NIST Summer Institute for Middle School Science Teachers (NIST Summer Institute) Program

Post Date

January 17th 2013

Application Due Date

November 30th -0001

Electronic applications must be received no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time, Wednesday, March 20, 2013. Paper applications must be received by NIST by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Wednesday, March 20, 2013. Applications received after the respective

Funding Opportunity Number

2013-NIST-SUMMER-INSTITUTE-01

CFDA Number(s)

11.609

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Science and Technology and other Research and Development

Eligibility Categories

Other

Public school districts and accredited private educational institutions in the U.S. and its territories that offer science classes at grade levels 6-8 (often termed middle school). Such school districts and institutions must offer instruction in general science fields, such as earth science, physical science, chemistry, physics, and/or biology. Individual public school teachers and individual public middle schools are not eligible to submit applications directly to NIST and instead must be nominated by their school district. Individual teachers at private educational institutions are not eligible to submit applications directly to NIST and instead must be nominated by their private educational institution. The individual teachers that are nominated to participate in the NIST Summer Institute Program must meet the eligibility requirements in Section III.1. of the Full Announcement/FFO document.

Funding

• Award Range:

  $None - $None

Grant Description

NIST is soliciting applications from eligible public school districts and accredited private educational institutions in the U.S. and its territories nominating middle school science teachers to participate in the NIST Summer Institute Program. The NIST Summer Institute Program will provide selected teachers hands-on activities, lectures, tours, and visits with NIST scientists and engineers at the NIST Campus in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Review, selection, and award processing is expected to be completed in April 2013. The earliest anticipated start date for awards under this FFO is expected to be June 3, 2013. The NIST Summer Institute Program will be held at the NIST Campus in Gaithersburg, Maryland on July 8-19, 2013.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Commerce

• Office:

  National Institute of Standards and Technology

• Agency Contact:

  Christopher Hunton
  Grants Technical Assistant
  Phone 301-975-5718

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Agency Contact

• Agency Email Address:

  christopher.hunton@nist.gov

• More Information:

  2013-NIST-SUMMER-INSTITUTE-01 Full Announcement/FFO document