maximum duration of 6 years Awards for Track 3 (Inter-institutional Consortia)
projects may not exceed $5,000,000 total for a maximum duration of 6 years.
Collaborative Planning projects may not exceed $100,000
for a maximum duration of 1 year. |