Faculty

STEER STEM Ed Travel Grants

The goal of the STEER STEM Ed Travel Grant is to support STEM faculty attendance of education conferences to help them adopt and/or share evidence-based teaching practices.  This travel program is made possible by funds from NSF awarded to assist USF in creating a student-focused culture using robust evidence-based teaching (EBT) strategies to strengthen the education and retention of STEM majors. 

See a list of previous grantees, below.

Applications for the 2021/22 academic year are accepted continuously through June15, 2022. There is $10,000 available for this competition. Travel is limited to venues in the contiguous United States. Travel must be completed and award funds must be spent no later than August 15, 2022.

Budgets.  Must be reasonable and allocable. Requested funds may not exceed $1,000 and must include a department match of at least 25 percent.

Eligibility.  Limited to faculty with teaching responsibilities in the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics and the College of Engineering (visiting and adjunct faculty are not eligible to apply). Preference will be given to faculty who have not previously received an award.

Application Submission.  To apply, download this proposal package to your computer, complete it, then email it to Kelley Schuler at kschuler@usf.edu.

Timeline. Applications are accepted continuously until June 15, 2022.

Peer Review. The STEER leadership team will provide peer review for the applications in this program.  Applications will be ranked based on the quality of the proposals submitted.  A key consideration of the review process will be the likelihood of the adoption of EBTs in applicant鈥檚 teaching practices.

Reporting. The STEER STEM Ed Travel Grant requires all faculty awardees to submit a final report.  The report should speak to the return on investment, specifically how has the travel influenced your teaching.  Describe how and when you will enhance your STEM curriculum based on what you learned.  Here is a sample report for reference. Additionally, awardees may be asked to share what they learned as part of a workshop or panel.

If you experience any technical difficulties or need assistance with completing the application, please contact Kelley Schuler at 813-974-7183 or kschuler@usf.edu.

STEER Grant NSF Acknowledgment
STEER STEM Ed Travel Grant Recipients
Faculty Name Dept. Conference Attended
2019 - Olukemi Akintewe Medical Engineering Teaching Prof Conference
2019 - Kimberly Fields

Chemistry Gordon Research Conf. on Chemistry Education
2019 - Jonathan Gaines Mechanical Engineering ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition
2019 - Rasim Guldiken Mechanical Engineering ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition
2019 - John Kuhn Chemical & Biomedical Eng. ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition
2019 - Sandra Pettit Chemical & Biomedical Eng Am. Inst. of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
2019 - Zhimin Shi Physics ACM SIG on Computer Science Education
2018 - Laura Anderson Chemistry Biennial Conference on Chemical Education
2018 - Amber Bieske Mathematics & Statistics Gardner Institute Gateway Course Experience
2018 - Jennifer Collins School of Geoscience Conf. on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology
2018 - Daniel Cruz-Ramirez de Arellano Chemistry Biennial Conference on Chemical Education
2018 - Ushiri Kulatunga Chemistry Biennial Conference on Chemical Education
2018 - Elizabeth Walton School of Geoscience Esri Southeast User Conf.
2018 - Solomon Weldegirma Chemistry Conf. in Green Chemistry
2017 - John Bacheller  HCC  SABER National Conference
2017 - Jonathan Gaines Mechanical Engineering American Society for Eng Educational Conference
2017 - William Hendrix Computer Science & Eng. ACM SIG on Computer Science Education
2017 - Margaret Hopson-Fernandes HCC SABER National Conference
2017 - Beth Jones-Mason CMMB National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science Summer Workshop
2017 - Mohanraja Kumar Chemistry Am. Society of Mass Spectrometry (ASMS)
2017 - Sandra Pettit Chemical & Biomedical Eng ASEE Summer School for Chemical Ed. Faculty
2017 - Rong Zhang Chemistry Peer-Led Team Learning International Society Conf
2016 - Laura Anderson Chemistry Biennial Conference on Chemical Education
2016 - Thomas Bieske Mathematics & Statistics Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education - MAA Mathfest
2016 - Daniel Cruz-Ramirez de Arellano Chemistry Biennial Conference on Chemical Education
2016 - Alessio Gaspar Computer Science & Engineering ACM Technical symposium on ComputerSc Education
2016 - Ushiri Kulatunga Chemistry Biennial Conference on Chemical Education
2016 - Ajit Mujumdar Mechanical Engineering Solidworks World 2016
2016 - Elizabeth Walton School of Geoscience Esri Southeast User Conf.
2016 - Solomon Weldegirma Chemistry Green Chemistry in Education Workshop
2016 - Kaiqi Xiong Mathematics & Statistics Envisioning the Future of Undergraduate STEM Education: Research and Practice