NSF Hours: Introduction to the NSF Portfolio and Funding Opportunities

Program Abstract: To solve pressing societal challenges such as climate change and clean energy, the nation needs a well-trained STEM workforce with the skills required to rapidly translate science and engineering discoveries into innovative technologies and wide-scale solutions. The National Science Foundation (NSF) recognizes the need to build a diverse workforce to assure the nation's competitiveness in science and technology. The AAC&U STEM Conference invites attendees to NSF Hours, a two-part, pre-conference workshop series that showcases and offers insight into the most recent funding priorities for advancing the reform of US STEM education. Workshop leaders will discuss future directions of undergraduate STEM education reform, review funding mechanisms for broadening participation in STEM, and provide technical assistance for proposal development and submission.