(2) Materials developed under the program established
under section 101 that are demonstrated to be effective shall
be made available through the National Science, Mathe-
matics, Engineering, and Technology Education Digital
Library.
(c) ANNUAL MEETING.—The Director shall convene an
annual meeting of the partnerships participating under
this subtitle to foster greater national collaboration.
SEC. 104. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Na-
tional Science Foundation to carry out this subtitle
$200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2002 through 2006.
Subtitle B—Teacher Research
Scholarship Program
SEC. 111. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.
(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) The Director shall establish a
program to award grants to institutions of higher education
or eligible nonprofit organizations (or consortia thereof) to
provide research opportunities in mathematics, science, and
engineering for elementary or secondary school teachers of
mathematics or science. Such institutions of higher edu-
cation or eligible nonprofit organizations may include one
or more businesses or Federal or State laboratories as part-
ners under the program.
(2) Grants shall be awarded under this section on a
merit-reviewed competitive basis.
(b) PROGRAM COMPONENTS.—Grant recipients under
this section—
(1) shall recruit and select teachers and provide
such teachers with opportunities to conduct research
in academic, business, or government laboratories;
(2) shall ensure that the teachers have mentors
and other programming support to ensure that their
research experience will contribute to their under-
standing of mathematics, science, and engineering
and improve their performance in the classroom;
(3) shall provide teachers with a scholarship sti-
pend; and
(4) may provide room and board for residential
programs.
(c) USE OF FUNDS.—(1) Not more than 25 percent
of the funds provided under a grant under this section may
be used for programming support for teachers.
(2) The Director shall issue guidelines specifying the
minimum and maximum amounts of stipends recipients
may provide to teachers under this section.
(d) DURATION.—A teacher may participate in re-
search under the program under this section for up to 1
calendar year or 2 sequential summers.
SEC. 112. SELECTION PROCESS.
(a) APPLICATION.—An institution of higher education
or an eligible nonprofit organization (or a consortium
thereof) seeking funding under section 111 shall submit an
application to the Director at such time, in such manner,
and containing such information as the Director may re-
quire. The application shall include, at a minimum—
(1) a description of the research opportunities
that will be made available to elementary or sec-
ondary school teachers, or both, by the applicant;
(2) a description of how the applicant will re-
cruit teachers to participate in the program and the
criteria that will be used to select the participants;
(3) a description of the number, types, and
amounts of the scholarships that the applicant in-
tends to offer to participating teachers; and
(4) a description of the programming support
that will be provided to participating teachers.
(b) REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS.—In evaluating the ap-
plications submitted under subsection (a), the Director shall
consider, at a minimum—
(1) the ability of the applicant to effectively
carry out the proposed program;
(2) the extent to which the applicant is com-
mitted to making the program a central organiza-
tional focus; and
(3) the likelihood that the research experiences
and programming to be offered by the applicant will
improve elementary and secondary education.
(c) AWARDS.—(1) The Director shall ensure, to the ex-
tent practicable, that grants be awarded under this subtitle
in a wide range of geographic areas and to assist teachers
from rural, suburban, and urban local educational agencies.
(2) The Director shall award grants under this subtitle
for a period not to exceed 5 years.
SEC. 113. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated for the Na-
tional Science Foundation to carry out this subtitle
$15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2002 through 2006.
TITLE 
II—NATIONAL 
SCIENCE,
MATHEMATICS, 
ENGINEER-
ING, AND TECHNOLOGY EDU-
CATION DIGITAL LIBRARY
SEC. 201. IN GENERAL.
The Director shall establish a program to expand the
National Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Tech-
nology Education Digital Library (hereinafter in this Act
referred to as the ‘‘Digital Library’’) program to enable
timely and continuous dissemination of elementary and sec-
ondary science, math, engineering, and technology edu-
cational resources, materials, practices, and policies
through the Internet and other digital technologies. The ex-
panded Digital Library shall—
(1) contain an Internet-based repository of cur-
ricular materials, practices, and teaching modules;
(2) contain, to the extent practicable, an Inter-
net-based repository of information about national
and regional conferences related to the improvement
of elementary and secondary mathematics, science,
engineering and technology education, including, if
appropriate, links to materials generated by those
conferences.
(3) provide users of the Digital Library with ac-
cess to all materials in the Digital Library through
a single entry point;
(4) contain only materials that have been peer-
reviewed and tested to ensure factual accuracy and ef-
fectiveness and that are aligned with recognized State
and national mathematics and science standards;
(5) present materials in a format that is con-
sistent, facilitates ease of comparison and use by
classroom teachers, and contains appropriate links to
other Federal educational clearinghouses; and
(6) provide materials related to mathematics and
science partnership programs, including—
(A) links to all of the programs developed
through the mathematics and science partner-
ships established under subtitle A of title I;
(B) data related to assessment and evalua-
tion and final program reports developed under
subtitle A of title I, including both positive and
negative outcomes of the program;
(C) materials developed by the partnerships
under subtitle A of title I that have been dem-
onstrated to be effective; and
(D) a mechanism for users to make com-
ments or suggestions regarding the use and effec-
tiveness of posted materials.
SEC. 202. GRANTS AND CONTRACT.
(a) GRANTS.—The Director may award grants to in-
stitutions of higher education or other qualified entities—
(1) to design all or parts of the Digital Library;
(2) to provide assistance to schools in the selec-
tion and adaptation of curricular materials, practices
and teaching methods made available through the
Digital Library; or
(3) to carry out the activities described in both
paragraphs (1) and (2).
Grants awarded under this subsection may cover the costs
of acquiring and reviewing educational materials for dis-
semination through the Digital Library.
(b) OPERATION.—The Director may contract out the
operation and management of the Digital Library.
(c) COMPETITIVE AWARDS.—Grants and contracts
shall be awarded under this section on a competitive basis.
SEC. 203. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated for the Na-
tional Science Foundation to carry out this title
$20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2002 through 2006.
TITLE 
III—STRATEGIC 
EDU-
CATION RESEARCH PROGRAM
Subtitle A—Centers
SEC. 301. ESTABLISHMENT OF CENTERS FOR RESEARCH ON
LEARNING AND EDUCATION IMPROVEMENT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) The Director shall award
grants to institutions of higher education (or consortia
thereof) to establish 4 multidisciplinary Centers for Re-
search on Learning and Education Improvement.
(2) Grants shall be awarded under this subsection on
a merit-reviewed competitive basis.
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Centers shall be to
conduct and evaluate research in cognitive science, edu-
cation and related fields and to develop ways in which the
results of such research can be applied in elementary and
secondary classrooms to improve the teaching of mathe-
matics and science.
(c) FOCUS.—(1) Each Center shall be focused on a dif-
ferent challenge faced by elementary or secondary school
teachers of mathematics and science. In determining the re-
search focus of the Centers, the Director shall consult with
the National Academy of Sciences and take into account
the extent to which other Federal programs support research
on similar questions.
(2) The proposal solicitation issued by the Director
shall state the focus of each Center and applicants shall
apply for designation as a specific Center.
SEC. 302. SELECTION PROCESS.
(a) APPLICATION.—An institution of higher education
(or a consortium thereof) seeking funding under this title
shall submit an application to the Director at such time,
in such manner, and containing such information as the
Director may require. The application shall include, at a
minimum a description of—
(1) the initial research projects that will be un-
dertaken by the Center and the process by which new
projects will be identified;
(2) how the Center will work with other research
institutions and schools to broaden the national re-
search agenda on learning and teaching;
(3) how the Center will promote active collabora-
tion among physical, biological, and social science re-
searchers;
(4) how the Center will promote active partici-
pation by elementary and secondary mathematics
and science teachers and administrators; and
(5) how the Center will reduce the results of its
research to educational practice and assess the success
of new practices.
(b) REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS.—In evaluating the ap-
plications submitted under subsection (a), the Director shall
consider, at a minimum—
(1) the ability of the applicant to effectively
carry out the research program and reduce its results
to effective educational practice;
(2) the experience of the applicant in conducting
research on the science of teaching and learning and
the capacity of the applicant to foster new multidisci-
plinary collaborations;
(3) the capacity of the applicant to attract
precollege educators from a diverse array of schools
and professional experiences for participation in Cen-
ter activities; and
(4) the capacity of the applicant to attract and
provide adequate support for graduate students to
pursue research at the intersection of educational
practice and basic research on human cognition and
learning.
(c) AWARDS.—The Director shall ensure, to the extent
practicable, that the Centers funded under this section con-
duct research and develop educational practices designed to
improve the educational performance of a broad range of
students, including those from groups underrepresented in
mathematics, science and engineering.
SEC. 303. ANNUAL CONFERENCE.
The Director shall convene an annual meeting of the
Centers to foster collaboration among the Centers and to
further disseminate the results of the Centers’ activities.
SEC. 304. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated for the Na-
tional Science Foundation to carry out this title
$12,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2002 through 2006.
Subtitle B—Fellowships
SEC. 311. EDUCATION RESEARCH TEACHER FELLOWSHIPS.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—(1) The Director shall establish
a program to award grants to institutions of higher edu-
cation or eligible nonprofit entities (or consortia thereof)
to provide research opportunities related to the science of
learning to elementary and secondary school teachers of
science and mathematics.
(2) Grants shall be awarded under this section on a
merit-reviewed competitive basis.
(b) PROGRAM COMPONENTS.—Grant recipients under
this section—
(1) shall recruit and select teachers and provide
such teachers with opportunities to conduct research
in the fields of—
(A) brain research as a foundation for re-
search on human learning;
(B) behavioral, cognitive, affective, and so-
cial aspects of human learning;
(C) science and mathematics learning in
formal and informal educational settings; or
(D) learning in complex educational sys-
tems;
(2) shall ensure that participating teachers have
mentors and other programming support to ensure
that their research experience will contribute to their
understanding of the science of learning;
(3) shall provide programming, guidance, and
support to ensure that participating teachers dissemi-
nate information about the current state of education
research and its implications on classroom practice to
other elementary and secondary educators and can
use that information to improve their performance in
the classroom;
(4) shall provide participating teachers with a
scholarship stipend; and
(5) may provide room and board for residential
programs.
(c) USE OF FUNDS.—(1) Not more than 25 percent
of the funds provided under a grant under this section may
be used for programming support for participating teach-
ers.
(2) The Director shall issue guidelines specifying the
minimum or maximum amounts of stipends grant recipi-
ents may provide to teachers under this section.
(d) DURATION.—A teacher may participate in re-
search under the program under this section for up to 1
calendar year or 2 sequential summers.
(e) APPLICATION.—An institution of higher education
or eligible nonprofit entity (or a consortium thereof) seeking
funding under this section shall submit an application to
the Director at such time, in such manner, and containing
such information as the Director may require. The applica-
tion shall include, at a minimum—