NSF wants to support rural community colleges in their ATE applications
Project Vision is a National Science Foundation (NSF) funded initiative to help colleges discover and match innovative ideas with NSF funding opportunities. Launched in 2020, Project Vision’s mission is to:
-
Provide two-year diverse, small, rural colleges and/or colleges with newer Presidents the expertise to generate innovative ideas that produce award-worthy NSF proposals.
-
Offers support at all levels of a college ecosystem including Board of Trustees, President, Administrators, and faculty.
-
Provide professional development activities for BOTs, Presidents, Administrators, Faculty, and Staff by socializing these entities to the NSF Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Program and other Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE) Programs.
-
This initiative is led by a seasoned team of NSF ATE experts, former College President/CEO, senior college administrators, and former NSF program officers, which couple on-site analysis with follow-up services to help each college build STEM and grand capacity.
How to apply
Interested colleges should complete an application on the Project Vision website – https://www.projectvis.org. Cohorts of 10 are selected each December for services the following year.
Each college is provided with a mentor team, a $6,000 stipend, introductions through Project Vision’s large network, and access to the NSF ATE Principal Investigators (PI) conference.
Project Vision (NSF supported) survey regarding grant funding at two-year colleges
Additionally, Project Visions is conducting a survey to better understand trends and how faculty and administrators are encouraged and incentivized to pursue grant funding opportunities, as seen from the perspectives of faculty, administrators, presidents, and boards of trustees at community colleges.
Taking the 10 minutes to provide your insights to the survey questions is a big ask. Project Visions understands, and is very appreciative of your time given. For participating, you’ll receive the findings from the study which should be useful for your career, colleagues, and college. Your answers will also be used to assess the fit between your college and Project Vision, NSF ATE, and other NSF DUE funding opportunities, which we will communicate back to you.
Please click the survey link below – and again, thank you.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NSF-ProjectVision