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‘‘such preparation as is necessary
to meet requirements for’’; and
(cc) by striking ‘‘licensing;
and’’ and inserting ‘‘licensing;’’;
(III) in clause (iii)—
(aa) by striking ‘‘scholarship
recipients’’ and inserting ‘‘stu-
dents participating in the pro-
gram’’;
(bb) by striking ‘‘enable the
recipients’’ and inserting ‘‘enable
the students’’; and
(cc) by striking ‘‘; or’’ and
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(IV) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(iv) providing summer internships for
freshman and sophomore students partici-
pating in the program;’’;
(iii) in subparagraph (B)—
(I) in the matter preceding clause
(i)—
(aa) by striking ‘‘encourage’’
and inserting ‘‘recruit and pre-
pare’’; and
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(bb) by inserting ‘‘qualified
as’’ after ‘‘to become’’;
(II) by striking clause (ii) and in-
serting the following:
‘‘(ii) offering academic courses and
clinical teaching experiences designed to
prepare stipend recipients to teach in ele-
mentary schools and secondary schools, in-
cluding such preparation as is necessary to
meet requirements for teacher certification
or licensing; and’’; and
(III) in clause (iii), by striking
the period at the end and inserting ‘‘;
or’’; and
(iv) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(C) to develop and implement a program
to recruit and prepare mathematics, science, or
engineering professionals to become NSF Teach-
ing Fellows, and to recruit existing teachers to
become NSF Master Teaching Fellows, through—
‘‘(i) administering fellowships in ac-
cordance with subsection (e);
‘‘(ii) offering academic courses and
clinical teaching experiences that are de-
signed to prepare students participating in
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the program to teach in secondary schools
and that, in the case of NSF Teaching Fel-
lows, result in a master’s degree in teaching
and teacher certification or licensing; and
‘‘(iii) offering programs to partici-
pants to assist in the fulfillment of the par-
ticipants’ responsibilities under this section,
including mentoring, training, mentoring
training, and induction and professional
development programs.’’; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(4) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENT.—To be eligible
for an award under this section, an institution of
higher education, a consortium of such institutions,
or a partnership shall ensure that specific faculty
members and staff from the mathematics, science, or
engineering department of the institution (or a par-
ticipating institution of the consortium or partner-
ship) and specific education faculty members of the
institution (or such participating institution) are
designated to carry out the development and imple-
mentation of the program. An institution of higher
education and consortium may also include teachers
to participate in developing the pedagogical content of
the program and to supervise students participating
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in the program in the students’ field teaching experi-
ences. No institution of higher education, consortium,
or partnership shall be eligible for an award unless
faculty from the mathematics, science, or engineering
department of the institution (or such participating
institution) are active participants in the program.
‘‘(5) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—An institution
of higher education, consortium of institutions of
higher education, or partnership receiving a grant
under this section shall provide, from non-Federal
sources, an amount equal to 50 percent of the amount
of the grant (which may be provided in cash or in-
kind) to carry out the activities supported by the
grant.
‘‘(6) 
SUPPLEMENT, 
NOT
SUPPLANT.—Grant
funds provided under this section shall be used to sup-
plement, and not supplant, other Federal or State
funds available for the type of activities supported by
the grant.’’;
(3) in subsection (b)—
(A) in paragraph (1)—
(i) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A), by striking ‘‘or consortium’’ and
inserting ‘‘consortium, or partnership’’;
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(ii) by striking subparagraph (A) and
inserting the following:
‘‘(A) a description of the program that the
applicant intends to operate, including—
‘‘(i) the number of scholarships and
summer internships or the size and number
of stipends or fellowships the applicant in-
tends to award;
‘‘(ii) the type of activities proposed for
the recruitment of students to the program;
and
‘‘(iii) the selection process that will be
used in awarding the scholarships, stipends,
or fellowships;’’;
(iii) in subparagraph (B)—
(I) by striking ‘‘scholarship or sti-
pend’’; and
(II) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and in-
serting ‘‘, which may include a de-
scription of any existing programs at
the applicant’s institution that are tar-
geted to the education of mathematics
and science teachers and the number of
teachers graduated annually from such
programs;’’; and
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(iv) by striking subparagraph (C) and
inserting the following:
‘‘(C) a description of the academic courses
and clinical teaching experiences required under
subparagraph (A)(ii), (B)(ii), or (C)(ii) of sub-
section (a)(3), as applicable, including—
‘‘(i)(I) a description of the under-
graduate 
program 
under 
subsection
(a)(3)(A)(ii) that will enable a student to
graduate in 4 years with a major in mathe-
matics, science, or engineering and to ob-
tain teacher certification or licensing; or
‘‘(II) a description of the master’s de-
gree programs offered under subsection
(a)(3)(C)(ii);
‘‘(ii) a description of clinical teaching
experiences proposed; and
‘‘(iii) evidence of agreements between
the applicant and the schools or school dis-
tricts that are identified as the locations at
which clinical teaching experiences will
occur;
‘‘(D) a description of the programs required
under subparagraph (A)(iii), (B)(iii), or (C)(iii)
of subsection (a)(3), as applicable, including ac-
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tivities to assist new teachers in fulfilling their
service requirements under this section; and
‘‘(E) an identification of the applicant’s
mathematics, science, or engineering faculty and
its education faculty who will carry out the de-
velopment and implementation of the program
as required under subsection (a)(4).’’; and
(B) in paragraph (2)—
(i) by redesignating subparagraphs (B)
through (E) as subparagraphs (C) through
(F), respectively;
(ii) by inserting after subparagraph
(A) the following:
‘‘(B) the extent to which the applicant’s
mathematics, science, or engineering faculty and
its education faculty have worked or will work
collaboratively to design new or revised curricula
that recognize the specialized pedagogy required
to teach mathematics and science effectively in
elementary schools and secondary schools;’’; and
(iii) in subparagraph (D) (as redesig-
nated by clause (i)), by striking ‘‘or sti-
pend’’ and inserting ‘‘, stipend, or fellow-
ship’’;
(4) in subsection (c)—
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(A) in paragraph (3)—
(i) by striking ‘‘$7,500’’ and inserting
‘‘$10,000’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘of scholarship sup-
port’’ and inserting ‘‘of scholarship support,
unless the Director establishes a policy by
which part-time students may receive addi-
tional years of support’’; and
(B) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘with a
maximum service requirement of 4 years’’ after
‘‘scholarship was received’’;
(5) in subsection (d)—
(A) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting
the following:
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Stipends under this section
shall be available only to—
‘‘(A) teachers enrolled in a master’s degree
program in science, technology, engineering, or
mathematics; and
‘‘(B) mathematics, science, or engineering
professionals who, while receiving the stipend,
are enrolled in a program to receive certification
or licensing to teach.’’;
(B) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘, except
that if an individual is enrolled in a part-time
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program, such stipend shall be prorated accord-
ing to the length of the program’’ after ‘‘stipend
support’’; and
(C) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘for each
year a stipend was received’’;
(6) by redesignating subsections (e) through (h)
and subsection (i) as subsections (f) through (i) and
subsection (l), respectively;
(7) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(e) NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION TEACHING FEL-
LOWSHIPS.—
‘‘(1) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the fellowships
under this subsection is to promote and recognize
high-level achievement in advanced mathematics and
science teaching.
‘‘(2) PARTNERSHIP REQUIREMENTS.—In order to
receive a grant under this section to carry out this
subsection, the recipient of such grant shall be a part-
nership and the only local educational agencies that
shall be members of the partnership shall be local edu-
cational agencies that agree not to reduce the base sal-
ary normally paid to an individual solely because
such individual receives a salary supplement under
this subsection.
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‘‘(3) GENERAL CRITERIA.—A partnership receiv-
ing a grant to carry out a fellowship program under
this subsection shall award such fellowships only to—
‘‘(A) mathematics, science, or engineering
professionals who enroll in 1-year master’s de-
gree programs in teaching that result in teacher
certification or licensing and who shall be re-
ferred to as ‘NSF Teaching Fellows’; and
‘‘(B) mathematics and science teachers who
possess a master’s degree in their field and who
shall be referred to as ‘NSF Master Teaching
Fellows’.
‘‘(4) SELECTION.—Individuals shall be selected
to receive fellowships under this section primarily on
the basis of—
‘‘(A) professional achievement;
‘‘(B) academic merit;
‘‘(C) demonstrated advanced content knowl-
edge; and
‘‘(D) in the case of NSF Master Teaching
Fellows, demonstrated success in improving stu-
dent academic achievement in mathematics,
science, technology, or engineering.
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‘‘(5) USE OF FUNDS.—Each partnership receiv-
ing a grant under this section to award fellowships
under this subsection shall—
‘‘(A) provide a stipend to each NSF Teach-
ing Fellow for the duration of the Fellow’s enroll-
ment in the master’s degree program, to be used
to offset the cost of tuition, fees, and living ex-
penses; and
‘‘(B) provide salary supplements to each
NSF Teaching Fellow and NSF Master Teaching
Fellow during the period of the Fellow’s service
obligation under paragraph (4).
‘‘(6) SERVICE OBLIGATION.—If an individual is
awarded a fellowship under this subsection, that indi-
vidual shall be required to serve in a high-need local
educational agency for—
‘‘(A) in the case of a NSF Teaching Fellow,
4 years; and
‘‘(B) in the case of a NSF Master Teaching
Fellow, 5 years.
‘‘(7) DUTIES.—A recipient of a fellowship under
this section, during the service obligation required
under paragraph (6) and in addition to regular class-
room activities, shall take on a leadership role within
the school or local educational agency in which the re-