Professional Formation of Engineers (PFE)
Posted
- Opportunity number
- PD-26-1341
- Agency
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National Science Foundation
- Applications due
- Not on record
- Award size
- Not on record
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
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- 47.041 Engineering
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
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- Science and Technology and other Research and Development
- Eligible applicants
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- Unrestricted
- Points of contact
- Full announcement
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The National Science Foundation is soliciting applications for the Professional Formation of Engineers (PFE) initiative, which funds research integrating engineering workforce development and education, with an application due date of October 6, 2076. Applicants are unrestricted by category. The PFE program supports projects within the ENGINEER program (CFDA 47.041) that address formal and informal processes by which people become engineers, spanning formal classrooms, maker spaces, co-curricular activities, workplaces, cooperative education, internships, community-based experiences, and research labs. The initiative aims to create an ethical engineering workforce with global perspective and adaptive capacity to support emerging technologies and U.S. industry competitiveness. Projects may operate at multiple scales, from individual mentor/mentee relationships to large-scale online learning and professional development, and must address clear pathways into and through the engineering profession, including formal education, apprenticeships, credentialing, licensure, and transitions across academia and industry. Research must integrate expertise in both engineering and the social sciences. The program supports projects relating to training and education of future and current engineers across many contexts and analytical scales. Applicants must submit through Grants.gov or Research.gov with valid SAM registration, Unique Entity Identifiers, and NSF IDs for all administrators, Authorized Representatives, Principal Investigators, and co-Principal Investigators. All attachments must be in PDF format with embedded fonts. Senior/key personnel salary is limited to two months of regular salary per year unless NSF-approved. Data management and sharing plans are limited to two pages.
Synopsis
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Update #2 · Latest ·
The Professional Formation of Engineers (PFE) initiative integrates engineering research and education to improve and expand the nation's engineering workforce. PFE is defined as the formal and informal processes and value systems by which people become engineers. The goal of PFE is to create an ethical engineering workforce with a global outlook and the ability to adapt to the rapidly evolving technical environment. This will help build a future engineering workforce with the skills to compete in the global marketplace, support emerging technologies, and grow U.S. industry.
PFE supports projects in the ENGINEER program relating to future and current engineers' training and education in many contexts, including formal classrooms, informal maker spaces, clubs and co-curricular activities, and workplaces. Such training encompasses cooperative education and internships, community-based experiences, and research labs. It also involves many scales of analysis, from mentor/mentee relationships to large-scale online learning and professional development experiences. Engineers must develop and maintain these learning opportunities with clear pathways to and through the profession. Such pathways include formal and informal education, apprenticeships, credentialing, and licensure, and consider relationships with other professionals, technical workers, and community members. Finally, such opportunities include transitions across and within academia and industry. To understand and improve this system requires expertise in both engineering and the social sciences.
Update #1 ·
The Professional Formation of Engineers (PFE) initiative integrates engineering research and education to improve and expand the nation's engineering workforce. PFE is defined as the formal and informal processes and value systems by which people become engineers. The goal of PFE is to create an ethical engineering workforce with a global outlook and the ability to adapt to the rapidly evolving technical environment. This will help build a future engineering workforce with the skills to compete in the global marketplace, support emerging technologies, and grow U.S. industry. PFE supports projects in the ENGINEER program relating to future and current engineers' training and education in many contexts, including formal classrooms, informal maker spaces, clubs and co-curricular activities, and workplaces. Such training encompasses cooperative education and internships, community-based experiences, and research labs. It also involves many scales of analysis, from mentor/mentee relationships to large-scale online learning and professional development experiences. Engineers must develop and maintain these learning opportunities with clear pathways to and through the profession. Such pathways include formal and informal education, apprenticeships, credentialing, and licensure, and consider relationships with other professionals, technical workers, and community members. Finally, such opportunities include transitions across and within academia and industry. To understand and improve this system requires expertise in both engineering and the social sciences.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
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| PKG00292442.pdf |
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