Are you working on an ATE Proposal for October 2023 submission? Does your plan include broadening participation/diversity or recruiting and retaining students? If so and done right, this can be an important element of the proposal’s Broader Impacts. Attend this webinar to learn about reviewer expectations and resources and strategies to consider that can strengthen your plan.

This webinar focuses on the various forms associated with NSF ATE grant proposals. Forms can make up 2/3 of a final proposal submission and impact the quality and accuracy of a proposal.

What does it mean to be culturally responsive? How can educators be more culturally responsive in working with their students? What difference does it make? In this webinar, community college STEM faculty and students who are creating and participating in a more culturally responsive educational environment will answer these questions.

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A dozen student teams from community colleges will participate in the final round of the Community College Innovation Challenge (CCIC), an annual national competition that asks two-year college student teams to develop STEM-based solutions to real-world problems.

Mentor-Connect has selected its 11^th cohort of mentee colleges. During a December 6 video conference Principal Investigator Elaine Craft praised the mentee teams from 24 colleges for choosing to do “such important work for your students, your college, and your employers, and for this country."

Florence, S.C. (August, 2022) – The South Carolina Advanced Technological Education (SCATE) Center at Florence-Darlington Technical College has received a $4,796,313, five-year National Science Foundation Advanced Technological Education (NSF ATE) grant award to strengthen community and technical colleges across the nation by providing guidance on NSF ATE grant funding opportunities, mentoring to develop competitive grant proposals, faculty leadership development, real-time technical assistance, an online searchable database of NSF ATE-specific resources, and structured guidance for new grantees.

One of our great Mentor-Connect mentors, Sharon Gusky, accepted a prestigious spot on the Fulbright Specialist Roster.