The Grant

The Educational Research and Methods (ERM) Division of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) will award up to four (4) travel grants to travel to the 2012 ASEE Annual Conference as part of its Apprentice Faculty Grant (AFG) program. Each grant consists of reimbursement of receipted registration, travel, food, and accommodation expenses up to a maximum of $2,000. Grant recipients are expected to attend the full duration of the conference, including two ERM events, and are highly encouraged to attend at least one workshop.

What Are the Goals of the AFG Program?

• To build capacity for the engineering education community through "apprenticeship" and mentoring to members of the engineering education research and scholarship community.

Who is Eligible?

• Individuals who are currently pursuing or plan to pursue a career in engineering education and who have demonstrated potential for substantial contributions to the field through engineering education research or scholarship.
• Any engineering education researcher who is at an "apprentice" stage of their pathway into the engineering education research community, and wishes to become an active member of the ERM Division. This might include graduate students, post doctoral researchers, junior faculty, staff members, or senior-ranking faculty who are transitioning into engineering education research.

How Does One Apply?

• Copy of Grant Information
• Candidates may self-nominate by completing an application packet as described below.

What Does the Nomination Packet Include? (Max 6 pages total)

Note that page limits are strictly enforced and materials should be submitted in the order listed.

1. Nomination Materials - up to two pages
• Nominee information - name/address/phone/fax/e-mail address
• CV including items relevant to the goals of the ERM Division, including but not limited to: education - degree(s), institution(s), major(s), date(s) and dissertation title(s); educational research activities, instructional innovations
2. Statement of the nominee's career goals, including an explanation of why the nominee qualifies as "apprentice faculty," and a reflection statement by the nominee about how apprenticeship in the ERM division will help achieve his/her career goals (up to 2 pages)
3. One additional letter of recommendation from someone familiar with the nominee's engineering education research activities and/or commitment to engineering education (up to 2 pages)

Note that page limits are strictly enforced and materials should be submitted in the order listed above.

How Are Nominations Evaluated?

Nominees are evaluated by a team of ERM reviewers on (a) potential for future contributions to engineering education research, (b) need for mentoring/apprenticeship and (c) possible future involvement with the ERM Division. Specifically reviewers will rate candidates on:

• Career goals - e.g. consistency with ERM mission
• Qualifications - e.g. apprentice status, demonstration of prior commitment to engineering education research
• Potential for candidate to contribute to engineering education research and the ERM Division; perceived value of apprenticeship status/mentoring to further candidate's career goals
• Letter of recommendation - e.g. How well does the author know the work of the candidate? Are specific examples provided?

When Is the Deadline?

• Nomination packets must be received by 5pm Eastern January 19, 2012 via email to jtrenor@clemson.edu. Faxes and hard copies will not be accepted. All nominations will be acknowledged via email.

Questions?

• Contact Julie Trenor, Apprentice Faculty Grant Committee Chair: Email: jtrenor@clemson.edu; Phone: 864-656-4321 Mailing: Clemson University Dept. of Engineering & Sci. Education, 105 Holtzendorff Hall, Clemson, SC 29634
• Visit the Apprentice Faculty Grant website at http://fie-conference.org/erm/
• Nominees with questions are highly encouraged to contact the AFG Committee Chair, prior to submitting an application via email: jtrenor@clemson.edu or phone: 864-656-4321.

Schedule of Events

• January 19, 2012 - Application deadline
• February 16, 2012 - Notification of application status to all applicants
• May 1, 2012 - Assignment of ERM conference host to Grantees
• June 10-13, 2012 Award presentation at the ERM Banquet (San Antonio, Texas)

What Changes Have Been Made From Prior Years?

A summary of changes compared to past years for this pilot program are listed below:

1. Change in eligibility: Eligibility has been broadened to include engineering education researchers any stage of their career that make a sufficient case for the need for mentoring and "apprentice" status. This is designed to be inclusive of the many pathways into engineering education research.
2. Application packet: (1) Applicants can now self-nominate. The requirement of a teaching philosophy has been removed; instead, a statement of how the applicant qualifies as an "apprentice" is required. This statement is the nominee's opportunity to discuss what being an AFG would do for the nominee's career trajectory and how the nominee would leverage this formal introduction to the ERM community to make a stronger mark in engineering education. (2) The required number of letters of recommendation has been reduced to one.
3. Evaluation criteria: To mirror the changes in the nominee eligibility and the application package, the reviewer criteria has changed to reflect evaluation of the need for mentoring on the part of the nominee and alignment of this award with the career trajectory of the nominee.

Successful Applications Will:

• Be clearly aligned with the goals of the Apprentice Faculty Grant and the Educational Research and Methods Division of ASEE.
• Focus on evidence of commitment to and potential for future contributions to of the field of engineering education research in both the candidate's statement and the letter of recommendation. Examples and specifics are particularly helpful to the review committee.
• Clearly describe the candidate's career goals.
• Provide compelling evidence for "apprenticeship" status and how the applicant plans to leverage the AFG award to help achieve career goals and contribute to the ERM Division.

2011 Apprentice Faculty Grants Winners

• Sharnnia Artis - The Ohio State University
• Cheryl Cass - Clemson University
• Adam Carberry - Arizona State University
• Erin Crede - Virginia Tech
• Geoffrey Herman - University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign

Past Winners

2011

Sharnnia Artis, The Ohio State University

Cheryl Cass, Clemson University

Adam Carberry, Arizona State University

Erin Crede, Virginia Tech

Geoffrey Herman, University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign

2010

Aidsa Santiago Roman, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez

Gillian Nicholls, The University of Alabama in Huntsville

Sarah Zappe, Pennsylvania State University

Marisa Orr, Clemson University

Julie Linsey, Texas A&M University

Devlin Montfort, Washington State University

2009

Mica Green, University of Cambridge

Shawn Jordan, Purdue University

Micah Lande, Stanford University

Noemi Mendoza-Diaz, Purdue University

Lora Oehlberg, University of California at Berkeley

Jen Schoepke, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Matthew Verleger, Purdue University

2008

Shanna Daly, Purdue University

Euridice Oware, Purdue University

Stephanie Rivale, University of Texas at Austin

Joachim Walther, University of Queensland

2007

Shane Brown, Washington State University

Alice Pawley, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Christine Guy Schnittka, University of Virginia

Julie Martin Trenor, University of Houston

2006

Ravel Ammerman, Colorado School of Mines

Monica Cardella, University of Washington

Daria Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado

Tamara Moore, Purdue University

2005

Marcia Friesen, University of

Jenni Light, Washington State University

Ken Yasuhara, University of Washington

Stephen Zemke, University of Idaho

2004

Taryn Melkus Bayles, University of Maryland Baltimore County

Kristine R. Csavina, Arizona State University

Tammy VanDeGrift, University of Washington

Jessica M. Herrera Yellin, University of Washington

2003

John Brader, University of South Carolina

Lisa Bullard, North Carolina State University

John Feland, Stanford University

Sean St. Clair, Georgia Institute of Technology

2002

Betsy Aller, Western Michigna University

Ann McKenna, Northwestern University

Mary Cummings, Virginia Tech University

Cynthia A. Finley, University of Texas at Austin

2001

Donald Carpenter, University of Michigan

Chad Korach, Northwestern University

2000

Robin Adams, University of Washington

Kathryn Hollar, Cornell University

Brian Kinsey, Northwestern University

Heather Nachtmann, University of Pittsburgh

1999

Philip Parker, University of Wisconsin-Platteville

Debbie Kaufman, North Carolina State University

Clark Merkel, North Dakota State University

Trevor Harding, University of Michigan

1998

Diane Beaudoin

John Bell

Kenneth Kauffman

Sarah McComb

1997

Ann Marie Flynn

Eric Mulkay

Jennifer Turns

William Oakes

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