Want to develop an NSF ATE Proposal?
Apply for the Successful Mentoring Program Mentor Up!
Special Feature:
Pre-mentoring assistance: Mentor Up is once again offering Pre-Mentor Up. Each approved college can receive up to ten hours of mentoring from an experienced mentor to brainstorm potential proposal ideas and develop them into a one-page proposal for submission to the full Mentor Up program. Pre-mentoring will occur from January 1, 2025, to March 14, 2025, and two faculty members will be eligible to receive $250 stipends upon submitting their application to the full Mentor Up program. Participants in Pre-Mentor Up can apply to Mentor Up in March, one month before the regular April application deadline.
Apply at atementorup.org
Mentor Up Full Mentoring Program Focus: Participants in this mentoring program including a three-day workshop will learn about the NSF Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program and how to most effectively apply for grant funding. Faculty must propose a specific project to improve an ATE-eligible technical program in a one-page proposal. One-page proposals will be reviewed until April 1 and proposals will be either accepted or sent back for corrections and the website will remain open until the workshop and a waiting list are full. Workshop activities will include presentations; planning and writing sessions with mentors who have had extensive experience with ATE and NSF; and networking with colleagues from similar institutions around the country. Two faculty from each college will receive stipend support.
When: June 4-6, 2025 virtual workshop plus individual mentoring by an experienced mentor and summer webinar series.
Location: Virtual
Eligibility: The team should be led by a full-time STEM discipline faculty involved in technician education programs from a two-year college. Two faculty per college are eligible for stipends and colleges may also include a grant writer and other team members for the workshop and webinar series. Teams of two or more are strongly encouraged.
Stipends and Support: Each participant will be eligible for a $500 stipend upon the completion of the workshop. An additional stipend of $250 to each of two faculty will be available upon submission of an ATE proposal in the October 2025 competition. Ongoing Support: The mentor assigned to each college team will continue throughout the summer to support each college’s efforts to write a complete proposal. This will include creating pre- and post-workshop milestones, webinars, suggesting resources, and providing feedback both for proposal writing and in the award process.
To register for the workshop, visit the Mentor Up website at: www.atementorup.org.
NSF ATE Grant # 2032835
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