Evaluation of NSF's Program of Grants for Vertical Integration of Research and Education in the Mathematical Sciences (VIGRE) (2009) / Chapter Skim
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and its accomplishments. Recommendation 1: Continue the National Science Foundation's program of Grants for Vertical Integration of Research and Education in the Mathematical Sciences (VIGRE)
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While the goals of the VIGRE program have evolved over time, the following four seem to have been part of the program since its inception: • Vertical integration of mathematics education and research, • Greater breadth in the mathematical education of students, • Improved communication skills for graduates in the mathematical sciences, and • Increased exposure of students in mathematical sciences to disciplines that require mathematics. The committee believes that these goals were responsive to the studies that led up to the creation of the VIGRE program and that they are still relevant for the mathematical sciences community.
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Further, the committee believes that the VIGRE program should allow for awards that do not necessarily include vertical integration across the full breadth of a department's educational programs or across all educational levels from the undergraduate to that of postdoctoral fellows. Moreover, proposals involving fewer faculty, with greater release time and staff support, and emphasizing particular elements of the VIGRE programs in the departments should be permitted.
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The committee believes that a program designed to increase departmental interaction, communica tion, and cooperation is ill-served when large portions of the graduate student and postdoctoral popula tion, namely foreign nationals, are excluded. Although foreign students and postdoctoral fellows may participate in VIGRE program activities, they may not receive support from the VIGRE program.
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Chapter 2 identifies the need for well-prepared master's- or doctoral-level professionals who can use sophisticated mathematics in nonacademic settings. Examples include professions involving financial mathematics, biostatistics, K-12 education, and a range of areas at the interfaces of the computational sci ences, including computational mathematics and, more recently, advanced analytics.
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Further, the committee believes that NSF's expectations of awardees must be clarified. NSF should develop a consistent evaluation strategy for VIGRE grantees and, as noted above, a limited set of metrics that must be collected by all projects and reported annually.
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. A good example of what the committee envisions is the ADVANCE program's Partnerships for Adaptation, Implementation, and Dissemination (PAID)
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