WINS: Winning Institutional Nomination System

National Science Foundation

NSF: Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring

Program Summary

The PAESMEM Program seeks to identify outstanding mentoring efforts that enhance the participation of groups (i.e., women, minorities, and persons with disabilities) that are underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The awardees serve as leaders in the national effort to develop fully the Nation's human resources in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

Eligibility

Proposed nominee must be a U.S. Citizen; must have affiliation with an organization eligible to be an NSF awardee; must not be a Federal government employee; must have demonstrated outstanding and sustained mentoring and effective guidance to a significant number of underrepresented students at the K-12, undergraduate, or graduate education levels for at least five years.

Only one nomination per organization. The single nomination may be for an Individual Award or for an Organizational Award, but not for both.

Internal Selection Process

The Office of the Vice President for Research has established an internal review procedure to select the UI nominee.  Applications will be reviewed according to the sponsor's selection criteria.  Consideration will also be given to UI institutional strengths and strategic directions.  Potential applicants must submit, using the preselection link below, the following information:

1. A two page CV
2. A description of the proposed project with the following elements:

• A cover sheet with the project title, your name, department, and campus address, and the title of the program you are responding to.
• A description of the proposed project (up to but no more than the sponsor-identified of fifteen pages in length).  Additional pages may be used for references.
• Please be sure the project is identified on each page and number the pages.

The above materials must be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m. on January 12, 2010.  The selected nominee will be asked to complete the full application package in accordance wtih the sponsor's deadline of  March 2, 2010. 

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