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NSF – Math and Science Partnerships (MSP) NSF 10-556

Internal Competition Completed

Principal Investigators Selected:

• Mitra Dutta, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Program Summary

The Math and Science Partnership program is a major research and development effort that supports innovative partnerships to improve K-12 student achievement in mathematics and science.  Projects are expected to both raise the achievement levels of all students and significantly reduce achievement gaps in the mathematics and science performance of diverse student populations. 

This program supports the following types of awards:

• Targeted Partnerships - seek to improve student achievement within a specific grade range or disciplinary focus
• Institute Partnerships - seek to meet national needs for teachers with deep knowledge of disciplinary content and who are intellectual leaders in M&S
• MSP-Start Partnerships – geared to institutions new to MSP program, especially minority serving or primarily undergraduate institutions
• Phase II Partnerships – for prior MSP Partnership awardees, intended to focus on innovative areas of work where evidence of significant positive impact is clearly documented
• Research, Evaluation, and Technical assistance (RETA)  - Directly support the work of the partnerships by conducting methodologically rigorous studies of the impacts of MSP activities on student or teacher learning.

Awards:
Vary by track.  NSF expects to make 17-27 total MSP awards. 

Submission limits:

• UIC may be the lead partner in only one proposal per Partnership category – Targeted, Institute, MSP-Start and Phase II.  
• UIC may be non-lead on more than one proposal
• No limit on RETA submissions

Additional Information 
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2010/nsf10556/nsf10556.htm

Deadlines

Letter of Intent

OVCR may reserve submission slots for previously submitted but unfunded proposals that received highly competitive ratings from the external sponsor.    These will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis by the Vice Chancellor.  For consideration, scanned copies of your complete reviews (not just summary) must be included with LOI.

Depending upon the number of LOIs submitted, OVCR might be required to facilitate an internal peer review process to select UIC’s submission(s) to this program.  White paper instructions will be posted if necessary.

eLOI Form & Instructions – Adobe Acrobat Requirements

1. Download the file directly to your computer or to a disk, right click on the link, then select "save link as" or "save target as" from the dropdown options.
2. Open eLOI.
3. Position the hand pointer inside a form field and click.
   • To accept the field change and go to the next field, press Tab or use your mouse to click on the next form field.
   • To accept the field change and go to the previous field, press Shift + Tab or use your mouse to click on the previous form field.
4. Complete the form fields.
5. After completing the form, click “Save” then click “Submit to RDS@uic.edu.”

Letter of Intent (LOI): eLOI Form (Fillable PDF*)

Please note:

• Fields highlighted in red are required to successfully submit the form.
• Do not print then submit scanned version of e-LOI via email.

Please contact Tony Halford at ahalford@uic.edu or 312-996-7036  with any questions.

If an authorized principal investigator is not listed above, please consider the limited competition still open.  Contact RDS@uic.edu for further information.

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