"The quality of the Institute can be measured by the extent to which it motivates and informs people, and gets them to be productive, and SENCER's efforts have been extremely successful in all of these regards." -SENCER Summer Institute Participant

The National Center for Science and Civic Engagement invites applications to the SENCER SUMMER INSTITUTE 2010 (SSI 2010)

Application deadline: March 2, 2010
Applicants notified: March 31, 2010

The Summer Institutes are annual, invitational, intensive, residential learning opportunities for faculty, academic leaders, and students. Cornerstones of SENCER's faculty development and academic reform program, the Institutes feature a rich mix of plenary sessions, workshops, and concurrent sessions.  The Institutes focus not only on what students should learn, but how that learning might best be accomplished.

The National Center for Science and Civic Engagement invites participation from representatives of institutions that are in varying stages of developing innovative approaches, courses, and programs in the sciences and mathematics.

Participation is by invitation only. Participants will be responsible for their travel costs and a program fee to cover most meals, materials, and enrollment in all workshops. Groups of 4 or more persons are recommended for teams from first-time or alumni* institutions. Individual participants from first-time and alumni institutions are also invited to apply.

*By alumni institutions, we mean schools who have had representatives attend an Institute in the past.

 

Please read the information provided on the sidebar of the main SSI 2010 page thoroughly before submitting a team or individual application.  If you have questions about any of the information provided or about the application process, please contact SENCER staff at (202) 483-4600 Monday - Friday from 9am - 5pm EST.

 

DEADLINES AND NOTIFICATIONS

We will consider completed applications as they are submitted. The deadline for all completed applications is March 2, 2010. We can't guarantee consideration of applications received past the deadline due to space limitations.

Our aim is to complete the review process by March 31, 2010. If, for financial reasons, you require early notification of acceptance, please indiciate that on your team or individual application.

Invited participants will receive online registration information, pre-Institute materials, and related items in the months leading up to SSI 2010.

SELECTION CRITERIA

SENCER staff will evaluate each application received. We will seek to represent a diversity of interests and institutional types, as well as a mix of institutions that are in varying stages of interest or development of SENCER courses, programs and approaches. We will seek to create a learning community that includes a rich assortment of needs and assets.

We aim to find ways to accommodate interest in SENCER, however, we have financially imposed limitations. Our goal is not to select "a chosen few," but to expand the number of students, faculty members, and institutions engaged in substantive science education reform. If we are unable to accept your application for this year's Institute, we will seek to find ways to connect you to the SENCER program and make it possible for you to attend a subsequent Summer Institute.

APPLICATION PROCEDURES

To apply, please click on the type of application you want to submit (see links below.) Follow the instructions to submit your application online. If you prefer to submit an MS Word version of the SSI 2010 application via e-mail, please click on the links below and download the form at the top of the linked page. If you are unsure of which application is right for you, please consult the Participation page.

Apply to Participate as a Team

Apply to Participate as a New Individual Participant

Apply to Participate as an Alumni Individual Participant

Please use this form only if you have attended a Summer Institute in the past.

 

QUESTIONS? CONTACT SENCER

We welcome your questions and, to the extent that we can, we will be happy to respond to your requests for assistance as you contemplate applying to participate in SSI 2010. Please call the SENCER office at (202) 483-4600 with questions.

 

About The National Center for Science and Civic Engagement & Harrisburg University of Science and Technology

The mission of the National Center for Science and Civic Engagement is to inspire, support, and disseminate campus-based science education reform strategies that strengthen learning and build civic accountability among students in colleges and universities. The Center will serve as a national resource for the improvement of undergraduate science education and will provide a platform enabling faculty and administrators to broaden the impact of their innovations and reforms beyond their campuses.

The National Center for Science and Civic Engagement was established in affiliation with Harrisburg University of Science and Technology in 2004. The Center will develop and house activities and projects that encourage and strengthen campus-based efforts to reform undergraduate science education, enhance student learning, engage students with pressing civic questions, and address important issues of our common health.

Support for Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities (SENCER) is provided by the National Science Foundation's Course, Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement program under grant DUE-0717401.