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to fulfill the service requirements of this section, and 
to exchange ideas with others in their fields. 
‘‘(d) SELECTION PROCESS.— 
‘‘(1) MERIT REVIEW.—Grants shall be provided 
under this section on a competitive, merit-reviewed 
basis. 
‘‘(2) APPLICATIONS.—An eligible institution of 
higher education or consortium seeking funding 
under this section shall submit an application to the 
Director at such time, in such manner, and con-
taining such information as the Director may re-
quire. The application shall include, at a minimum— 
‘‘(A) a description of the program that the 
applicant intends to operate, including the num-
ber of stipends the applicant intends to award, 
the type of activities proposed for the recruit-
ment of students to the program, and the 
amount of the teaching supplements to be pro-
vided in accordance with subsection (f); 
‘‘(B) a description of the selection process 
that will be used in awarding stipends, includ-
ing a description of the rigorous, nationally rec-
ognized test that will be administered during 
the selection process in order to determine 
whether individuals applying for stipends have 
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advanced content knowledge of science or math-
ematics; 
‘‘(C) evidence that the applicant has the 
capability to administer the program in accord-
ance with the provisions of this section, which 
may include a description of any existing pro-
grams at the applicant’s institution that are 
targeted to the education of mathematics and 
science teachers and the number of teachers 
graduated annually from such programs; 
‘‘(D) a description of the academic courses 
and field teaching experiences described in sub-
section (c)(2), including— 
‘‘(i) a description of an educational 
program that will enable a student to ob-
tain teacher certification or licensing with-
in 16 months; and 
‘‘(ii) evidence of agreements between 
the applicant and the schools or school dis-
tricts that are identified as the locations at 
which field teaching experiences will occur; 
‘‘(E) a description of the programs de-
scribed in subsection (c)(3), including activities 
to assist new teachers in fulfilling their service 
requirements under this section; and 
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‘‘(F) evidence that the partnership will 
provide the teaching supplements required 
under subsection (f). 
‘‘(3) CRITERIA.—In evaluating the applications 
submitted under paragraph (2), the Director shall 
consider, at a minimum— 
‘‘(A) the ability of the applicant to effec-
tively carry out the program and to meet the 
requirement of subsection (f); 
‘‘(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 recognizes the specialized peda-
gogy required to teach mathematics and science 
effectively in elementary and secondary schools; 
‘‘(C) the extent to which the applicant is 
committed to making the program a central or-
ganizational focus; 
‘‘(D) the degree to which the proposed pro-
gramming will enable stipend recipients to be-
come successful mathematics and science teach-
ers; 
‘‘(E) the number and quality of the stu-
dents that will be served by the program; and 
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‘‘(F) the ability of the applicant to recruit 
students who would otherwise not pursue a ca-
reer in teaching. 
‘‘(e) STIPENDS.—Individuals shall be selected to re-
ceive stipends under this section primarily on the basis 
of their content knowledge of science or mathematics as 
demonstrated by their performance on a test designated 
in accordance with subsection (d)(2)(B). Among individ-
uals demonstrating equivalent content knowledge, consid-
eration may be given to financial need and to the goal 
of promoting the participation of individuals identified in 
section 33 or 34 of the Science and Engineering Equal 
Opportunities Act (42 U.S.C. 1885a or 1885b). 
‘‘(f) TEACHING SUPPLEMENTS.—The members of a 
partnership shall identify a source of non-Federal funding 
to provide salary supplements to individuals who partici-
pate in the program under this section during the period 
of their service obligation under subsection (h). 
‘‘(g) AMOUNT AND DURATION.—Stipends under this 
section shall be not less than $10,000 per year, except that 
no individual shall receive for any year more than the cost 
of attendance at that individual’s institution. Individuals 
may receive a maximum of 16 months of stipend support. 
‘‘(h) SERVICE OBLIGATION.—If an individual re-
ceives a stipend under this section, that individual shall 
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be required to complete, within 6 years after completion 
of the educational program for which the stipend was 
awarded, 4 years of service as a mathematics or science 
teacher in a public secondary school.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 8(6) of the 
National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 
is amended— 
(1) in the paragraph heading by inserting 
‘‘TEACHER’’ after ‘‘NOYCE’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘Teacher’’ after ‘‘Noyce’’. 
Subtitle B—Mathematics and 
Science Education Improvement 
SEC. 121. MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE EDUCATION PART-
NERSHIPS AMENDMENTS. 
Section 9 of the National Science Foundation Au-
thorization Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 1862n) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(A)’’; 
(B) by striking subparagraph (B); 
(C) by inserting ‘‘, through 1 or more of 
its departments in science, mathematics, or en-
gineering,’’ after ‘‘institution of higher edu-
cation’’; and 
(D) by striking ‘‘a State educational agen-
cy’’ and inserting ‘‘education faculty from the 
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participating institution or institutions of high-
er education, a State educational agency,’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)(3)(B)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘content-specific’’ before 
‘‘professional development programs’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘which are’’ before ‘‘de-
signed’’; and 
(C) by inserting ‘‘and which may include 
teacher training activities to prepare mathe-
matics and science teachers to teach challenging 
mathematics, science, and technology college- 
preparatory courses, including Advanced Place-
ment and International Baccalaureate courses’’ 
after ‘‘and science teachers’’; 
(3) in subsection (a)(3)(C)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘and laboratory experi-
ences’’ after ‘‘technology’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘and laboratory’’ after 
‘‘provide technical’’; 
(4) in subsection (a)(3)(I) by inserting ‘‘includ-
ing model induction programs for teachers in their 
first 2 years of teaching,’’ after ‘‘and science,’’; 
(5) in subsection (a)(3)(K) by striking ‘‘devel-
oping and offering mathematics or science enrich-
ment programs for students, including after-school 
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and summer programs;’’ and inserting ‘‘developing 
educational programs and materials and conducting 
mathematics, science, and technology enrichment 
programs for students, including after-school pro-
grams and summer camps for students described in 
subsection (b)(2)(G);’’; 
(6) in subsection (a) by inserting at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(8) MASTER’S DEGREE PROGRAMS.—Activities 
carried out in accordance with paragraph (3)(B) 
shall include the development and offering of mas-
ter’s degree programs for in-service mathematics 
and science teachers that will strengthen their sub-
ject area knowledge and pedagogical skills, as de-
scribed in section 123 of the Act enacting this para-
graph. Grants provided under this section may be 
used to develop and implement courses of instruction 
for the master’s degree programs, which may involve 
online learning, and develop related educational ma-
terials. 
‘‘(9) MENTORS FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS 
OF CHALLENGING COURSES.—Partnerships carrying 
out activities to prepare mathematics and science 
teachers to teach challenging mathematics, science, 
and technology college-preparatory courses, includ-
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ing Advanced Placement and International Bacca-
laureate courses, in accordance with paragraph 
(3)(B) shall encourage companies employing sci-
entists, mathematicians, or engineers to provide 
mentors to teachers and students and provide for 
the coordination of such mentoring activities. 
‘‘(10) INVENTIVENESS.—Activities carried out 
in accordance with paragraph (3)(H) may include 
the development and dissemination of curriculum 
tools that will help foster inventiveness and innova-
tion.’’; 
(7) in subsection (b)(2) by redesignating sub-
paragraphs (E) and (F) as subparagraphs (F) and 
(G), respectively, and inserting after subparagraph 
(D) the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(E) the extent to which the evaluation de-
scribed in paragraph (1)(E) will be independent 
and based on objective measures;’’; 
(8) in subsection (b) by inserting at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(4) MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM GRANT SIZE.—A 
grant awarded under this section shall be not less 
than $75,000 or greater than $2,000,000 for any 
fiscal year.’’; 
(9) in subsection (c)— 
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(A) by striking paragraph (2); 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), 
and (5) as paragraphs (4), (5), and (6), respec-
tively; and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 
following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(2) REPORT ON MODEL PROJECTS.—The Di-
rector shall determine which completed projects 
funded through the program under this section 
should be seen as models to be replicated on a more 
expansive basis at the State or national levels. Not 
later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this 
paragraph, the Director shall transmit a report de-
scribing the results of this study to the Committee 
on Science and Technology and the Committee on 
Education and Labor of the House of Representa-
tives and to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation and the Committee on Health, 
Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate. 
‘‘(3) REPORT
ON
EVALUATIONS.—Not later 
than 4 years after the date of enactment of this 
paragraph, the Director shall transmit a report sum-
marizing the evaluations required under subsection 
(b)(1)(E) of grants received under this program and 
describing any changes to the program recommended 
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as a result of these evaluations to the Committee on 
Science and Technology and the Committee on Edu-
cation and Labor of the House of Representatives 
and to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation and the Committee on Health, Edu-
cation, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate. Such re-
port shall be made widely available to the public.’’; 
and 
(10) by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘mathematics and science teacher’ 
means a mathematics, science, or technology teacher 
at the elementary school or secondary school level; 
and 
‘‘(2) the term ‘science’, in the context of ele-
mentary and secondary education, includes tech-
nology and pre-engineering.’’. 
SEC. 122. TEACHER INSTITUTES. 
(a) NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION INSTITUTES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall establish 
a grant program to provide for summer or academic 
year teacher institutes or workshops authorized by 
section 9(a)(3)(B) of the National Science Founda-
tion 
Authorization 
Act 
of 
2002 
(42 
U.S.C. 
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1862n(a)(3)(B)) and shall allow grantees under the 
Teacher Institutes for the 21st Century program to 
operate 1 to 2 week summer teacher institutes with 
the goal of reaching the maximum number of in- 
service mathematics and science teachers, particu-
larly elementary and middle school teachers, to im-
prove their content knowledge and pedagogical skills. 
(2) PREPARATION
TO
TEACH
CHALLENGING 
COURSES.—The Director shall ensure that activities 
supported for awards under paragraph (1) include 
the development and implementation of teacher 
training activities to prepare mathematics and 
science teachers to teach challenging mathematics, 
science, and technology college-preparatory courses, 
including Advanced Placement and International 
Baccalaureate courses. 
(3) AWARDS.—In awarding grants under this 
section, the Director shall give priority to applica-
tions that propose programs that will attract mathe-
matics and science teachers from local educational 
agencies that— 
(A) are receiving grants under title I of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) as a result of 
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