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Our vision for Illinois as a land-grant institution is to foster accessible, effective STEM teaching and learning—from preschool through graduate education— at local, state, and national levels, thereby preparing a highly able citizenry and diverse STEM workforce to tackle pressing global challenges.

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Opportunities

CISTEME365
Accepting New School Teams

Partner with Grainger Engineering and NAPE to increase interest in STEM among traditionally underrepresented populations via after-school or during-school informal learning.

Coronavirus (COVID-19)
NSF Non-Medical, Non-Clinical-Care Research

    NSF is accepting proposals to conduct research to:

    • Explore how to model and understand the spread of COVID-19
    • Inform/educate about the science of virus transmission & prevention
    • Encourage development of processes/actions to address this global challenge.
    NSF Dept. of Undergraduate Education Research

    Research on the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on undergraduate education.

Funding Deadlines

June

NSF: TCUP
Tribal Colleges and Universities Program
  • TCU Enterprise Advancement Centers (TEA Centers): 3/7/20-6/4/20
  • Partnerships in Geoscience Education:6/10/20
  • SEA-PHAGES in TCUs: 6/1/20-12/30/20
NSF: SBIR
Small Business Innovation Research Program Phase I

Full Proposal Windows:

    3/6/20-6/4/20

    6/5/20-9/3/20

    9/4/20-12/3/20

Small businesses can submit a Project Pitch at any time. Those invited to submit a full proposal can submit one any time during one of the above submission windows.

NSF: STTR
Small Business Technology Transfer Program Phase I

Full Proposal Deadline:

    3/6/20-6/4/20

    6/5/20-9/3/20

    9/4/20-12/3/20

Small businesses can submit Project Pitch any time. Those invited to submit full proposal can one any time during a submission window listed above.

NSF: FM
Future Manufacturing
  • LOI: 4/10/20
  • Full Proposal Deadline: 06/05/20
NSF IUCRC
Industry-University Cooperative Research Centers Program
  • Sponsor pre-proposal deadlines
    • 04/15/20, 4/21/21
    • 10/16/20, 10/20/21
  • Sponsor full proposal deadlines:
    • 6/17/20, 6/16/21
    • 12/18/20, 12/15/21

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I-STEM Campus Affiliates Directory

Urbana-Champaign campus personnel interested in STEM education. This directory is intended to foster collaboration in grant-writing, outreach projects, evaluation, and other areas.

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John Abelson
John Abelson

Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Emeritus Professor
abelson@illinois.edu

I-STEM Goal Affiliation:
3. Undergraduate & Graduate STEM Education Reform

Project(s): EaSE: Energy and Sustainability Engineering

I co-teach the interdisciplinary core course in the EaSE graduate certificate and the MEng - Energy Systems degree.
Gretchen Adams
Gretchen Adams

College of Applied Health Sciences
Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Student Affairs
gadams4@illinois.edu

I-STEM Goal Affiliation:
1. P-16 STEM Education Outreach
2. STEM Teacher Training & Professional Development
3. Undergraduate & Graduate STEM Education Reform

Project(s): Merit/MIST, NSF S-STEM

I am interested in STEM initiatives in K-doctoral programs. A wide spectrum that is all worthwhile!
Jennifer Amos
Jennifer Amos

Bioengineering
Teaching Associate Professor
Carle Illinois College of Medicine
Director of Assessment and Evaluation
jamos@illinois.edu
I-STEM Goal Affiliation:
1. P-16 STEM Education Outreach
3. Undergraduate & Graduate STEM Education Reform

Project: Multiple NSF-funded projects in STEM education focusing on minimally-invasive assessment methods, stakeholder analysis for educational needs, inclusion and diversity, outreach programs, and STEM evaluation.
Matthew Ando
Matthew Ando

Mathematics
Professor of Mathematics and Associate Dean for Life and Physical Sciences
mando@illinois.edu
I-STEM Goal Affiliation:
3. Undergraduate and Graduate Education Reform

I have been involved in a project to improve calculus instruction for Engineering students at the U of I.

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Rashid Bashir
Rashid Bashir

Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department of Bioengineering,
Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory
Dean College of Engineering, Grainger Chair in Engineering, Professor of Bioengineering
rbashir@illinois.edu
I-STEM Goal Affiliation:
1. P-16 STEM Education Outreach
3. Undergraduate and Graduate Education Reform

Project(s): IGERT

Training grants, integration of engineering and biological sciences
Samuel Beshers
Samuel Beshers

Neuroscience Program
Neuroscience Program Coordinator
beshers@illinois.edu
I-STEM Goal Affiliation:
1. P-16 STEM Education Outreach
3. Undergraduate and Graduate Education Reform

Projects: Brain Awareness Day; Illinois Summer Neuroscience Institute (ISNI); Project NEURON; OLLI; Neuroengineering IGERT

Trying to combine outreach and educational neuroscience initiatives with support and professional skills development for students, Interested in involving other programs working on neuro-related projects.

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