**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**          9912104                                          

  **Award Title text    National Conferences and Other Activities        
  :**                   Supporting the Presidential Awards for           
                        Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching   
                        Program                                          

  **NSF Org :**         ehr                                              

  **Award Instr. :**    Continuing Grant                                 

  **Program Manager.                                                     
  :**                                                                    

  **Division :**        11020000                                         

  **Start Date :**      12-15-1999                                       

  **Expiration Date :** 11-30-2004                                       

  **Est Total Amt :**   \$584,081.00                                     

  **Investigator:**     Charles Watson                                   

  **Sponsor:**          Association of State Supervisors of Mathematics  

                        Math CoordinatorMall Rm 406-B P.O. Box 1046      
                        Charleston ,West Virginia 25324                  

  **Program Element     7345                                             
  code:**                                                                

  **Abstract :**                                                         

  9912104 WATSON The                                                     
  \"National Conference                                                  
  and Other Activities                                                   
  Supporting the                                                         
  Presidential Awards                                                    
  for Excellence in                                                      
  Mathematics and                                                        
  Science Teaching                                                       
  Program\" project                                                      
  will provide training                                                  
  and information for                                                    
  state-level                                                            
  coordinators of the                                                    
  PAEMST program. This                                                   
  support will take the                                                  
  form of a yearly                                                       
  conference, a                                                          
  proceedings booklet                                                    
  and a handbook. The                                                    
  project will serve                                                     
  the 53 state or                                                        
  judicatory                                                             
  coordinators. The                                                      
  annual conference                                                      
  will review and                                                        
  refine the program\'s                                                  
  operational                                                            
  procedures and                                                         
  develop one or more                                                    
  components of                                                          
  state-level                                                            
  management of the                                                      
  program. Issues and                                                    
  topics that will be                                                    
  addressed are the                                                      
  quality of                                                             
  applications, the use                                                  
  of rubrics for                                                         
  consistent scoring                                                     
  and rating of                                                          
  applications,                                                          
  appropriate                                                            
  strategies for                                                         
  recognition and                                                        
  utilization of                                                         
  awardees at the local                                                  
  and state levels, and                                                  
  increasing the                                                         
  applicant pool with                                                    
  major stress on                                                        
  minority applicants.                                                   
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**Award Information**

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  **Awd Id :**          0208615                                          

  **Award Title text    The Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator       
  :**                   Fellowship Program                               

  **NSF Org :**         ehr                                              

  **Award Instr. :**    Continuing Grant                                 

  **Program Manager.                                                     
  :**                                                                    

  **Division :**        11020000                                         

  **Start Date :**      09-01-2002                                       

  **Expiration Date :** 08-31-2005                                       

  **Est Total Amt :**   \$1,075,453.00                                   

  **Investigator:**     Vance Ablott                                     

  **Sponsor:**          Triangle Coalition for Science and Technology    
                        Education                                        

                        1840 Wilson Boulevard Suite 201 Arlington        
                        ,Virginia 222013000                              

  **Program Element     7345                                             
  code:**                                                                

  **Abstract :**                                                         

  This program was                                                       
  enacted by Congress                                                    
  and is administered                                                    
  by the Department of                                                   
  Energy, Office of                                                      
  Science, with                                                          
  participation from                                                     
  the National                                                           
  Aeronautics and Space                                                  
  Administration and                                                     
  the National                                                           
  Institutes of Health.                                                  
  It provides an                                                         
  opportunity for                                                        
  current public or                                                      
  private elementary                                                     
  and secondary                                                          
  mathematics,                                                           
  technology, and                                                        
  science classroom                                                      
  teachers with                                                          
  demonstrated                                                           
  excellence in                                                          
  teaching an                                                            
  opportunity to serve                                                   
  in the national                                                        
  public policy arena.                                                   
  Fellows provide                                                        
  practical insight in                                                   
  establishing and                                                       
  operating education                                                    
  programs. Albert                                                       
  Einstein Fellows                                                       
  bring to congress and                                                  
  appropriate branches                                                   
  of the federal                                                         
  government the                                                         
  extensive knowledge                                                    
  and experience of                                                      
  classroom teachers.                                                    
  They provide                                                           
  practical insights                                                     
  and \"real world\"                                                     
  perspectives to                                                        
  policy makers and                                                      
  program managers                                                       
  developing or                                                          
  managing educational                                                   
  programs.                                                              
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