IUSE: Innovation in Two-Year College STEM Education (ITYC)
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The National Science Foundation's Innovation in Two-Year College STEM Education program aims to advance STEM success at two-year institutions by centering students in innovation and enhancing institutional capacity. The program supports projects in any NSF-funded discipline, including social, behavioral, and economic sciences, focusing on foundational courses and academic pathways for both majors and non-majors. Eligible applicants include Associate's Colleges and Baccalaureate/Associate's Colleges that confer at least 50 percent of their degrees at the associate level. The program is divided into two tracks: A Focus on the Academic Experiences of Two-Year College Students and Leveraging Two-Year College Strengths and Innovation. Projects can request up to 500,000 dollars for a three-year duration. Institutions that have not received NSF funding in the last five years may be eligible for an additional 100,000 dollars, extending the total budget to 600,000 dollars over four years. This solicitation is part of the broader Improving Undergraduate STEM Education framework to enhance the quality of STEM education nationwide.
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) plays a prominent role in the improvement of undergraduate STEM education at the Nation’s colleges and universities. Through the IUSE: Innovation in Two-Year College STEM Education (ITYC) program, the agency seeks to extend this effort by making an intentional investment in the country’s two-year institutions of higher education, or two-year colleges. The twin goals of the ITYC program are to (1) center students in the effort to advance innovation and promote success in STEM education at two-year colleges, and (2) enhance the capacity of two-year colleges to harness the talent and potential of their student and faculty populations through innovative disciplinary, multi-department, and college-wide efforts. These goals will be achieved by investing in projects at two-year colleges that contribute to student success in STEM-based foundational courses and academic pathways for both majors and non-majors. Project activities may be in any discipline that is currently supported by NSF funding, which includes the social, behavioral, and economic sciences. Collectively, projects in the ITYC program will make progress towards ensuring that two-year college students and faculty have the resources to participate in and contribute to the broader STEM enterprise.
Aligned with the goals above, the ITYC program features two tracks: (1) A Focus on the Academic Experiences of Two-Year College Students and (2) Leveraging Two-Year College Strengths and Innovation. Each Track can support projects requesting up to $500,000 for a duration of up to three years. For institutions that have not received NSF funding in the past five years, an additional $100,000 may be added to the budget which may be used by the institution to support and carry out grant-funded activities over four years. This would result in a total maximum budget of $600,000 for a project over four years. Institutions that have been funded as part of a collaborative award with their own NSF Award Number are not eligible for this incentive, however, institutions that have had a subaward from another institution are eligible.
This program is open to two-year colleges, which includes the following institutions, as described by Carnegie Classifications:
- Associate’s Colleges: Institutions at which the highest-level degree awarded is an associate degree. This may include transfer as well a career and technical oriented colleges.
- Baccalaureate / Associate’s Colleges: Institutions that award at least one baccalaureate degree but confer at least 50% of their degrees at the associate level.
The ITYC program is aligned with NSF's Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) framework, which is a comprehensive effort to accelerate improvements in the quality and effectiveness of undergraduate education in STEM fields.
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