By Mark Terranova, Associate Director, The Shriver Center
One of the new initiatives designed to support faculty through The Shriver Center is our Grants Development in Service-Learning Project. The Shriver Center provides support to faculty in the preparation of grants in accordance with various funding agency requirements to provide an education component to their project.
We look to partner with faculty to help support the administration, implementation and evaluation of the education component to meet NSF's and other federal funding agencies' new broader impact guidelines.
The Center is currently supporting three projects through this initiative:
1. National Science Foundation - Teaching Enhancement Partnership Project (TEPP):
$1.3 million from the National Science Foundation to administer TEPP, a collaborative effort of the Department of Biological Sciences, The Shriver Center, College of Engineering and five Baltimore area middle schools designed to enhance math, science, engineering and technology education. The Shriver Center helped to identify middle school partners and oversees day-to-day program implementation. [PI: Dr. Phillip G. Sokolove, Biological Sciences, Co-PI: Dr. Charles Eggleton, Mechanical Engineering, Co-PI: Dr. John Martello, The Shriver Center.]
2. National Science Foundation - Enhancing Science & Technology Education & Exploration Mentoring: A $868,776 grant from NSF to UMBC to implement after school and summer programming to teach technology to middle school students. [PI: Dr. Anita Komlodi, Information Systems, and Co-PI: Claudia Morrell, Center for Women in Technology, Co-PI: Mark Terranova, The Shriver Center.]
3. Future Engineers in Dynamic Systems (FEDS) Academy: As part of a National Science Foundation CAREER Grant, The Shriver Center partnered with Dr. Weidong Zhu to plan a summer program for 10 high school juniors or seniors that includes 6 modules on dynamic systems, vibrations and controls. The Center was responsible for helping design and disseminate information on the program and recruit program participants. [PI: Dr. Weidong Zhu, Mechanical Engineering.]
We look forward to continue to partner with faculty from all disciplines. We hope our experience in civic engagement, K-16 partnerships, and community-based service can support the important research here at UMBC.
Please feel free to stop by the Shriver Center or call us at 410-455-2493, or e-mail me at terranov@umbc.edu if you would like to find out more information about our current projects, or to find out how we could support your research through a new partnership.
