Program Abstract: The National Science Foundation Innovation in Two-Year College (ITYC) Program recognizes that two-year colleges serve a diverse student population, are uniquely positioned to create innovative solutions for achieving STEM equity, and play a pivotal role in providing affordable access to higher education and career-relevant STEM pathways to the workforce. The NSF ITYC program aims to support potentially transformative projects advance innovative evidence-based practices in undergraduate STEM education and promote inclusive equity-oriented initiatives at the Nation’s two-year colleges. In this session, program directors will work with attendees to generate ideas that may result in proposal submissions. Program directors will highlight strategies for building successful partnerships and using disaggregated institutional data to provide context for potential projects. Attendees will learn more about the submission and review process and will be encouraged to engage program directors in a conversation about their potential project ideas.
