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Chancellor's Graduate Award for Excellence in STEM Education

Quarter-time (25%) graduate research fellowships of up to one academic year are available to support discipline-based STEM education research and educational transformation. These funds must be matched by the student’s faculty advisor, department, or another source. Preference will be given to proposals involving PhD-level STEM education research within a disciplinary department or though an interdisciplinary program.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Friday, July 1st, 2011

    HOW TO APPLY:

    Students should:

  1. Fill out a Proposal Cover Sheet
  2. Submit a one to five page proposal that includes:
    • A description of the problem you will be addressing (citing relevant background research/theoretical framework)
    • Your methodology, including a description of how you will evaluate your success.
    • A timeframe for the project.
    • A statement about how the proposed project will further your development, support STEM education within the home department, and benefit the CU community as a whole.
  3. Attach a current CV

    Faculty Advisors should:

  1. Fill out a Proposal Cover Sheet
  2. Submit a one-two page statement that includes:
    • A mentoring description (how will you ensure your advisee’s successful completion of the project?)
    • A discussion of departmental mechanisms for including the results of the research in the student’s degree program
    • A description of the 25% matching funds or a discussion of why they cannot be provided
  3. Attach a current CV
  4. Attach a list of current and pending funding

 

    SUBMIT APPLICATION ELECTRONICALLY iSTEM@colorado.edu

 

    EXPECTATIONS:

    Graduate fellows will be expected to:

  • Attend and participate (present a poster) in the annual Symposium on STEM Education
  • Actively engage in the CU STEM education community (You will be strongly encouraged to attend the weekly DBER Seminar Series. If you absolutely cannot, please consult with us about getting involved in other ways.)
  • Present your work to the STEM education community (by giving at least one DBER seminar or talk that the CU STEM education community is invited to attend)
  • Submit a one to three-page report detailing the outcomes of the project at the end of the funding period.

    Faculty advisors will be expected to:

  • Attend and the annual Symposium on STEM Education
  • Actively engage in the CU STEM education community (You will be strongly encouraged to attend the weekly DBER Seminar Series. If you absolutely cannot, please consult with us about getting involved in other ways.)

 

Questions may be directed to Kate Kidder.

To see a list of current fellows and view their proposals, visit the Current Fellows page.

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