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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: Monday, April 1, 2013

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 to csl@colorado.edu

CHANCELLOR'S GRADUATE AWARD (CGA) FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

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