• About MMSA
    • MMSA Staff
    • Board of Directors
    • Partners
    • Employment
  • News
    • Blog
    • Newsletters
    • In the News
  • Connect
    • Contact Us
    • Join Our Mailing List
    • Join a Listserv
  • lift-ED Podcast

MMSA

MENUMENU
  • Programs
    • Grant Funded Initiatives
      • Afterschool Coaching for Reflective Educators in STEM (ACRES)
      • AR Girls
      • Census of Community-Based Environmental Learning in Maine
        • Teach ME Outside
      • Evaluation of STEMeX with IMLS
      • Exploring Computer Science
      • Experiential STEM
      • Integrate 2 Innovate (i2i)
      • Reach
        • Maine State Science Fair
      • Rural Informal STEM Conference 2018
      • STEM Guides
      • STEMports
      • WeatherBlur
      • Past Programs
  • Professional Learning Opportunities
  • Research & Evaluation
  • Resources
    • Journal Publications
    • MMSA Publications
    • MMSA Educational Resources
      • Computer Science Resources
      • Engineering Resources
    • Other Publications
  • Support MMSA!

A Visit from John Cruickshank, Senior NSF Official

MMSA welcomed a senior NSF official,  John Cruickshank, for a site visit to   review our six current NSF-funded  projects and to share news about  upcoming funding opportunities.

Mr. Cruickshank oversees  policy, grants, and conflict management  for NSF educational research programs, and serves as a senior advisor across many aspects of the agency. Some years ago, John worked closely with our own Dr. Sue Allen when she served as Acting Division Director at the Division of Research on Learning (DRL). He was also senior advisor to Dr. Joan Ferrini-Mundy before she left NSF to take a new position as President of the University of Maine.

John spoke passionately to the team about the value of work in supporting STEM capacity building in rural communities, drawing from his experience as an EPSCoR program leader and a long-time expert on island life in Micronesia and the South Pacific.

John applauded MMSA’s focus on several current areas of major NSF investment, such as computer science education, augmented reality, learning ecosystems, and citizen science, and he noted the importance of building infrastructure and capacity throughout the state. He also spoke highly of MMSA’s intersectional work at the intersection of research, practice, formal and informal STEM education, in an era when cross-disciplinary, interdisciplinary, and convergent strands of research are highly valued. Similarly, he emphasized the increasing importance of state-wide and national partnerships among organizations working across a range of settings and target audiences, and encouraged us to continue and expand our collaborations.

He also reviewed the current funding opportunities at NSF, and on post-award management strategies and tips. We were privileged to spend a day with him, sharing ideas about innovative STEM education research. John was delighted to visit Maine for the first time, and hopes to return. John’s full set of slides are available on request (sallen@mmsa.org).

Posted on November 27, 2019 • Filed Under: MMSA News, NewsletterItem • Tagged With: Active, LatestPost


Add your email and join nearly 2000 fellow Mainers helping to support and grow Maine's STEM education!

Subscribe to Our Newsletter!
Add your email and join nearly 2000 fellow Mainers helping to support and grow Maine's STEM education!

  • Programs
  • Professional Learning Opportunities
  • Research & Evaluation
  • Resources
  • Support MMSA!

Copyright © 1992 — 2021 Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance • All rights reserved

Privacy Policy • Log in

Physical Address: 343 Water Street,Augusta, Maine 04330
Mailing Address: PO Box 2246, Augusta, Maine 04338