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Mentor-Connect Leadership Development Program: NSF ATE Grant Assistance

Mentor-Connect program offers mentoring to enhance grant proposal development for STEM faculty in ATE institutions aiming for NSF funding. Eligible institutions benefit from workshops, mentoring, and resources to strengthen grant applications.

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Mentor-Connect Leadership Development Program: NSF ATE Grant Assistance

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  1. Introduction to Mentor-Connect Leadership Development and Outreach for ATE Mentoring System, Phase I Opportunity for NSF ATE Grant Preparation Assistance (Updated April 2013)

  2. Why Mentor-Connect? • Two-thirds of community colleges have never had NSF funding • NSF ATE no longer accepts preliminary proposals • Complexity of “grantsmanship”

  3. Why Mentor-Connect? • Need for highly skilled technicians • ATE Community sharing characteristics • Wealth of ATE resources • Experienced PIs willing to assist first-time applicants

  4. Why Mentor-Connect? • To help you compete for NSF ATE $ to: • Strengthen technician education to meet STEM workforce needs • Develop STEM faculty leadership in technician education • Mentor-Connect initially offers: • Proposal development assistance for Small Grants for Institutions New to ATE • Mentor-Connect will also offer: • Guidance and resources for funded PIs.

  5. Who is Eligible? Eligible Institutions and Faculty • Two-year technical or community colleges that have not received NSF ATE grant funding in the past 10 years • STEM faculty who prepare technicians for the American workforce Especially encouraged to participate: • Rural colleges • Faculty from populations underrepresented in STEM

  6. Mentor-Connect Goals • Increase the number and diversity of successful first-time grant applicants to the NSF ATE program • Enable new applicants to benefit from mentoring by experienced ATE principal investigators • Strengthen leadership skills among faculty in advanced technological education

  7. Project Activities • A three-day workshop in January 2014 (with $ support for travel) • An ATE-experienced mentor works with each team during the workshop and for an additional ~36 hours of consulting thereafter Teams of 2 STEM faculty members from 20 selected colleges will receive the following support to develop ATE proposals for the October 2014 submission:

  8. Teamwork Encouraged And… Participating colleges may send a grant writer or other supporting administrator to the January 2014 workshop with a faculty team (by paying registration fee and travel expenses for the additional participant)

  9. Mentor-Connect Mentors Mentors will: • Assist potential grantees during the three-day workshop • Provide additional ~36 hrs. customized mentoring/consulting • Provide feedback on grant proposal topics • Help proposal team refine ideas and strategies • Provide links to ATE resources • Work with potential grantees to ensure that proposals address NSF and ATE requirements

  10. Project Resources • A wide range of online resources designed specifically to support proposal development and grant management • www.Mentor-Connect.org website coming soon! Mentor-Connect support includes…

  11. Connect with Mentor-Connect • Send email to Mentor-Connect@fdtc.edu to receive an invitation • First event: webinar in September 2013 • Orientation to the NSF Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Program • Orientation to the Mentor-Connect Opportunity • How to access application • Selection criteria and process • + And check out the Resources at www.TeachingTechnicians.org for “Help for New ATE PIs”

  12. Mentor-Connect@fdtc.edu

  13. Mentor-Connect@fdtc.edu Leadership Development and Outreach for ATE NSF DUE # 1204463 Elaine Craft, Principal InvestigatorCharlotte Forrest, Project Manager SC ATE Center of Excellence Florence-Darlington Technical College Florence, SC 29501-0548

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