STEM Grant Opportunities for Community Colleges
The opens in a new windowAdvanced Technological Education (ATE) program focuses on the education of technicians for the high-technology fields that drive our nation’s economy. The program involves partnerships between academic institutions and industry to promote improvement in the education of science and engineering technicians at the undergraduate and secondary school levels. The ATE program supports curriculum development; professional development of college faculty and secondary school teachers; career pathways to two-year colleges from secondary schools and from two-year colleges to four-year institutions; and other activities. Another goal is articulation between two-year and four-year programs for K-12 prospective STEM teachers that focus on technological education. The program invites research proposals that advance the knowledge base related to technician education. The 2024 ATE Program Solicitation is opens in a new windowavailable here. Grant Submission Deadline: October 3, 2024.
Webinars
Moving Up! How-to Tips for Success with YOUR Next ATE Project Proposal
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
2:00 – 3:00 p.m. EST
Has your college been an ATE grantee? Did you have a New-to-ATE grant? Keep the momentum going! Take advantage of what ATE funding can do for your college’s technician education programs and students by “Moving Up” with additional ATE funding. A checklist will be provided along with tips for what will make your proposal more competitive, how requirements and reviewer expectations change when you take the next step, and where you can get help to make your proposal more viable. This session offers strategies, insider tips, and mistakes to avoid in seeking your next ATE grant…and gets you started!
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Recent Community College Daily Articles about ATE
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- opens in a new windowDataPoints: Apprenticeships in ATE (11/14/2023)
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- opens in a new windowReflecting on 30 years of ATE (10/26/2023)
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- opens in a new windowLeveraging MentorLinks to develop new STEM programs (11/22/2022)
- opens in a new windowA more intentional approach to equity in STEM (11/8/2022)
- opens in a new windowNew ‘talent hub’ focuses on semiconductor, nanotech (11/2/2022)
- opens in a new windowOpportunity, support go a long way for STEM students (11/1/2022)
- opens in a new window‘Carpe diem’ for community colleges on semiconductor workforce development front (11/1/2022)
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- opens in a new windowDataPoints: ATE in action (9/19/2022)
- opens in a new windowMentor-Connect now open to all STEM faculty (8/16/2022)
- opens in a new windowATE centers show off their stuff at Mall of America (8/15/2022)
- opens in a new windowFinal pitches and the CCIC winners (6/16/2022)
- opens in a new window12 college teams named CCIC finalists (4/28/2022)
- opens in a new windowMNT-EC Principal Investigator Is a Fan of the Community College Innovation Challenge (2/9/2022)
- opens in a new windowCCIC opens opportunities for participants (2/1/2022)
- opens in a new windowThumbs up: Mentors recommend CCIC to colleagues (2/1/2022)
Community College Daily Articles about ATE Archive
Community College Journal
- opens in a new windowOct/Nov 2024 digital issue, “Creative partnerships built through ATE”
- opens in a new windowOct/Nov 2023 digital issue, “ATE principal investigators propose robust collaborations”
- opens in a new windowOct/Nov 2022 digital issue, “Finding their spark”
- opens in a new windowOct/Nov 2021 digital issue, “Amplifying ATE”
- opens in a new windowOct/Nov 2020 digital issue
- opens in a new windowOct/Nov 2019 digital issue
- opens in a new windowOct/Nov 2018 digital issue
Other Resources
opens in a new windowATE Central is a free online portal and collection of materials and services that highlight the work of the Advanced Technological Education (ATE) projects and centers. These initiatives work with educators from two-year colleges to develop and implement ideas for improving the skills of technicians and the educators who teach them.
opens in a new windowATE Impacts Book and blog are intended to inform educators, college administrators, industry partners, students and parents about ATE’s important work preparing technicians for employment in advanced technology fields, as well as improving the skills of educators who teach aspiring and incumbent technicians. Key audiences for the project also include elected officials, community college presidents, business and industry leaders, and ATE principal investigators.
opens in a new windowATE Mentoring Initiatives – The National Science Foundation supports several mentoring initiatives designed to assist community colleges in developing and strengthening STEM programs, applying for NSF ATE funding, and implementing NSF ATE awards. For further information, please click opens in a new windowhere.
opens in a new windowEvaluATE is the evaluation resource center for the National Science Foundation’s Advanced Technological Education program, providing webinars, resource materials, workshops, and opportunities for ATE community members to engage around issues related to evaluation.
opens in a new windowMentor-Connect is a leadership development and outreach initiative for the National Science Foundation Advanced Technological Education Program (ATE).