National Science Foundation Advanced Technological Education

Deadline: 10/14/2021

Amount: varies

Website: https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/advanced-technological-education-ate

Description:

The purpose of the program is to support the education of the skilled technical workforce at the undergraduate and secondary school levels. The skilled technical workforce has been defined as individuals who use a high level of science and engineering skills in their jobs but do not hold a baccalaureate degree. Proposals to the program may aim to affect specialized technology courses or core science, mathematics, and technology courses that serve as immediate prerequisites or co-requisites for specialized technician education courses/programs. The curricular focus and the activities of all projects should demonstrably contribute to the ATE program’s central goals: producing more qualified science and engineering technicians to meet workforce demands, and improving the technical skills and the general science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) preparation of these technicians and the educators who prepare them. To this end, it is expected that courses developed or updated will be credit-bearing courses, although materials may also support incumbent worker education.

Eligible applicants:

Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs)

Non-profit, Non-academic Organizations

For-profit Organizations

State and Local Governments

Unaffiliated Individuals

Foreign Organizations