Want to develop an NSF ATE Proposal?

Apply for the Successful Mentor Up Mentoring Program!

Special Feature: Pre-mentoring help. Mentor Up is offering for the second time Pre-Mentor Up. Each accepted college can receive up to ten hours of mentoring help from an experienced mentor to brainstorm possible proposal ideas and develop them into a one-page proposal that can be submitted for the full Mentor Up program. 

Pre-mentoring will take place from January 1, 2025-March 14, 2025 and two faculty will be eligible to receive $250 stipends upon submittal of their application to the full Mentor Up program. Pre-Mentor Up participants can apply to Mentor Up in March one month ahead of the regular April application deadline. Apply at atementorup.org.

Mentor Up Full Mentoring Program Focus: This mentoring program includes a three-day workshop for participants to 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 or if you have any questions about activities, please contact Dr. Kathleen Alfano at kalfano37@gmail.com (co-PI of CREATE and Mentor Up).                                       

NSF ATE Grant # 2032835

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