National Science Foundation
 Directorate for Education and Human Resources
  Division of Undergraduate Education
   Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement (ILI)
 
4201 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, VA  22230
Phone: (703)306-1667
Web Site: http://red.www.nsf.gov/
E-Forms: https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/
 
ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED:         Teaching or Curric/Prog Development
                              Equipment or Materials Acquisition
LAST REVIEWED:                02/14/97
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND REQUIRED: Not Specified in Sponsor Literature
CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED:         Not Specified in Sponsor Literature
AGENCY TYPE:                  U.S. Federal Government
DEADLINES ANNOUNCED:          11/14/97
 
The objective of ILI is to encourage and support development of new or 
better experiments and laboratory curricula that improve the science, 
mathematics, engineering, and  technology (SME&T) education of 
undergraduate students, both majors and nonmajors. An important target 
audience is the students who are preparing to be K-12 teachers. Proposals 
are sought for the development of innovative methods for using laboratory 
exercises to improve student understanding of basic principles and for 
use of modern instrumentation, new technologies, or new applications for 
instruments that extend the instructional capability of the equipment. In 
addition, ILI seeks to encourage the creative adaptation of the best 
existing experiments and laboratory techniques that result in substantial 
improvement in student learning. Dissemination of project results by 
means of disciplined-based or education journals, presentations at 
scientific meetings, published laboratory manuals or experiments, or 
software is expected. The ILI program seeks projects that will improve 
laboratory instruction nationally as well as at the project site and that 
will produce and adapt national models for the improvement of 
undergraduate instruction. "Laboratory," for ILI purposes, means any 
setting affording students active participation in learning subject 
matter. The setting may involve an observatory, a field site, or a 
computer room, as well as the traditional laboratory. SUPPORT PROVIDED: 
ILI provides matching grants in the range of $5,000 to $100,000 for 
instrumentation that serves as the basis for undergraduate instructional 
improvement. (NSF 97-29)
 
SUBJECTS: Behavioral Sciences
          Computer Science
          Earth Sciences
          Atmospheric Sciences
          Oceanography
          Education
          Educational Systems and Institutions
          Postsecondary Education
          Higher Education
          Undergraduate Education
          Educational Technology
          Engineering
          Materials Sciences
          Information Science
          Life Sciences
          Mathematics
          Physical Sciences
          Chemistry
          Physics
          Social Sciences
          Space Sciences
          Astronomy
          Technology
          Instruments