National Science Foundation Awards FSCJ with STEM-based Education Grant
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Florida State College at Jacksonville (FSCJ) has received a nearly $300,000 Building Opportunities for STEM Success (BOSS) grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), under the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) program. The grant period will begin September 1, 2017 and end August 31, 2020.
This grant will help FSCJ evaluate the impact of strategically embedding key study skills into six cross-sector STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) courses. A group of FSCJ interdisciplinary STEM faculty members will create and embed new study skill learning strategies to improve interest and learning gains for 360 students in the following courses: College Algebra, Earth & Space Science, Life in its Biological Environment, Introduction to General Chemistry, Hardware Configuration (IT) and Introduction to Engineering.
“Incorporating strategic study skill techniques into the core curriculum of these courses will help students develop a stronger foundation in STEM-based curriculum,” said FSCJ President Dr. Cynthia Bioteau. ”Providing tools and resources such as this to ensure our students succeed is a top priority for the College and we are thankful to the National Science Foundation for supporting our mission.”
The project will collaborate with the Northeast Florida Regional STEM2 Hub, a not-for-profit entity solely dedicated to accelerating the growth of STEM2 initiatives; the Florida Department of Education, the state education agency focused on enhancing the economic self-sufficiency of Floridians through programs and services geared toward college, workforce education, apprenticeships, job-specific skills, and career development; and the JAXUSA Partnership’s Earn Up initiative, one of the driving forces in ensuring students have the tools and resources to enter the workforce and achieve success in the real world.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 "to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense..." NSF is vital because we support basic research and people to create knowledge that transforms the future.
About FSCJ
Florida State College at Jacksonville (FSCJ) is a public, nonprofit higher education institution that offers more than 150 degree and certificate programs to meet the education and training needs of more than 50,000 students per year.