MTSU Awarded National Science Foundation Grant
By MTSU
July 8, 2009
Middle Tennessee State University recently was awarded a $2.4 million grant from the National Science Foundation for teacher preparation and leadership in science and math. This follows a $2.7 million NSF grant awarded to MTSU this past spring to improve biology education in Rutherford County and Metro Nashville high schools.
“Studies have shown that average math and science scores of U.S. students trail significantly behind nearly all countries in the Asia-Pacific region,” said Congressman Bart Gordon, who has been instrumental in obtaining grant funding. “These awards will work to reverse this trend.”
The latest award includes support for a Master Teaching Fellows Program ($1.5 million) and for the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program ($900K), both of which will assist in beefing up K-12 education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
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