Excerpt: "The FY 2008 Request for MSP is level to the FY 2007 Request of $46.0 million. Approximately $30.0
million will be available for new awards in FY 2008. Awards will be made for a small number of new
MSP Targeted Partnerships and Teacher Institutes for the 21st Century that emphasize the critical
junctures in K-12 mathematics and science education between middle and high school, and between
high school and college. These efforts will engage middle and high school teachers and their students
in educationally appropriate and relevant topics that support the high-leverage fields of the physical
sciences and engineering, as delineated for NSF in the American Competitiveness Initiative, coupled
with the mathematics content and technology essential for study and success in these areas. Informed
by the most promising ideas and strategies in existing NSF programs and by a rigorous system of both
project- and program-level evaluation, NSF-funded scientists and educators will bring the expertise and
capability needed to provide the initial research and development necessary to grow innovative ideas
and approaches to STEM education and take them "to market" through demonstration sites. These sites
will provide opportunities for educators not affiliated with the sites to observe and learn in depth about
their work in order to replicate/adapt well-researched and field-tested findings and products to their
local educational settings. Funds will also be used for data collection, evaluation, and knowledge
management and dissemination, consonant with program and Academic Competitiveness Council goals
and requirements."
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