Nsf funded proposals
Billion for fy 2013[41] nsf has published annual reports since 1950, which since the new millennium have been two reports, variously called performance report and accountability report or performance highlights and financial highlights; the latest available fy 2013 agency financial report was posted december 16, 2013, and the 6 page fy 2013 performance and financial highlights was posted march 25, 2013. The first look at the labor market returns to reverse transferring from four-year to two-year collegesforum presentation: do students benefit from going backward? The changes pull the plug on a 5-year pilot project in two nsf divisions—and mark the agency’s latest attempt to reduce the burden of the grant review system on its staff and outside researchers without lowering its 2012 the divisions of environmental biology (deb) and integrative organismal systems (ios) within nsf’s directorate for biological sciences limited scientists to two proposals a year, submitted annually rather than twice a year, and added a four-page preproposal as the first step in the merit review process.
Nsf funded projects
Porterproposal title: obtaining a liberal education and breadth of study: an analysis of college transcript datainstitution: iowa state universityaward amount: $29,972program: nces/nsf and pal investigator: vicki j. Fincher award* forum presentation: the influence of institutional and geographic factors on the enrollment of out-of-state freshman at four-year colleges and universitiesfinal report: estimating the effects of spatial correlation on models describing the enrollment of out-of-state pal investigator: xueli wanginstitution: the ohio state universityaward amount: $15,000proposal title: factors predicting the educational pathways and attainment of baccalaureate aspirants beginning at community collegesgrant program: npec final report as presented at forum: factors predicting the educational pathways and attainment of baccalaureate aspirants beginning at community pal investigator: ryan wellsinstitution: university of iowaaward amount: $15,000proposal title: the effects of schools on the educational expectations of children of immigrantsgrant program: nces/nsf *recipient of the charles i. The nsf's "survey of public attitudes toward and understanding of science and technology" revealed that the public had a positive attitude toward science, but a poor understanding of it.
Nsf seeks to fulfill its mission chiefly by issuing competitive, limited-term grants in response to specific proposals from the research community. To qualify for funding, proposal submissions were required to use data from one or more of the national datasets of nces or nsf (see the 2015 nsf/nces datasets (pdf) for more information). 59] due to the october 1st 2013 shutdown of the federal government, and nsf's lapse in funding, their website was down "until further notice," but was brought back online after the us government passed their budget.
During two months of intense work, nsf researchers learned most of what is known about the ozone hole. Dongbin kiminstitution: university of kansasaward amount: $30,000proposal title: the effects of loans on time to doctoral degreesgrant program: nces/nsffinal report as presented at forum: the effect of loans on time to doctorate degree: differences by race, gender, and field of pal investigator: dr. The nsf expanded these laboratories into a nationwide network of materials research science and engineering centers.
Title: toward viable stem pathways from community colleges to 4-year institutions: course-taking patterns of community college stem presentation: course-taking patterns of community college students beginning in stem: using data mining techniques to reveal viable stem transfer pathways final report: course-taking patterns of community college students beginning in stem: using data mining techniques to reveal viable stem transfer pathways grant program: nces & npec. Hughesinstitution: pennsylvania state universityaward amount: $19,757proposal title: essays on admissions matching and associated outcomes in the market for higher education in the united statesforum presentation: essays on admissions matching and associated outcomes in the market for higher education in the united states final report: essays on admissions matching and associated outcomes in the market for higher education in the united states grant program: pal investigator: jihee hwanginstitution: pennsylvania state universityaward amount: $20,000proposal title: predictors of student success at for-profit colleges and universities: a focus on completion rate and student debt-to-earnings ratioforum presentation: advancing and testing a conceptual model that measures student success at for-profit colleges and universitiesfinal report: advancing and testing a conceptual model that measures student success at for-profit colleges and universitiesgrant program: nces & pal investigator: robin lasotainstitution: university of washington-seattle campusaward amount: $19,913proposal title: an investigation of factors and decision-making processes that influence community college (cc) students’ transfer to four-year colleges and universitiesforum presentation: factors, practices, and policies that influence students' upward transfer to bachelor's degree programs final report: factors, practices, and policies influencing students' upward transfer to baccalaureate-degree programs and institutions: a mixed methods dissertation grant program: pal investigator: jungmin leeinstitution: vanderbilt universityaward amount: $20,000proposal title: does merit-based aid improve college affordability? Amaury norainstitution: university of houstonaward amount: $39,988proposal title: determinants of transfer, persistence and degree attainment among hispanic students who enroll in developmental coursesgrant program: npec and ncesforum presentation: hispanic student success: factors influencing the persistence and transfer decisions of latino community college students enrolled in developmental educationfinal paper: hispanic student success: factors influencing the persistence and transfer decisions of latino community college students enrolled in developmental educationprincipal investigator: dr.
Data provided by nsf show that program officers in the two divisions now handle many more proposals—an increase of 96% and 56% for deb and ios, respectively, compared with before the pilots began. Most nsf staff interviewed reported that their proposal-associated workload has not changed, or declined slightly. 55] during 2004–5 nsf sent "rapid response" research teams to investigate the aftermath of the indian ocean tsunami disaster[56] and hurricane katrina.
Investigators: thomas bailey and davis jenkins proposal title: using state student record data to map pathways to success for underserved community college studentsinstitution: columbia universityaward amount: $29,996program: npecfinal report: using state student record data to map pathways to success for underserved community college pal investigator: crystal muhammad proposal title: the black-black educational attainment gap: socio-cultural and academic identity at a crossroadsinstitution: north carolina state universityaward amount: $26,243program: npecfinal report: the black-black college enrollment gap: the role of extracurricular pal investigator: sara goldrick-rabproposal title: how complex postsecondary educational transitions shape student successinstitution: university of wisconsin-madisonaward amount: $30,000program: npecfinal report: how complex postsecondary educational transitions shape student pal investigator: james wetzelproposal title: progress towards a degree: comparison of academic degree seeking students from 90/94 and 96/01 bpsinstitution: virginia commonwealth universityaward amount: $29,209program: nces/nsffinal report: reported progress under the student right-to-know act: how reliable is it? Billion (fiscal year 2012), the nsf funds approximately 24% of all federally supported basic research conducted by the united states' colleges and universities. 7] reviews are carried out by ad hoc reviewers and panels of independent scientists, engineers, and educators who are experts in the relevant fields of study, and who are selected by the nsf with particular attention to avoiding conflicts of interest.
He describes nsf's support for the development of computing facilities through the 'coordinated experimental research program'. 45] this began to change in the late 1970s when scholars looked closer at the historical record,[46] discovering that the nsf first appeared as a comprehensive new deal policy proposed by sen. Baileyproposal title: a generation on the move: education and economic attainment of four-year college transfer studentsinstitution: columbia universityaward amount: 15,000program: pal investigator: jeannette colyvasdissertation chair: walter w.
Additional large-scale, nationally representative datasets could have been used in conjunction with the obligatory nsf or nces dataset. Harris, al title: matching institutional characteristics and student entry characteristics for student success in four-year colleges and universitiesinstitution: florida state universityaward amount: $15,000program: nces/nsf*recipient of the cameron l. 12] graduate students are supported through integrative graduate education research traineeships (igert)[13] and alliance for graduate education and the professoriate (agep) programs[14] and through the graduate research fellowships, nsf-grf.
In 1958 the nsf selected kitt peak, near tucson, arizona, as the site of the first national observatory, that would give any astronomer unprecedented access to state-of-the-art telescopes; previously major research telescopes were privately funded, available only to astronomers who taught at the universities that ran them. The academic and labor market consequences of four- to two-year college transfer final report: do students benefit from going backward? 10] the act also includes an emphasis on promoting potentially transformative research, a phrase which has been included in the most recent incarnation of the 'merit review' criteria.