Advanced Technological Education for 2 Year Colleges (ATE-2YC)

美国的两年制大学（2 YC）教育了大量且快速增长的本科生，包括许多科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）领域的学生。2 YCs的学生群体具有高度的种族，民族和地理多样性，使2 YCs成为STEM职业生涯的关键切入点，对于那些在STEM学科中历史上代表性不足的学生来说。虽然美国国家科学基金会（NSF）增加STEM代表性的计划对2 YC开放，但2 YC教师往往缺乏经验，资源和机构支持来有效地竞争这些计划赠款。2年制学院的先进技术教育（ATE-2 YC）项目将支持2 YC教师团队之间的优秀提案写作。该项目将召开年度提案写作研讨会，并为2 YC STEM教师提供后续指导。该项目设计解决了2 YC寻求参与先进技术教育（ATE）计划所面临的障碍。这个项目建立在以前的项目，促进2 YCs在准备NSF赠款竞争有价值的建议。经验丰富的ATE主要研究人员和曾在本科教育部担任项目官员的教师的研讨会和指导将加强教师和机构的能力，以寻求NSF的支持。预期成果包括增加2 YC机构提交的竞争性ATE提案的数量，以及为2 YC建立更强大的STEM拨款写作文化。总的来说，该项目将通过授权更多的STEM教师和两年制机构竞争能够支持教育创新的优秀NSF奖项，为加强STEM劳动力的国家议程做出贡献。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

America's two-year colleges (2YCs) educate a large and rapidly growing number of undergraduate students, including many students in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields. The student population at 2YCs has high racial, ethnic, and geographic diversity, making 2YCs critical entry points to STEM careers for students who have been historically underrepresented in STEM disciplines. Although National Science Foundation (NSF) programs that increase representation in STEM are open to 2YCs, 2YC faculty often lack the experience, resources, and institutional support to effectively compete for these program grants. The Advanced Technological Education for 2 Year Colleges (ATE-2YC) project will support meritorious proposal writing among 2YC faculty teams. The project will convene annual proposal writing workshops and follow-on mentoring for 2YC STEM faculty members. The project design addresses barriers faced by 2YCs seeking participation in the Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program. This project builds on previous projects that facilitated 2YCs in preparing meritorious proposals for NSF grant competitions. The workshops and mentoring by experienced ATE principal investigators and faculty who have served as Program Officers in the Division of Undergraduate Education will strengthen faculty and institutional capacity to pursue NSF support. The expected outcomes include an increase in the number of competitive ATE proposals submitted by 2YC institutions and a stronger STEM grant writing culture for 2YCs. Overall, this project will contribute to the national agenda of strengthening the STEM workforce by empowering more STEM faculty and two-year institutions to compete for meritorious NSF awards that can support education innovations.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.