(5) assessing the impact of the incorporation of
research results described in paragraph (4) on stu-
dent performance.
(e) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated to the National Science
Foundation for carrying out this section $3,000,000 for
fiscal year 2002, $6,000,000 for fiscal year 2003, and
$6,000,000 for fiscal year 2004.
SEC. 4. EDUCATION RESEARCH TEACHER FELLOWSHIPS.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director shall establish a
program to award grants to institutions of higher edu-
cation or scientific research institutions (or consortia
thereof) to provide fellowships to elementary and sec-
ondary teachers for participation in research programs at
such institutions under the guidance of and in collabora-
tion with researchers at the institutions. Such programs
shall be aimed at giving fellowship recipients a better un-
derstanding of the behavioral, cognitive, affective, and so-
cial aspects of human learning. The purpose of fellowships
under this section shall be to provide the fellowship recipi-
ents with an opportunity to gain knowledge in research
on learning in order to better facilitate the transfer of the
results of that research into the elementary and secondary
education systems.
(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 fellowship recipients 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 fellowship recipients dissemi-
nate information about the current state of edu-
cation research and its implications on classroom
practice to other elementary and secondary edu-
cators;
(4) shall provide fellowship recipients with a
scholarship stipend; and
(5) may provide room and board for residential
programs.
(c) USE OF FUNDS.—Not more than 25 percent of
the funds provided under a grant under this section may
be used for programming support for fellowship recipients.
The Director shall issue guidelines specifying the min-
imum or maximum amounts of stipends grant 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.
(e) APPLICATION.—An institution of higher edu-
cation or scientific research institution (or a consortium
thereof) seeking funding under this section shall submit
an application to the Director at such time, in such man-
ner, and containing such information as the Director may
require. The application shall include, at a minimum—
(1) a description of the research opportunities
that will be made available to elementary and sec-
ondary school teachers 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 to en-
hance their research experience and to enable them
to educate their peers about the value, findings, and
implications of education research.
(f) REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS.—In evaluating the
applications submitted under subsection (e), the Director
shall consider—
(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.
(g) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated to the National Science
Foundation for carrying out this section $5,000,000 for
each of fiscal years 2002 through 2004.
SEC. 5. INTERAGENCY EDUCATION RESEARCH INITIATIVE.
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Na-
tional Science Foundation for participation in the Inter-
agency Education Research Initiative, $28,000,000 for fis-
cal year 2002, $31,000,000 for fiscal year 2003, and
$33,000,000 for fiscal year 2004.
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