Purpose
The KSTF Research Fellowship seeks to support early career scholars engaged in critical research in education. We encourage applications from scholars in all disciplines that promise to make significant scholarly contributions to areas that are consistent with the mission of KSTF, which is improving high school mathematics and science teaching in the United States. More specifically, we support those who can contribute to understanding recruitment, preparation, induction, mentoring and/or retention of high quality high school science and mathematics teachers.
Award
The fellowship of $110,000 will be awarded in 2010. Typically, the award is $55,000 for two years. Usually up to three fellowships are awarded. KSTF expects that fellows will not receive any other financial award to support the research project described in the Research Fellowship application during the 2-year fellowship tenure.
This is a non-residential fellowship. No part of the award may be used for overhead or indirect costs. Fellows may conduct their research at their home institutions or at other research sites that they have arranged. During their fellowship tenure, fellows will be required to attend three KSTF meetings each year to meet with KSTF Research Fellows and other researchers. One of these meetings will be part of the KSTF Summer Meeting, which brings together KSTF Science and Mathematics Teaching Fellows, KSTF Research Fellows, veteran teachers, and science and mathematics teacher educators. At the summer meetings research fellows will be expected to provide presentations of their research and workshops for beginning teachers. KSTF will provide additional travel funds for fellows to attend these meetings.
Eligibility
- Applicants must have received their Ph.D., Ed.D., or equivalent research degree by the start date of the fellowship (July 1, 2010).
- Applicants from universities and colleges may not be tenured before the start of the fellowship (July 1, 2010). Applicants from other research institutions must be within 6 years of having been awarded their final degree.
- Applications must be made by the individual applying for the fellowship. Group applications will not be accepted.
- The proposed project must be a research project.
Stipulations
- Fellows must receive approval for their project from a human subjects review board prior to the release of the initial payment of fellowship funds.
- Fellows must forward notice from their institution which states that the institution approves and commits to this project prior to the release of the initial payment of fellowship funds.
- Fellows must provide progress reports to KSTF prior to the release of subsequent payments of fellowship funds.
Selection Process
There are two steps to the application:
1. Pre-proposal, due June 30, 2009, 5:00 pm, EDT (pre-proposal guidelines)
2. Full proposal, due January 6, 2010, 5:00 pm, EDT
Complete and eligible pre-proposals and full proposals (applications) will be reviewed by KSTF staff and selection panels.
Finalists will be notified of the award in late March, 2010.