Hi Karen and others,
I have certainly noticed a growing number of such programs and
positions for such programs that PhDs have been getting (I suppose that is
an alternate career!). One of the small grants I have been reading about
(through something called the Research Corporation) says they will give
small university/college labs money if they offer, say, 6-week "research
science" experiences to high school teachers in the summer. I thought
this was sort of interesting given I am going to be doing small research
at a small university and that the university's main major is education
(and that my summers are technically "off" - the ideal time to do some
research. Does anyone out there have experience with such a grant? If
so, let me know.
Otherwise, I found it interesting to consider, especially given my
views on shifting science education down to the public level even as a
university prof - as a way to do outreach while still doing academics.
Sarah
