The Grand Challenge: Overcoming the Calculus Barrier to STEM Success
Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation · State of California
At a glance
The Grand Challenge: Overcoming the Calculus Barrier to STEM Success is a closed California state grant opportunity from the Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation (State of California). The application deadline was January 15, 2021. Individual awards are listed as $1M – $1.5M, with $7M in total estimated funding. Applicant types listed as eligible include public agency. It is listed on the California Grants Portal. Cost sharing is not required.
Summary assembled from the official notice's fields. The official notice governs.
Key facts
- Jan 12, 2021Posted
- Jan 15, 2021Application deadline
- Opened
- Jan 12, 2021
- Close date
- Jan 15, 2021
- Award floor
- $1,000,000
- Award ceiling
- $1,500,000
- Est. total funding
- $7,000,000
- Expected awards
- Not specified
- Matching funds
- Not required
- Funding instrument
- Grant
Program details (as published on the California Grants Portal)
- Type
- Grant
- Funding source
- State — Assembly Bill 1809 (Chapter 33, Statutes of 2018) established the California Education Learning Lab as a competitive grantmaking program for intersegmental faculty teams from California’s public colleges and universities to incorporate the science of learning and adaptive learning technology into their curriculum and pedagogy, with the express purpose of improving learning outcomes and closing equity gaps in STEM and other disciplines.
- Matching funds
- Not Required
- Funding method
- Advance(s) — Funding method will be subject to the final award agreement.
- Estimated number of awards
- Between 1 and 5
- Award period
- Up to 18 months
- Expected award announcement
- May 21, 2021
- Letter of intent
- Required
- Geography
- Learning Lab funds are intended to be used in California. If the project necessitates the use of Learning Lab funds outside of California, provide a brief justification and estimate of the funding that will leave the state. The amount of funds that can leave the state will be subject to the final award agreement.
- How to submit
- Online: https://rfp.calearninglab.org/
Who can apply
Applicant categories as listed on the California Grants Portal. GrantsJunction maps them to detailed applicant types for search and matching.
- Public Agency
Additional information on eligibility (from the listing)
Teams must include faculty and/or administrative co-principal investigators (PIs/co-PIs) from at least two of California’s public higher education segments. Additional partnerships, such as with private independent/nonprofit institutions and/or industry partners, are permitted. One institution must be identified as a host institution, which will be responsible for receipt/administration of the grant funds.
- 501(c)(3) nonprofits
- Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status
A quick check against the listed applicant types — other requirements in the notice still apply.
Based on the published notice. Review the official notice for complete eligibility requirements.
What it funds
Purpose and description as published on the California Grants Portal.
Purpose
To help close equity gaps in STEM fields, Learning Lab is inviting faculty teams from California’s public higher education institutions to reconceptualize the role of and approach to calculus in a student’s first year introductory STEM experience. By the end of the grant period, awarded projects should demonstrate significant positive impacts for students and faculty alike.
Description
Calculus is considered to be foundational to many STEM fields. Students are often required to enroll in this course series in their first year as they pursue life sciences, physical sciences, computational sciences, and engineering degrees. However, the college calculus sequence often poses considerable barriers for prospective STEM students. Retention and degree completion gaps are especially prevalent for Black/African Americans, Latinx, Native American, and Pacific Islander groups and women, despite showing high levels of interest in STEM. To help close these gaps, Learning Lab is inviting faculty teams from California’s public higher education institutions to reconceptualize the role of and approach to calculus in a student’s first year introductory STEM experience. Learning Lab intends to award up to five grants of approximately $1 million to $1.5 million over three years to support new, innovative ways to teach calculus, or reimagine the role of calculus in STEM majors where calculus is a prerequisite. Awardees will join the Grand Challenge Cohort through which they will share ideas, approaches, findings, data, and outcomes over the three-year grant period. Grounded in their experiences, awardees will collaboratively produce, by the end of the grant period, recommendations for model first-year STEM curricula with effective pedagogical approaches and faculty professional development components built in. A coordinating institution or project team will be selected to receive $500,000 over three years to foster collaboration among grantees and serve as the Cohort Facilitator.
Past applications & awards
Historical data · not a predictionReported by the agency for this listing
- Fiscal year 2020–2126 applications · awards not reported
Program contact (as published)
Lark Park
lark.park@calearninglab.org
1-866-325-3222
Quick answers
Who is eligible to apply for “The Grand Challenge: Overcoming the Calculus Barrier to STEM Success”?
The official listing names these applicant types as eligible: Public Agency. It adds: “Teams must include faculty and/or administrative co-principal investigators (PIs/co-PIs) from at least two of California’s public higher education segments. Additional partnerships, such as with private independent/nonprofit institutions and/or industry partners, are permitted. O…” Additional restrictions may apply; review the full guidelines.
How much funding is available through “The Grand Challenge: Overcoming the Calculus Barrier to STEM Success”?
Per the notice, individual awards are listed as $1m – $1.5m and total estimated program funding is $7,000,000.
How do I apply for “The Grand Challenge: Overcoming the Calculus Barrier to STEM Success”?
Applications go directly to Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation, not through GrantsJunction. Submission: online at https://rfp.calearninglab.org/. Read the program guidelines on the agency's site first; state programs set their own forms and registration requirements.
Related open opportunities
Other open California state opportunities, matched on agency, categories and wording.
Proposition 68 Grants for Lower Los Angeles River (LLAR)
San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains Conservancy- Award range
- $10K – $2M
- Closes
- Ongoing
- Who can apply
- Nonprofit, Public Agency and Tribal Government