Applications are now available for the 2010 National Academies Summer
Institute, which will be held at the University of Wisconsin, Madison,
June 21-26, 2010.
Applications forms may be downloaded below as Microsoft Word forms. Please
read the
information for prospective
participants and the
2010 overview before submitting your application.
Preference will be given to teams of applicants that teach large
introductory biology survey, introductory molecular biology/genetics, or
introductory ecology/evolution courses at research universities. Teams of
two are expected, but teams of three will be considered if appropriately
justified. Each team should include a junior and a senior member.
The team may be comprised of two faculty members, or one faculty member
and one member of the instructional staff. The faculty member may be
either active in instruction or in an administrative position that will
help the team implement change. The make-up of the proposed
team must be explained and justified as part of the application. In
addition, all members of each team must include brief individual statements,
explaining how they hope their subsequent teaching and their institution
will benefit from participation in the Institute.
Applicant teams must have the endorsement of an administrative official at
their institution, who will agree to provide the costs of their travel to
the Institute and to support their efforts toward improving undergraduate
biology teaching at their institution after the workshop. A statement by
this sponsor regarding the institution's reasons for supporting the
applicants and their commitment to support of follow-up activities is a
required component of the application.
Applications will be reviewed and evaluated by the
National Research Council Summer Institute Steering
Committee. Admission will be granted on the basis of team
justification, participant responses, the administrator's statement of the
institution's commitment to improving undergraduate biology education,
and, to a lesser extent, representation of different types and
geographical locations of participating institutions. The 2010 Institute
will be limited to approximately 40 participants, so that admission is likely to
be highly competitive.
Application Forms
Application forms are available as Microsoft Word forms. You should be
able to complete and save your responses within the Word document. Please let us
know if you require another format or experience any difficulties.
A completed application includes several elements:
You may need to right- (PC) or option-click (Mac) to save the Word
application forms on your local computer.
If you attach your responses on a separate page, please limit your
response to each question to no more than a half-page.
Application Submission
Completed applications may be submitted electronically (preferred) or in hard copy.
(Please do not send both electronic and hard copies of the same
application.) If possible, all parts of the application (Cover Page,
Participant Application Form, CVs, Departmental Endorsement Form, and
Institutional Endorsement Form) should be submitted together (single PDF preferred;
Microsoft Word or RTF also accepted). If electronic
signatures are not possible, you may send the application as one package
and copy those who sign the application and endorsements.
Submission methods:
- PDF e-mail attachment to SummerInstitute@nas.edu (preferred)
- Hard copy submissions to:
National Academies Summer Institute
Board on Life Sciences
National Research Council
Keck 640
500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
- Fax to 202-334-1289
Questions about the application and admissions process may be directed to
SummerInstitute@nas.edu.
