September 7, 2001
Hughes Will Offer $1-Million Grants for Top Researchers for Science Education
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute plans to give each of 20 research scientists a $1-million incentive to spend four years teaching science to undergraduates.
The grants, which may be the largest of their kind, are intended to put teaching on a more equal footing with research at large universities.
The 2001 National Survey of Student Engagement found that only 25 percent of seniors at top research universities worked with professors on research outside of course
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