A L ET TER T O T HE F ACULTY Dear Faculty,
and success in seeking and administering grants.
Welcome back! As we embark on a new academic year, I would like to remind you to take advantage of the resources available to you in your pursuit of external funding. We have renewed our subscription to the funding search engine Community of Science (COS), an extensive database that includes funding opportunities from private and public sources. COS is a wonderful resource for faculty seeking funding in the areas of education, science, the humanities, arts, and more. In addition to this resource, our office will be preparing pre- and post-award workshops for new and seasoned faculty to ensure your confidence
This issue also contains a detailed listing of some key external funding opportunities. We encourage you to review these opportunities, and we hope that you find these requests for proposals both challenging and interesting. As always, we look forward to assisting you in the preparation and submission of your proposal(s) as well as all phases of the external funding process. Best wishes for a successful academic year!
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NIH & NSF C HANGES
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Sincerely,
Sofia
Sofia Kakoulidis, Associate Provost
SOEHHS A WARDED NSF N OYCE S CHOLARSHIP G RANT The School of Education, Health and Human Services (SOEHHS) in collaboration with Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (HCLAS) welcomed in the new academic year with some spectacular news, as it has been awarded the National Science Foundation’s prestigious Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program award. This $898,976 grant was written by Dr. Blidi S. Stemn (principal investigator) of the Curriculum and Teaching Department and Dr. Behailu Mammo (co-principal investigator) of the Mathematics Department. The grant will provide for the recruitment, preparation, and retention of 16 undergraduate mathematics students, particularly those from underrepresented groups, to embark upon teaching secondary school mathematics in high needs schools. Each of these accomplished students will be awarded a $20,000 annual scholarship (for two years) upon their enrollment in the secondary mathematics education program offered through the SOEHHS Department of Curriculum and Teaching. This program is in partnership with the Westbury, Hempstead, Uniondale, Roosevelt, and Brentwood school districts.
financial strength to do so. This grant will offer them the opportunity to achieve their dream.”
“My colleague and I are thrilled and excited about this award from the National Science Foundation,” said Dr. Stemn. “We will recruit bright undergraduate students within Hofstra University and the neighboring community colleges, particularly those from underrepresented populations, who would like to pursue a career in mathematics education at Hofstra University, but do not have the
The School of Education, Health and Human Services continues its mission to create an environment that nurtures communication, collaboration, and leadership coupled with the pursuit of ambitious sponsored research incentives. We congratulate our colleagues Dr. Stemn and Dr. Mammo, and wish them good luck and continued success.
The Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program is designed to encourage exceptional science, technology, engineering, and mathematics majors and professionals to become K-12 mathematics and science teachers, and provides funding to institutions of higher education to accommodate for scholarships, stipends, and programmatic support. Hofstra will join the ranks of other notable Noyce award recipients, including the University of California at Berkeley, the University of Texas at Arlington, and Towson University. The program itself is named in honor of the visionary entrepreneur and inventor Robert T. Noyce (1927-1990). Nicknamed the “Mayor of Silicon Valley,” Noyce co-devised a version of the integrated circuit that ultimately became the foundation of the microchip industry and serves as the heart of every modern computer, automobile, cell phone, and video game.